Guest guest Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I guess it could be worse, we could feel horrible all the time! Thank goodness for the good days or we'd all go insane! Connie [ ] Every 6 weeks Connie, wanted to chime in about the " feel bad " cycle. I had read Lyme bugs cycle every 3-5 weeks; then there has been some discussion about full moon flare-ups. But I'm like you, about every 6 weeks I am down for the count for about 4 days - the " I'm so sick " , I just don't care kinda feeling. I have linked my cycle to lymph massages that seem to coincide....full moon...eating patterns...but I suppose it is what it is - I haven't been able to really nail down exact time cycles yet; sometimes 28 days sometimes 5 weeks.... But the good days, they are too great to pass up. Today was a good day - did laundry, changed sheets, cleaned the kitchen and was to Rotary by 7:15; makes up for the bad days when I cancel everything and moan on the couch all day. I suppose the bad part is the worse I feel, the harder it is to do things like eat well and do coffee enemas for detoxing - I just don't care. I am so grateful I have you all - when I feel my darkest - to read a few words of inspiration or empathize with someone feeling sick like me.... May the good days be longer and the bad days disappear! _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 > > Connie, wanted to chime in about the " feel bad " cycle. I had read Lyme bugs cycle every 3-5 weeks I don't think they 'cycle' by themselves; the best explanation I have read until now for these 4-5 week cycles is some interplay between our immune system and the lyme bugs, i.e. they are responding to our own cycles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Is there a co-infection that cycles every 7 or so days? That seems to be what is happening to my child....... Just curious, Mira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 > > Is there a co-infection that cycles every 7 or so days? That seems to be what is happening to my child....... Bartonella has a 5-day cycle (that's where B. Quitana got its name from), some relapse fever Borrelia's have 4-7 day cycles. But those diseases usually have other symptoms than lyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Thanks, Knotweed. She definitely has Bartonella, but I'll have to research the relapse fever Borrelias further. Mira [ ] Re: Every 6 weeks > > Is there a co-infection that cycles every 7 or so days? That seems to be what is happening to my child....... Bartonella has a 5-day cycle (that's where B. Quitana got its name from), some relapse fever Borrelia's have 4-7 day cycles. But those diseases usually have other symptoms than lyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 > > Thanks, Knotweed. She definitely has Bartonella, but I'll have to research the relapse fever Borrelias further. could be an extended Bartonella cycle then, if there are multiple infections. Some of these bugs can talk to each other using quorum sensing, and that might influence their cycle. In general though, I don't know if it applies in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 what are the other symptoms that relapse fever borrelia's have? do you know what the cycle is for mycoplasma? my family members have been having these very short cycles too. thanks, janet From: miradan@... Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:14:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Every 6 weeks Thanks, Knotweed. She definitely has Bartonella, but I'll have to research the relapse fever Borrelias further. Mira [ ] Re: Every 6 weeks > > Is there a co-infection that cycles every 7 or so days? That seems to be what is happening to my child....... Bartonella has a 5-day cycle (that's where B. Quitana got its name from), some relapse fever Borrelia's have 4-7 day cycles. But those diseases usually have other symptoms than lyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2010 Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 > > > what are the other symptoms that relapse fever borrelia's have? do you know what the cycle is for mycoplasma? my family members have been having these very short cycles too. thanks, janet relapse fever and lyme disease symptoms overlap, but compared to LD the sudden fevers, headaches, chills and myalgias are dominant. With tick transmitted relapse fever, the relapse will occur an average of 3-4 times, sometimes more than 10 times. So if the symptoms have been cycling for much longer, it probably is not relapse fever. mycoplasma is a large group of organisms; I don't know much about them except that they can make you very ill and can be hard to get rid off ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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