Every 6 weeks

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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!

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Connie Blaze

Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:07 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Any of the herbs ototoxic?

I believe ear ringing is a common symptom for many infections. I have a

little ringing from time to time. It usually helps if I do yoga (stretching)

concentrating on my neck and back. Has she stopped eating gluten and sugar?

I think it's hard for us to except that we won't just " feel better " as we

heal. Sometimes we will feel worse while we're healing. But, some herbs

aren't right for everyone. I have a very strong response to Knotweed as

well. So, I'm waiting a while before I try that again. I'm getting better

very slowly and I'm not taking that many bug killers. I think it's as

important to help the body by detoxing as much as possible and feed it very

well with lots of great supplements. And remember that we all tend to have

cycles so it seems like suddenly your worse again. I have one bad week, one

better week, and one even better week, to be followed by a bad week, etc...

It helps if you can follow her cycle on the calendar it keeps you from

freaking out as much. Every six weeks I have a really bad week! This has

happened over and over to me so I can plan my life around it and keep from

getting discouraged. I compare the bad week to the last bad week, not to my

good week to see ho! w I'm doing.

Go with your instincts! Give a hug and kiss to your daughter from me. You're

doing a great job mom!

Connie

Re: [ ] Any of the herbs ototoxic?

Hi Connie,

Thank you for your reply. By full dose, I'm meaning full dose for a child's

weight--in her case per Woodland Essence, 3/4 dose of what an adult would

get per Buhner's book. She's using tincture, so she's doing 11 drops of

Eleuthero in the a.m. and at lunch and 11 drops of Cat's Claw 3 x per day.

She seems to be tolerating these well. When we added in the Knotweed, I

started her at 5 drops 2x per day. The ringing started that night. I dropped

her down to 2 drops 2x per day, and she still had the ringing. So today, I

stopped them and will watch her for the next couple of days to see if the

ringing continues or goes away. Now I don't know if it is the Knotweed, all

of them together being too much, or what...........

I'm hoping too that it is just a herx reaction, but she has never herxed on

any abx, just gotten better. She was upset that the ringing came back, since

she hasn't had it since prior to diagnosis and treatment with the abx. It

scared her because in the beginning we would be up all night together

because the ringing was so bad. When that went away with abx treatment, we

were all so happy to see that she was finally going to be able to get a good

night sleep again without the annoyance of the ringing.

I know abx can be very ototoxic so was just worried that the herbs can be

too and maybe I shouldn't be adding these herbs to her protocol--just that

she has plateaued on the abx, so I want to eventually get her off those

(have always hated having her on them to begin with) and switch completely

to herbs--now I'm just worried.

I believe I read that Planet Thrive is on vacation now until April, so I

really don't know who to ask about side effects from these herbs. Buhner's

book doesn't list ear problems as a side effect, and generally I would think

that herbs are fairly safe at the proper dose--but I really don't know.

Thanks again for your help. I appreciate you reaching out!

Mira