Using all caps is also difficult to read, and is also considered SHOUTING.

As I said in response to your other post, it is quite possible to have both mold and Lyme issues.

If you had a positive WB, most competent Lyme doctors would consider you to have Lyme. If you are infected, and have symptoms, the only way you will improve is to treat it.

You may, however, not require IV. I'm not sure why your doctor thinks you should go on IV right away, but many Lyme doctors these days have very good luck treating with oral antibiotics.

If you haven't read much about Lyme yet, I suggest you start with these websites.

Dr. Joseph Burrascanno's Treatment Protocol

ILADS Basic Facts

Evidence Based Treatment Guidelines Summary

You may also want to get a second opinion. If you have your e-mail enabled, I will send you some info to contact a Lyme knowledgeable doctor.

Whatever other infection you have in your body could also be killed by Rocephin. So give it a shot! It's much worse to let the keets in your body reproduce....

So, why not just do orals anyway, as many LLMD's have found out that they have just as good results on orals and oral combos and it it a lot easier on the ole body.

If I knew then what I know now, I'd never have done Rocephin. And, if I'd seen my LLMD, Dr. C of MO, he wouldn't have prescribed me Rocephin as he through his vast experience with treating Lyme patients, doesn't prescribe IV Rocephin unless it is absolutely necessary.

My suggestion.....don't start therapy until you believe in it....otherwise it'll be too hard to stick with it when you hit these herxheimer reactions (the die-off) .....and in my opinion the best thing to do is stick with the treatment so your not stopping and starting and so on....with your positive test results and a doctor whose willing to treat you, I would say please at least give this a try.....but....if your pretty sick now, it's gonna be very hard....so if I were you I wouldnt start treatment until your all for it and you believe in it.

Good luck with whatever you do, I hope you find some answers and feel better very soon...

BTW --- as rosisisland put it....I'm also on a "cyst buster" and when I started it I went through a 6 week, intensely awful herxheimer reaction that I thought I'd never get over....but....once it was over..I began improving much faster and got much stronger very quickly. It definitely made the difference to be on that PLUS the others.

Also....someone suggested why are you starting rocephin without trying other antibiotics first? If you are very very sick, you might talk to your doctor about beginning on something less intense....or some orals that arent too intense. This might make treatment a little easier on you, if it's going to be long-term treatment. I didn't actually start on Rocephin until I'd already been getting treated for a year and half with various orals/oral combinations....for me, those weren't working super well and I was still going downhill in some ways, and the Rocephin really has done/is doing the trick. But as somebody else (I cant remember who) pointed out....some people do great with just orals and don't need IV Rocephin or other IV meds.

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Lishka

[This message has been edited by Amareo (edited 12 June 2004).]