I've had a few people ask if Lyme can be cured and I don't have a good answer.

I've also had people tell me they had and are cured. They can't tell me what "medicine" they took or for how long and when I ask how they know they are cured...the doctor told them....

So, I'm looking for documentation that talks about whether or not Lyme is "curable".

Given that LD is always present in the brain how did you kill the bacteria present in your nervous system with oral medication alone?
Oral medication has mostly poor penetration to nervous tissue or is only bacteriostatic in nervous tissue.

If caught within the first 30 days it is highly curable.

IF:

1)It is your first exposure.
2)Depending on the strain you have.
3)The Doctor used high enough doses and
combination of abx.
4)If the abx are able to penetrate the
Blood Brain Barrier

After the acute phase.....30 days to 6 Months....possibly.

Once it has reached Chronic or Persistant Lyme....more than likely never....requiring ongoing treatment.

Trout

Not sure I agree with that. There's a lot of people on here getting better after treating the co-infections and using the stronger abx, especially ketek.

I have not posted in a long while.
Yes, I am 100% cured.
I had Lyme for at least 10 months untreated.

It took me a good part of a year to get well.

I am now well over 2 years off all abx.
I no longer feed the ducks, not even crumbs!
Please dont feed the Ducks, they will keep coming back for more.

I am in the better health today then before Lyme.

I will also write a new post soon.

My 3 year old has had Lyme since June of last year and is still being treated.

I just tested positive and I think I was bit last year near the end of April so I'm hoping we caught both of ours early enough to have a "shorter" treatment period.

To be sure, you may do PCR - perhaps. It will proove presence of Bb in you body if you have it. Can be also false negative.

I understand what you are saying...and, I can see why you say that.

However, the question was "CURED"...my answer pertains to the meaning of that word.

Yes...many are doing better.

But...the word cured is a strong word...and should be used with caution.

I beleive the word...remission is a more proper description when you have gone beyond the Acute Phase (first 30 days)

So...I re-iterate my above post.

(But.hey...I pray to God I'm overly pessimistic.

What finally helped with this over the weekend, when I went wiggy over this subject and didn't know what to do next, was to start thinking of Lyme as a chronic managed condition, like diabetes, or even HIV. There are abx out there now that are good enough to restore quality of life--you just have to stay on them.

Side bar...be careful about handing out that phone number to ANYONE you don't personally know.

Please.

Trout

I basically agree with you.
I wish I could disagree.. but I really do agree.

I'll be happy if I can just live in harmony (no symptoms) with the bugs that I can't erradicate from my body.