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has anyone looked into or tried natural healing?
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luvs2ride
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Yes. With very good progress. First became ill in 2005 and was diagnosed Lyme/Rheum. Arthritis Jan 06. I was very, very sick at the time.
Change of diet and alternative care brought my RA from a high moderate to a weak positive.
Rebit in May 07, went to LLMD for abx since infection recent. Did very well until my Jan 08 visit.
I have Rheum Arthritis as a result of my lyme but I am doing very well and was shocked when in January 08 the doctor found inflamation in practically every joint. She was very upset (LLMD is also a rheumatologist)
I said I don't think I detox very well and she agreed. She recommended a genetic test to see if detoxing is a problem.
Got the results this week and have not been able to speak of it before now. I'm in shock about some of the results as this test tells you what terminal diseases you are suseptable too.
It also tells you if you have problems eliminating toxins and what kinds of toxins you have trouble eliminating.
I can't eliminate cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, molds, NSAIDS, SSIs, ABX. There is other stuff too, but this LLMD who until this test had me on 8 different medicines, yanked them all. She said "I have been poisoning you."
The good news is there are some alternative things I can take and some things I can do that should offset this deficiency. Hopefully, it will keep my RA in remission for life as well as protect me from the deadly diseases I am suspectable to.
The medicines, much of which are prescription strength and compounded by a special pharmacy are not narcotic. They are natural and aid my body in detoxing these things I am unable to detox on my own.
Furthermore, the test results show on a number of my deficiencies that cruciferous vegetables aid in the detoxification process and I need to eat generous portions of these vegetables.
I will happily eat my vegetables. I have been telling and telling everyone here what a phenominal difference a change of diet had for my inflamation and pain. WELL, I WASN'T WRONG!
Eating vegetables for me is not just a healthy idea, it is a matter of life or death.
My original MD spent a year giving me IVs of glutathione for detox. He always said toxins was my main problem.
Current LLMD is treating me for Babesia and she is switching me to MTE's which are an herbal IV.
I am sure I am not the only person who benefits from eating right and who actually suffers from toxic overload. If your genetic makeup makes it hard for you to detox, then you might be adding to your toxic load with your medications too.
So, yes. Natural is working 100% for me and I am living a very normal life. I no longer suffer joint pain. I brought a horribly crippling disease to remission almost completely on natural care alone (working with very knowledgeable doctors)
Furthermore, the abx, Advil, MTX etc were poison to me because I am genetically incapable of eliminating the toxic side effects. Thank God I had very little abx during this illness.
God's hand has protected me by guiding me to integrative doctors. I feel truly blessed.
I am doing very well.
Luvs
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Pick up "eat to live" book at the supermarket. Its a little hard to stick to, but I feel good when I do.
I take a ton of vitamins too. I asked the pharmacist what actually works and he said he heard people who to co q 10 and fish oil felt a bit better.
I tried a well recommended homeopath and honestly it was a waste of money.
I don't think you should do natural healing in lieu of traditional medicine, but anything you can do to boost your immune system has got to be a good thing.
I haven't really been brave enough to go whole heartedly into the alternative medicine, but people swear by colloidal silver (looked a little dangerous to me) and I think 'ledum'? definitely an L word. Somebody here will know it.
I've also heard you should eat tons of garlic. I don't know hwy, but it seems like a good idea because it tastes good.
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If you go this route, do it very specific to lyme.
Just giving the body good nutritional supplements WILL NOT TREAT THE LYME.
I am a failure of the very best of natural medicine - as I had no access to any abx for 6 years after the positive labs for 3 TBI. Then, just for two months but for lyme only.
The ND had no clue and no real respect for the character of the borrelia bacteria nor babesia nor ehrlichia but I trusted and did not begin researching until years into it.
You must learn about whatever infections you may have so that you know how to proceed. Just getting the body stronger will not do it. You have to understand the life-cycle and behavior of what you are dealing with.
You must treat the lyme, or coinfections with specific approaches, even if just allicin or artemesinin. Adrenal and liver support is good, but not enough alone.
As it turns out, I can't detox many Rx anyway and have no LLMD to guide me . . . so the lifestyle changes that go along with natural medicine were great.
FOOD is MEDICINE . . .yes and yet, more specific elements are essential to tx of TBI.
There are several books and protocols. Some integrate Rx and nutritional approach.
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antibiotics are potent drugs agree that holistic/homeopathic/good eating is an excellent addition to your antibiotics.I believe that I would be dead without the antibiotics, despite that damage they did.
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luvs2ride
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Please let me clarify one thing.
I am not saying "never take antibiotics". Abx do kill bacteria and are important tools to healing.
If you can detox them from your system then you have nothing to worry about from abx.
If you have trouble detoxing them from your system, then you must do something in addition to the abx. Something to clear the toxic side effects of the abx, the bacterias,fungi, parasites.
The doctor yanked my abx because she could see I was experiencing toxic overload. She could see this before I could feel it.
Please don't think I am saying never take abx. I am saying, detox, detox, detox. Diet can promote health or sickness depending upon how you eat. So make every bite of food count.
Be aware that some of you, like me, may have an inability to remove toxins, many different kinds of toxins from your body. These toxins can cause pain and/or mental anguish. If your LLMD doesn't address whole body healing, find another doctor who does and work with both of them.
Luvs
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