"The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information."
"Non-homologous recombination can be damaging to cells, as it can produce chromosomal translocations and genetic abnormalities."
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I don't think you want to have various bacteria, chemicals, & toxins interfering with your DNA. I don't know if there is even a history of bacteria affecting DNA. It's mostly chemicals or UV light... This is why this research is interesting...
I'll have to look into it further. I don't really know very much about all of this.
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lpkayak
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adamm-i tried to answer your pm but the box is full
i'm an old lady (59) and have probably had lyme since i was 5 or 6
i just thhought the way i was was normal for me: allergies, chronic sinusitis, growing pains, back and feet problems at 16, learning disabilities
i lived a pretty full life-liked sports and surfed, skiied and rode horses and became a PE teacher and mom and wife
when i was 33-35 i got much worse and found out about LD
it took ten years or so to get dx and tx
i went to both yale and westchester med as well as many local docs
my fight started in about 95-96
i have the bad gene so arthritis is a big part of it for me-there's nothing i can do but treat it like arthritis so i take nsaids and get joint replacements and do the best i can
by 2002 i was doing pretty good on just herbs and supps-then i got assaulted at work and other emotional traumas happened and i started going downhill
i am back on treatment-but it is different this time-my body is responding different-some good-some bad
to answer your question: we're all gonna die ... so for me , now the best thing is to just live as much as i can each day
i watched my mom suffer with lyme for years before anyone knew what it was-she just thought her hands were numb and her shoulder hurt-so much she couldn't put a shirt on over her head, and then she got so tired whe didn't want to eat cuz then she'd have to get up to go to bathroom...then the dementia started...and it dragged on for 7 years---they taped her arms to her body cuz they were falling out of the sockets.
SHE WAS NEVER DX AND NEVER TX CUZ HER ELISA WAS NEG...she finally died and pneumonia was put on death cert
i've heard of others having seizures for 10 yrs before they die
two of my kids were so affected having me sick their whole lives they have just refused to believe they have it (they do) and have used anger and stubbornness and what ever else they have to to deny they have lyme. they prove it by being exercise fanatics. but they also take very good care of their bodies.
after seeing a lot the last 20 years-i think that IF you get tx and IF you do the lifestyle changes...you can get a reasonably good quality of life.
i never thought i would be in a wheelchair, be dx with copd, have a neuropsyc say i had dementia in my 30s and 40s. there were times i was suicidal. now i just enjoy what i can. who knows when it will get worse. it's not cancer. it's not something i can't fight. i do what i can and enjoy what time i have...and who knows. maybe they will figure it out and i'll get to be around longer and do more stuff.
i sense you are young. like my kids it must be really really hard . its not fair. but unfortunatly it could be worse. sometimes life sucks. i just figured out complaining didn't really help me. so i put my energy into what helps.
if you are young-you have time on your side-maybe they will find the magic cure.
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lymie_in_md
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If you fight lyme because you know you have it. You are in a much better situation then if you ignored your symptoms. See what happened to the 7 alzhiemmer lymies Dr. Macdonald got from harvard. They didn't address lyme, and yes they were doomed. However, we are much different then those folks, we are battling the disease.
Dr. Lipton a biophysicist views genetics much differently. I agree with his viewpoint, check out this link:
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bettyg
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kayak,
you're NOT an old lady; we're the same age, and we're in "MIDDLE AGE"!
your story touched me so much; so sorry for all you've been thru and your mom all those years!!!
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lpkayak
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oh betty,betty, betty...i FEEELLLL like an old lady with arthritis just about any place it can be!
BUT IT'S NOT IN MY KNEES ANYMORE!!!!!
they are brandy new.
they are painfree almost all the time and for a month i have been riding the sweetest little quarter horse in the world every other day. for me it has been a taste of heaven.
i'm pretty sure i'll be back in the kayak soon too......
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bettyg
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kayak,
glad your new knees are working well and NO PAIN so you can ride your horse. in time, YOU WILL be able to kayak again!! best wishes my friend!
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