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I am losing a ton of weight too. Each time I am weighted, I have dropped even more. I think it is the Babesia and Mepron for me on top of yeast and digestion issues. I seem to drop weight when I am flaring or herxing badly.
I am 5'9" and down to 120. My ribs are showing at this point so I really need to put weight on.
Geneal you sound a lot like me.
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1. Cut up one medium lemon into quarters. This includes the rind and seeds. Place in a blender. Note: For a less bitter drink, squeeze the juice of a whole lemon and use the rind of 1/2 lemon.
2. Add 1 and 1/2 cups of orange juice or other fruit juice or water.
3. Add one tablespoon of cold pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil (from your health food store). Brands reported beneficial - Spectrum, Sapio, Montolive. Only the Bertolli brand has been reported not to work. One person reported the Pompeian brand sold in grocery stores gave good results.
4. Blend at high speed for 2 minutes.
5. For a smooth drink, pour mixture through a strainer to separate the juice from the pulp. Discard the pulp. (Use a screen type strainer - available from your local hardware store. Screen type means it looks like window screen). Note: a few people drink the mixture, pulp and all, without passing it through a strainer. If you can tolerate the taste and texture, that is fine.
The remaining liquid may be consumed all at once or divided into 2 or 3 daily portions.
This recipe was originally and successfully used for AIDS patients with weight loss.
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roy, you're chasing kate to much; slow it down fellow!
i'm just jealous, as i/others overweight would love to lose it that easily!! congrats.
geneal, you puny thing you; boy, i'm 2 to 2.5 times the size of you...uffda!
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Parisa:
Wish I could try the drink, but I'm on a lot of orals that prohibit me from having any citrus.
It stinks because I really did love orange juice. My wife made me a salad with some olive oil and lemon juice and boy was I sick!
Thanks for the help though!
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kreynolds
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bettyg:
Yeah LOL!!! It's wierd because I was always gaining weight with the Chronic Lyme and Bart.
Now that I have the Babs I'm losing at a fast rate. Not to mention I go to the bathroom 50
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Kreynolds, something is not quite right, but it may be getter better rather than worse. You could have been holding a lot of extracellular fluid and now are starting to normalize (would partially explain the increased bathroom trips). Did your sodium/potassium intake change a lot recently?
20lbs/6wks is a lot for a constant diet. If that loss is mostly dry weight, that means a caloric deficit of about 1600 kcal a day - you would probably notice that for sure.
Did you MD order creatinine/BUN or TSH/T3/T4 bloodwork? If you are loosing water and some fat, that is good - if you are getting excessive muscle catabolism, that is not so good.
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kreynolds
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No my sodium/potassium intake didn't change a lot at all.
He hasn't ordered that bloodwork. Although I do get weekly blood draws and I don't know if that bloodwork is in there.
I saw him yesterday and he didn't seemed concerned. Should I ask for the bloodwork?
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Quest: + IGM Bands 23,39
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I would say that if you are not feeling worse and your MD was not concerned, then you probably are in no danger - you have to trust the doctor more than somebody on the Internet.
If the weight loss continues at the same rate as you get to the pre-Lyme 175 mark you would want to call the MD and voice your concern.
My experience with doctors is that asking for specifics gets them defensive, steering them towards what you think is most troubling gets better results.
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kreynolds
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quote:Originally posted by tcw:
My experience with doctors is that asking for specifics gets them defensive, steering them towards what you think is most troubling gets better results.
Well Said! I hear you there! I will monitor it and see what happens. Thanks for your replies!
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Quest: + IGG Bands 18,23,39,41,58,66 and 93.
Quest: + IGM Bands 23,39
Quest: + Bartonella (B.Henselea & B. Quintana),+ Babesia, and + Mycoplasma and Lyme-Induced Addisons Disease
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Periactin made a huge difference for me.
Except that I ate till I felt my stomach would burst!
I am maintianing a svelte 105, but have put some cushion back on.
Hugs,
Geneal
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kreynolds
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Geneal:
What exactly is Periactin?
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Quest: + Bartonella (B.Henselea & B. Quintana),+ Babesia, and + Mycoplasma and Lyme-Induced Addisons Disease
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