Steam Baths for Lyme Detox

    I do not have a nice dry sauna in my backyard, and don't know anyone else who has one. Next best thing: A hot, steamy bath. I even include Epsom Salts. Epsom Salts act to pull out toxins in the skin. Heat does the same thing. Good combination.
    This morning I woke with a headache I felt before I even opened my eyes. It felt as though my brain was trying to push out of my skull. I was groaning before I even got out of bed. Already I was dreading the day.  After an hour or so, when it didn't get better, I decided I had to detox somehow. Since running a mile is out of the question, I decided on a steam bath. I ran the water on the hottest setting possible. I added my Epsom Salts. When the tub was nearly full, it was ready. Hottttt, steam was rising all around me. And I began to sweat.  My tub has jets which run for 20 minutes. I turned them on and sunk my head down into the water as far as possible. My neck and the bottom of my head were submerged most of the time. I must have been in the hot tub nearly an hour. I did have a bottle of water with me, which I drank as needed.
     Moral of the story: I was able to get through my day headache free, and even did some house and yard work. What started out as dreadful became tolerable.

Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease

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Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease

Dry Saunas for Lyme

    I have not been able to find a good link explaining the detoxifying benefits of the dry sauna. However, it does increase an effective sweat to help speed up the process of  detoxing. Anyone close by have one? :)

new treatment plan tomorrow!

     Tomorrow I start a new treatment plan. This will run two weeks on, two weeks off. The two weeks on kill spirochetes and the two weeks off give my immune system a chance to get a workout. As I go through the two weeks off, (holiday, it's called), my immune system takes over and continues to work on the spirochetes and get stronger. This is the 'pulse' system. I am so happy to report I just went through a 17 day holiday, the longest yet, and had minimal fatigue, pain and temperatures. I did have to work on decreasing the inflammation in my spinal cord, and that has been very successful. Again, a good sign.
     Over the summer I had a number of fevers lasting two weeks and more. This is the spirochetes fault, they can be the reason for most fevers. I am now going to attack the biofilms as best as possible over the next four months. Then back to D.C. to report how I have done.
     This plan is multi-faceted, attacking biofilms and other forms of spirochete defense systems, such as the cyst form, and the intracellular form. This is not your typical bacteria. They are SMART . Biofilms are very difficult to break up. The treatment plan will find these forms, sending the spirochetes into a flurry of activity. I'll go through a go around of symptoms and detoxing, (or Herxing). 
     I will continue with my HOT Epsom salt baths and sweating the best I can. This is the best way to detox, through your skin. I wish I could run, but just pushing the vacuum around makes me sweat. Maybe my house will be super clean.
     Each time I finish a holiday, and start a new treatment plan, I should feel less and less symptoms and Herxing. If not, we keep attacking. I have a feeling I will respond well, and be able to decrease my regiment after my next appointment. This is just a feeling of course, only time will tell. So, here I go, all I can say to myself is "sweat, baby, sweat!" Right, Liz! And, " hang though".

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Lyme Around the World

      Blogging is fairly new to me, although when I look back, I have written  a number of blogs. Time flies. At first I was just plain excited to know people from around the world were reading my blog. The number of countries keeps growing as I go along. Countries from N. America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Down Under, and India. I was and am pleased to be a help (I hope) to everyone. Then, last night as I was falling asleep, it hit me like a brick. Lyme is world wide! Of course I knew that, from reading, but it really HIT me last night. I was no longer excited, but became concerned and extremely compassionate about the fact people from all over the world are suffering from this infection/parasitic invasion of our bodies. The strains are slightly varied around the world and even here, but the symptoms are the same, and the lack of treatment goes unspoken. It saddens me.