Well, I was determined to get this figured out, and I feel like I have!
First of all, I don't give detox on the machine enough credit. One day, as I was waiting for kids to get home, and didn't have time to do anything else, I decided to just keep doing detox settings....and I just kept feeling better and better! I definitely feel better, adding a couple of detox settings the next day, as well. It just helps so much!
Second, the clay baths are awesome! The box seems to last a long time (has it been a couple of months now?), and I realized that the longer I stay in, the better I feel....to the point where I can function really pretty well afterward! The next day, if I really need to (usually rife detox does the trick) I might do an epsom salt or mustard bath. By the way, if you are like me, and get bored in the bath, carefully reading a book helps. :)
So there are certain things I like to do for detox:
I make a pitcher of lemon water and drink it (though I like to do coconut oil pulling later to help the teeth).
I personally take (Young Living brand only) lemongrass and patchouli oils internally on treatment days. Please consult your doctor before doing this.
I take Terramin clay the evening of treatments, in water.
I take extra garlic capsules, Silymarin and Detoxzyme the day of treatments. (I still muscle test to see what my body likes, and these are what seem acceptable for my body. Everyone is different.
However....I have had days when I have omitted some of these things, and I can honestly say the the number 1 things for me are the rife detox and the clay baths! I couldn't do without either!
I am very excited to announce that, because I have gotten the detox down (something I didn't think of as being important in the beginning) I have been able to up treatments to 2 times a week!! I almost feel like I could pretty easily do 3 treatments a week, but I want to stay as active as possible to help Jerry and also to be able to get to church. However, my recovery time is so much faster! It is now down to 2 full days of treatments and after those days, a day where I am kind of slow, but still able to do lots (cooking, etc.)...and even more if I do the rife detox.
I have to say that I was feeling a bit discouraged before, since my muscle testing came up with bartonella, lyme and babesia all as priorities! Add in that mycoplasma and yeast seem to like to hang out with bartonella, and it was pretty overwhelming. On top of all of that, I seemed to be having teeth infection issues (I'll discuss that in another post). But I have just been working at things, especially bartonella (which, at first, made me feel like I had a flu for 5 days after treatments). Now I can do a treatment for bart and one for lyme per week, and I am excited at the possibility of making lots of progress. In fact, I need to make the bart treatments stronger, since I hardly had any herx last time. I just work at the other things (mycoplasma, yeast, teeth) as they flare up--on odd days in between the other treatments. So, yes...there are times when I am doing rife for this or that every day. But it's so worth it! (Incidentally, mycoplasma is just not fun. Whenever I start feeling really crummy and shaky, I end up testing for myco.....but I treat it and feel so much better the next day!)
I feel like I am rushing through this, as I have work to be getting on with. But I want to share. Here's how I am really doing:
I was so thrilled to be able to drive myself to the little market the other day and pick out all of my own produce! My kiddo came and helped load and unload the bags, thankfully. I was wiped out afterward, but not completely done in. Doing the regular shopping is still out of the question. Still, it's a start!
I am doing more and more of the cooking; and am able to run short errands; drive myself to the local doctor appointments; etc.
The other day I didn't get a nap and hardly missed it!
I am able to recover faster after really tiring days! And I have more days where I can go do something else tiring the next day.
I am starting to feel like progress is going to speed up again. :)
Other helps:
As I am a Young Living distributor, and the F.D.A. is making it so that we have to be very careful about recommending anything, I can say that I did enjoy one Raindrop Therapy, and you might find it interesting to study up on it. I am considering more, but herx is also a concern. I would like to, ideally, try to do 2 rife treatments and 1 Raindrop a week (or every other week, perhaps).
I have been keeping up on my chiropractic care regularly. I feel this is important to keep the body's energy flowing properly.
I am still considering acupuncture to see if I can make sure that the meridians are all unblocked, but I am still making progress without it at this point. One of these days, though. ;)
And that's all for today!
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Detox Notes
I am determined to keep track of what works for detox. For everyone who doesn't know already, yes, detox is very important! As I am the queen of not being able to detox, so hopefully these notes will be helpful to some. If not, well, I have myself a nice little list!
I have tried, so far:
-Detox on my rife machine. For sure, this is the number 1 thing that I do. Immediately after a treatment, I run the detox setting and go from feeling miserable to gradually a little better by the time I am done. I do detox later in the day as well, since, according to Bryan Rosner's book on rife, it can take a while for the bacteria to finish dying. I have also found lots of help doing the detox setting again the next day. Just today, for instance, I was feeling so sleepy after my session yesterday, and after running the program for 26 minutes, I feel much better and can stay awake. However, I get to feeling like I could spend all day on my rife machine, so I have been searching for things to add to the rife detox.
-Epsom salt baths....I know lots of people use them, but they just don't do enough for me!
Clay.....now we are talking.
-I first tried Terramin. Terramin is a clay that can be taken internally-which I always do the night of a treatment- but they also make a bath called Terrabath. After finding the price to be a bit scary ($100 on Amazon, including shipping, for 5 lbs.), I wanted to sample it. I contacted the company, and they told me that Terramin is indeed the same product as Terrabath; it's just that Terramin is more finely ground for consumption. Terramin costs about $25 for a bottle, so I decided that it would be a good way to make sure the stuff works. Stealing 1/2 cup out of my tub still left me with plenty to use for my internal consumption.
Well, the stuff seriously helped. I felt a little better after my bath, but the next day was more telling. I woke up not feeling like I had had the hugest workout ever. I didn't hurt everywhere! I had way more energy than I usually do, for sure. And I could actually think clearly. Usually following a treatment day, this isn't the case. I usually feel like I have a flu.
-I was so impressed that I wanted to try another bath, just to see if it would help out my energy levels even more....but I didn't want to use up any more of my Terramin. So I opted for this old clay mask powder that I found in my bathroom cabinet, called Health and Beauty Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay (it's 100% natural calcium bentonite clay). It seriously helped. It's hard to say how much, as the majority of the serious herx was taken away by the Terramin. But it was definitely a keeper. I'm not sure if I want to order it, or just replace it with some other clay, such as the bulk kind found at the natural market.
-Week 2 of clay baths....I had ordered some L.L. Magnetic Clay detox. It's a bit cheaper than the Terrabath, running $65 from their website, including shipping (for 5 lbs.). Okay, granted, this one was a mess....especially if you think you are going to get away without using a blender. Not happening! But if you use the blender, it's fine enough to use in the tub (I used my Vitamix). I didn't bother with all of the tub screens, taping the tub, etc. I didn't blend the herbs into the whole box of powder, either (seriously??)....I opted to sprinkle a bit in with the clay into the bath. I did it carefully, held my breath instead of using the recommended mask. * Note....now I just blend the herbs with the clay in the blender each time..pretty easy. The reason I chose this brand (besides the cheaper cost) was because on Amazon, though it isn't available to purchase there at this time, it had awesome reviews. People talked about the magical feeling of things being pulled out of their body, etc. I don't know about magical magnet feelings, but I felt better after the bath (keep in mind, I am the queen of non-detox). I rinsed my blender and waited to see how I would feel the next day. Yep! Good as gold. Again, I woke up not in pain, feeling pretty good. I could focus. I did a lot of paperwork and was able to think clearly. This is saying something, as I had done a treatment for bartonella, yeast, and mycoplasma (this was a bit much, by the way).
Update on L.L. clay....they responded to my "how often" question with the following:
"We recommend only using the clay baths 1-2 times per week. I would speak with your doctor in regard to using both treatments. I'm not sure how the Lyme treatments make you feel, but I do know the clay baths will have you feeling fatigued, nauseous, and maybe have a slight headache. When detoxing you should take it slow, as not to overload your body."
"I would speak with your healthcare practitioner in regard to using both treatments together.
-So, day 2 of this weeks rife session: I didn't want to use the L.L. clay again. I'm waiting to hear back from the company to see if it's okay to do it more than the recommended once every week or 2. Instead, I purchased some Dr. Singha's Mustard Bath, which also had rave reviews on Amazon. I put in the recommended 2 Tbsp. and tried out a soak. A 32 ounce jar is $25 by the way, but at this small serving, the jar should last a little bit, at least. Well, I felt lighter, as promised, and pretty good. But by this evening.....so sleepy (so I did the rife detox, which perked me up). It just didn't feel as potent as the clay. I don't think I would rely on it for the big treatment day bath.
Now, regarding feeling "better", it's all relative. But I normally feel like I have a flu for 4-5 days after a bartonella treatment. I felt way better the next day, but then I felt yucky a couple of days later, due to a flu (which I did rife for); yeast (don't know if that makes me feel yucky); and mycoplasma (which definitely makes me feel yucky). So not sure if I would have felt awesome without the added bugs! Tomorrow will be pretty telling though (day 2 after treatment day). I haven't had much steam today, and can't wait to see how it goes without the extra bugs, but with 2 doses of clay. ;)
Next, I am trying burbur. I did a bit tonight, since the mustard bath didn't do as much....I feel better, but think that's mostly from the rife detox.
I'll keep adding to these notes, and hopefully add some more details. :)
I'll sign off with this interesting article on Lyme "cures". I would prefer that it was quoted verbatim, but it's a good read.
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/can-i-ever-completely-get-rid-of-lyme-disease-opinions-from-the-most-popular-lyme-doctors-and-healers.html#.VR2NMfnF_Al
Update: I used the L.L. Detox clay after doing a Lyme treatment again (it had been over a month since I treated for Lyme, and I could feel it). I felt the run-over-by-a-freight train feeling the next morning...but not sure if this is because I had waited so long to do a treatment. Sigh. Wonder if there will ever be normal circumstances to get good results, lol?
Actually, last week, I did a bart treatment and the L.L. bath and was doing well enough that night that I was able to get out of the house for a friend's birthday party! Granted, I ended up so exhausted by 10:30 that Jerry had to carry me from the house, but the fact that I was even up to going anywhere was pretty remarkable. I also think that this has a bit to do with the fact that I am beating the bartonella up a bit. ;) Today I have done another bart treatment, as well as a long candida setting (these 2 bugs sure seem to hang out together a lot..), and there aren't any other odd circumstances. Tomorrow will be telling.
Burbur- Well, at $12 or something on Amazon, it sounds like you can't lose, right? Well, consider this: there are only 60 drops in a bottle. If you take 10 drops at a time, and every 15 minutes at that (until symptoms are relieved), that bottle doesn't last very long! Still, if it meant that Jerry could go to work, it might be worth it. But it's something I am going to have to think about more. One night it seemed magical; another time, not so much..? I think I will try some out tomorrow. I am determined to try to find out which things are working by spacing them out a bit.
I have tried, so far:
-Detox on my rife machine. For sure, this is the number 1 thing that I do. Immediately after a treatment, I run the detox setting and go from feeling miserable to gradually a little better by the time I am done. I do detox later in the day as well, since, according to Bryan Rosner's book on rife, it can take a while for the bacteria to finish dying. I have also found lots of help doing the detox setting again the next day. Just today, for instance, I was feeling so sleepy after my session yesterday, and after running the program for 26 minutes, I feel much better and can stay awake. However, I get to feeling like I could spend all day on my rife machine, so I have been searching for things to add to the rife detox.
-Epsom salt baths....I know lots of people use them, but they just don't do enough for me!
Clay.....now we are talking.
-I first tried Terramin. Terramin is a clay that can be taken internally-which I always do the night of a treatment- but they also make a bath called Terrabath. After finding the price to be a bit scary ($100 on Amazon, including shipping, for 5 lbs.), I wanted to sample it. I contacted the company, and they told me that Terramin is indeed the same product as Terrabath; it's just that Terramin is more finely ground for consumption. Terramin costs about $25 for a bottle, so I decided that it would be a good way to make sure the stuff works. Stealing 1/2 cup out of my tub still left me with plenty to use for my internal consumption.
Well, the stuff seriously helped. I felt a little better after my bath, but the next day was more telling. I woke up not feeling like I had had the hugest workout ever. I didn't hurt everywhere! I had way more energy than I usually do, for sure. And I could actually think clearly. Usually following a treatment day, this isn't the case. I usually feel like I have a flu.
-I was so impressed that I wanted to try another bath, just to see if it would help out my energy levels even more....but I didn't want to use up any more of my Terramin. So I opted for this old clay mask powder that I found in my bathroom cabinet, called Health and Beauty Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay (it's 100% natural calcium bentonite clay). It seriously helped. It's hard to say how much, as the majority of the serious herx was taken away by the Terramin. But it was definitely a keeper. I'm not sure if I want to order it, or just replace it with some other clay, such as the bulk kind found at the natural market.
-Week 2 of clay baths....I had ordered some L.L. Magnetic Clay detox. It's a bit cheaper than the Terrabath, running $65 from their website, including shipping (for 5 lbs.). Okay, granted, this one was a mess....especially if you think you are going to get away without using a blender. Not happening! But if you use the blender, it's fine enough to use in the tub (I used my Vitamix). I didn't bother with all of the tub screens, taping the tub, etc. I didn't blend the herbs into the whole box of powder, either (seriously??)....I opted to sprinkle a bit in with the clay into the bath. I did it carefully, held my breath instead of using the recommended mask. * Note....now I just blend the herbs with the clay in the blender each time..pretty easy. The reason I chose this brand (besides the cheaper cost) was because on Amazon, though it isn't available to purchase there at this time, it had awesome reviews. People talked about the magical feeling of things being pulled out of their body, etc. I don't know about magical magnet feelings, but I felt better after the bath (keep in mind, I am the queen of non-detox). I rinsed my blender and waited to see how I would feel the next day. Yep! Good as gold. Again, I woke up not in pain, feeling pretty good. I could focus. I did a lot of paperwork and was able to think clearly. This is saying something, as I had done a treatment for bartonella, yeast, and mycoplasma (this was a bit much, by the way).
Update on L.L. clay....they responded to my "how often" question with the following:
"We recommend only using the clay baths 1-2 times per week. I would speak with your doctor in regard to using both treatments. I'm not sure how the Lyme treatments make you feel, but I do know the clay baths will have you feeling fatigued, nauseous, and maybe have a slight headache. When detoxing you should take it slow, as not to overload your body."
"I would speak with your healthcare practitioner in regard to using both treatments together.
It is important to remineralize while doing the clay baths. There is a trace mineral supplement made by a company called Lumina Health called Cell Food that works really well! The clay doesn't completely remove all minerals, but it will pull some as well."
Hmm...considering that we usually have the above symptoms......-So, day 2 of this weeks rife session: I didn't want to use the L.L. clay again. I'm waiting to hear back from the company to see if it's okay to do it more than the recommended once every week or 2. Instead, I purchased some Dr. Singha's Mustard Bath, which also had rave reviews on Amazon. I put in the recommended 2 Tbsp. and tried out a soak. A 32 ounce jar is $25 by the way, but at this small serving, the jar should last a little bit, at least. Well, I felt lighter, as promised, and pretty good. But by this evening.....so sleepy (so I did the rife detox, which perked me up). It just didn't feel as potent as the clay. I don't think I would rely on it for the big treatment day bath.
Now, regarding feeling "better", it's all relative. But I normally feel like I have a flu for 4-5 days after a bartonella treatment. I felt way better the next day, but then I felt yucky a couple of days later, due to a flu (which I did rife for); yeast (don't know if that makes me feel yucky); and mycoplasma (which definitely makes me feel yucky). So not sure if I would have felt awesome without the added bugs! Tomorrow will be pretty telling though (day 2 after treatment day). I haven't had much steam today, and can't wait to see how it goes without the extra bugs, but with 2 doses of clay. ;)
Next, I am trying burbur. I did a bit tonight, since the mustard bath didn't do as much....I feel better, but think that's mostly from the rife detox.
I'll keep adding to these notes, and hopefully add some more details. :)
I'll sign off with this interesting article on Lyme "cures". I would prefer that it was quoted verbatim, but it's a good read.
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/can-i-ever-completely-get-rid-of-lyme-disease-opinions-from-the-most-popular-lyme-doctors-and-healers.html#.VR2NMfnF_Al
Update: I used the L.L. Detox clay after doing a Lyme treatment again (it had been over a month since I treated for Lyme, and I could feel it). I felt the run-over-by-a-freight train feeling the next morning...but not sure if this is because I had waited so long to do a treatment. Sigh. Wonder if there will ever be normal circumstances to get good results, lol?
Actually, last week, I did a bart treatment and the L.L. bath and was doing well enough that night that I was able to get out of the house for a friend's birthday party! Granted, I ended up so exhausted by 10:30 that Jerry had to carry me from the house, but the fact that I was even up to going anywhere was pretty remarkable. I also think that this has a bit to do with the fact that I am beating the bartonella up a bit. ;) Today I have done another bart treatment, as well as a long candida setting (these 2 bugs sure seem to hang out together a lot..), and there aren't any other odd circumstances. Tomorrow will be telling.
Burbur- Well, at $12 or something on Amazon, it sounds like you can't lose, right? Well, consider this: there are only 60 drops in a bottle. If you take 10 drops at a time, and every 15 minutes at that (until symptoms are relieved), that bottle doesn't last very long! Still, if it meant that Jerry could go to work, it might be worth it. But it's something I am going to have to think about more. One night it seemed magical; another time, not so much..? I think I will try some out tomorrow. I am determined to try to find out which things are working by spacing them out a bit.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Bartonella and Co-infections
Oh, my...it's been a while since I have posted anything! I have been busy. The more energy I have, the more I want to do around the house. :)
So, the latest.....My progress was slowing a little, as treatments stood. I was still herxing, but not too badly, and I was considering doing treatments twice a week. After all, my husband is not able to go to work out of town, so he is at home. What better time to focus on my treatment? Then, I did some testing for bartonella (muscle testing) and it came up as something I had needed to do. I have never treated for bart before, that I can recall!
I began my bart treatment about 3 weeks ago. Each time, I have herxed for about 4-5 days! Now I have been doing lots and lots of detox research (which I will share as I decide on the best approach). I can only guess that I will certainly have lots of progress at this rate!
Another interesting thing. I keep coming up with mycoplasma in my muscle testing. Then I read something about how it often comes with lyme. I don't know about that, but twice I have had times when I feel wimpy and yucky, and I do rife for myco, and I feel really good the next day. So I plan to incorporate this into my routine....sometime......lol. I am not sure how to fit everything into my rife schedule. At this rate, I have no intention of trying to do two treatments a week, but haven't done any lyme settings since I started bart. The others (mycoplasma, fungus, etc.) are easy to sneak in on odd days. I don't really herx much with them. I am not sure when I will get back to lyme treatment, but as long as I am herxing this severely with the bart treatment, I am going to do that one. And if I can get things dialed in with detox, then I could make all sorts of progress!
I have also become a distributor for Young Living essential oils. I have played around with using them for detox, but I haven't wanted to use any oils for killing the bugs, as I don't want to herx 24/7. This has been one of my goals in doing rife, anyway. I don't want to mess up a good thing. However, if I can do a program that just supports the system, I might go for it (and of course, I will report my findings).
Incidentally, the oils I have been using for detox are lemongrass and patchouli (internally, in capsules) and a roll on blend of oils that I rub over the liver area. I have only been doing this once a week, though. I probably should have been doing it more often. I am going to talk to my upline about her recommendations.
Well, this will be all for now. I have to be up and doing. :)
http://www.publichealthalert.org/ignore-bartonella-and-die-trivializing-bartonella-is-like-ignoring-tnt.html#.VSwfCLJotmw.facebook
Update: I decided to take a "flu bomb" (a recipe of Young Living oils to take internally to kill bugs). I had a cold and was anxious to try it out. Well, it worked. No more cold.....but I herxed pretty badly! I have heard some have luck with just doing tiny amounts each day, unlike what I had done. Whew! I might consider adding the oils in the future, but it would be very carefully done. Then again, I seem to be the queen of non-detox, so maybe others wouldn't have the same reaction.
So, the latest.....My progress was slowing a little, as treatments stood. I was still herxing, but not too badly, and I was considering doing treatments twice a week. After all, my husband is not able to go to work out of town, so he is at home. What better time to focus on my treatment? Then, I did some testing for bartonella (muscle testing) and it came up as something I had needed to do. I have never treated for bart before, that I can recall!
I began my bart treatment about 3 weeks ago. Each time, I have herxed for about 4-5 days! Now I have been doing lots and lots of detox research (which I will share as I decide on the best approach). I can only guess that I will certainly have lots of progress at this rate!
Another interesting thing. I keep coming up with mycoplasma in my muscle testing. Then I read something about how it often comes with lyme. I don't know about that, but twice I have had times when I feel wimpy and yucky, and I do rife for myco, and I feel really good the next day. So I plan to incorporate this into my routine....sometime......lol. I am not sure how to fit everything into my rife schedule. At this rate, I have no intention of trying to do two treatments a week, but haven't done any lyme settings since I started bart. The others (mycoplasma, fungus, etc.) are easy to sneak in on odd days. I don't really herx much with them. I am not sure when I will get back to lyme treatment, but as long as I am herxing this severely with the bart treatment, I am going to do that one. And if I can get things dialed in with detox, then I could make all sorts of progress!
I have also become a distributor for Young Living essential oils. I have played around with using them for detox, but I haven't wanted to use any oils for killing the bugs, as I don't want to herx 24/7. This has been one of my goals in doing rife, anyway. I don't want to mess up a good thing. However, if I can do a program that just supports the system, I might go for it (and of course, I will report my findings).
Incidentally, the oils I have been using for detox are lemongrass and patchouli (internally, in capsules) and a roll on blend of oils that I rub over the liver area. I have only been doing this once a week, though. I probably should have been doing it more often. I am going to talk to my upline about her recommendations.
Well, this will be all for now. I have to be up and doing. :)
http://www.publichealthalert.org/ignore-bartonella-and-die-trivializing-bartonella-is-like-ignoring-tnt.html#.VSwfCLJotmw.facebook
Update: I decided to take a "flu bomb" (a recipe of Young Living oils to take internally to kill bugs). I had a cold and was anxious to try it out. Well, it worked. No more cold.....but I herxed pretty badly! I have heard some have luck with just doing tiny amounts each day, unlike what I had done. Whew! I might consider adding the oils in the future, but it would be very carefully done. Then again, I seem to be the queen of non-detox, so maybe others wouldn't have the same reaction.
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