There exists a disease that is extremely common that people don’t realize they have it. It is the most incorrectly diagnosed malady and is not adequately treated because the medications that are prescribed treat only the symptoms (and they don’t do a very good job of mitigating the ill effects) without addressing the root cause of your not feeling well.
Highly contagious, this disease can be communicated by close contact among individuals or effectively transmitted by an insect bite. Once infected, the patient may demonstrate symptoms that could represent any one of over 300 different diseases while experiencing any one or more of as many symptoms.
Most families are already living with this aggressive bacterium in their home and it is common for house pets to be carriers of the disease.
The vast array of symptoms covers a wide spectrum; and some of them could have you – or your doctor – questioning one’s sanity. In fact, in many cases, a well-meaning physician might suggest that your symptoms are psychosomatic (imagined).
When looking for a place to settle within the body or a host this smart bug will detect and penetrate one’s weakest link. That’s why it looks so different as it infects and breaks down different living components in each person who has it.
My wife and I were diagnoses with everything from lupus to fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis to celiac disease while stumping the most sophisticated symptom checker.
We sought out traditionally trained doctors as well as those who were natural, allopathic or specialized in neuropathy or homeopathy which made our search for a solid solution even more confusing. We were told that we displayed depression symptoms, symptoms of mono, chronic fatigue syndrome and sciatic nerve pain, while they determined that we suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, lymphoma, trigeminal neuralgia and heart disease, just to name a few.
Little did the professionals know that we both – while experiencing vastly different symptoms – had the same disease.
It is easy for intimate partners to transmit the disease as it can be communicated with as little as a kiss and you don’t necessarily get it from another person, you could be infected by a dog or a cat, or any insect; and it can even survive in the air for a short period of time, like any other airborne disease, though only traveling ten feet or so before dying.
It turns out that I was infected by a mosquito and my wife contracted it from me.
After nine years of suffering from that insect bite, battling known medical science and having jumped through so many hoops, leaving us exhausted, experiencing real pain with little hope of recovery while wondering if were weren’t crazy ourselves.
I was beginning to wonder if I had bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, mental illness or any of the other mental disorders.
If you were These are some of the symptoms below:
• Problems with normal thinking processes or stumbling over words
• Lack of concentration and or erratic mood changes
• Feeling tired, wore out, lack of stamina
• Lower back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, heel pain or stiffness of joints or back
• Sudden sharp pains, loss of feeling, tingling sensation in extremities
• Irritable bowel or bladder, stomach pain
• Anxiety, psychological disorders or panic attacks
• Arthritis affecting the knees, legs, ankles, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrist, etc.
• Nerve pain radiating out from the spine, like a pinched nerve
• Numbness in the limbs or facial paralysis (Bell’s Palsy)
It wasn’t until we discovered that we suffered from physiological Borreliosis invasion that we started to treat this bugger that is commonly referred to as Lyme disease. You have likely heard the cries from the media touting that Lyme disease is communicated by a deer tick, but nothing could be further from the truth.
According to Leo Galland, M.D., Lyme disease is extremely stealthy and can masquerade itself as any known malady as it finds places to set up camp in organs, skin, heart, nervous system, joints and muscles, making it extremely difficult to correctly diagnose.
It never occurred to me that I might have had Lyme disease because I had never been bitten by a deer tick at any time.
Once we knew what we were dealing with, the hunt was on for a solution. We tried a great many therapies and interventions with varying degrees of success in an effort to thwart the corkscrew-shaped bacterium Borrelia burqdorferi that was determined to take us out.
Along the way I have met many people who have also struggled to battle this disease who have spent ten to twenty years and thousands of dollars in the battle.
We were so fortunate to be able to find a $25 solution to all those aches and pains.
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To, My family, friends, and acquaintances:
I have Chronic Lyme disease. You may have heard me talk about it ad nauseum. I do this only to create awareness, and to explain to you why I cannot do the same things I used to. This disease has affected me in ways I never imagined, and no one but those who have, and/or are enduring it can understand.
You may want to tell me that you once found a tick on you, got sick, took antibiotics, and are fine now. Some of us are not so lucky. Many of us never saw a tick. Never had a rash. We at some point were infected, and went about our lives as usual for years, until one day we felt ill, or had surgery, or had an accident, or were overly stressed, and here comes Lyme. It can take years for it to rear its ugly head.
This disease is complex. It can come alone, or bring friends. We call these co-infections. All of these things are difficult to diagnose. We may have to see a long list of Medical Profesionals before we have been propely diagnosed, and begin treatment. In the meantime, we may have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue, Depression, MS, ALS, or a long list of other things. This process is not only frustrating, but demeaning, and expensive as well. It can take a lot out of an already ill person, and add stressors which can make symptoms worse. Add to this, improper, insufficient, or no treatment at all, and we have a dire situation.
Many of us have had to decrease our hours at work, or are unable to work at all. Many of us do not have a support system of family and friends who understand, and are willing to help. We struggle to maintain a sense of normality, maintain our homes, and lifestyles. Many of our relationships are strained, or broken, and friends no longer call. We endure all of this at the same time that we are living with the symptoms of our disease.
Each person with Lyme can have different symptoms, including overwhelming fatigue, muscle and joint pain, migraines, tinnitus, confusion, memory loss, tremors, sweats, rashes, air hunger, sensory overload, and more. The bacteria can burrow into all parts of the body. It can hide itself from detection, and treatment. To make matters worse, treatment can make the symptoms increase in severity.
We may not “look” sick, but we are. You might see us at the grocery store, or out with friends, but what you don’t realize is that on that particular day, we were having a “good” day. We try to enjoy these days and do as much as we can to feel “normal”, but trust me we will pay the price the next. Our little trip to the store, or attending a social gathering can send us into a bedridden state for days.
We are not lazy, crazy or taking advantage. We research, and bombard you with information because we want you to understand. We want your support. We stand up for ourselves, and promote awareness because if we don’t, who will?
There are hundreds of thousands of us who are infected. There will be hundreds of thousands more. This disease is not going away. It can be transmitted to your unborn child, your partner, and though blood transfusions. It does exist. It is and epidemic. You could be next.
If you have a loved one, friend, or acquaintance with Lyme, please be supportive, and help in any way you can. We cannot do this alone.
Sincerely,
Lyme Warrior
Why Can’t I Get Better?: Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease
MSIDS (Lyme-MSIDS. MSIDS stands for Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome) is what makes it hard for regular doctors to treat us. There are 300 diseases that may be causes by the spirochetes we have. We don’t fit into the nice, neat formulas that they use for diagnosing more common diseases. That is why is is so important to find a Lyme specialist who understands the complexity of the different infectious agents, how they impact our body, and how to treat effectively.
Information essentially saved my life, the book is an incredible endeavor that is ‘the bible’ of chronic illness.
There are points for evaluating chronically ill Patients. No you are not crazy…. What’s the cause of your suffering?
Lyme disease
Environmental toxins
Inflammation
Immune dysfunction caused by bacteria
Strange abnormalities with nutritional deficiencies
Endocrine abnormalities
Mitochondrial dysfunction, Candida, Chlamydia
Chronic Bacterial and Viral Infections in Neurodegenerative and Neurobehavioral Diseases
Sleep disorders
Autonomic nervous system dysfunction
Allergies
Gastrointestinal disorders
Liver dysfunctions
Pain disorder/addiction
Lack of exercise/inability to move much
WOW! I have lots of these symptoms and I wonder if the $25.00 Test for Lyme disease will help? Anybody here knows?