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A little light reading for those who may be curious: https://lymeconnection.org/news_publicat...-and-the-brain-Peripheral neuropathy Loss of executive function Easily frustrated Rage episodes Also, most doctors know almost zero about the disease and the tests they prescribe are completely useless. You need to find a "lyme-literate" physician who uses the Igenex labs regimen. Horowitz's book "Why Cant I get Better?" will get you on the right path. There are exactly two doctors here in Colorado that are credible (there were three, but one died).
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Hopefully the medical science has progressed since the publication of this extensive article about the controversy in the medical profession re: Lyme's disease. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/01/the-lyme-wars
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like gilda said, "its always something"...
wishing you continued recovery and good health...
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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After 44-months of nearly continuous treatment, I have finally been cleared of my Lyme's Disease (which went undiagnosed for 11-years, almost killing me first). After I was in for a final check-up in May, my lymes-literate sawbones admitted that only about 20% of his patients ever achieve that end. Most have components of the disease that have to be managed....until end-of-life. My health has improved dramatically since those early days of May; I've lost almost 40 lbs, I'm walking 15 to 20 miles a day (w/the dog, of course) and I've re-entered the workforce again. A gift from God, right? Well, yes...and no. My marriage has been badly damaged by the many years of an almost total disability and late-stage....Lymes psychosis, which is the devastation the disease does to your cognitive skills (and which absolutely nobody warns you about). Severe loss of executive function and being easily frustrated leads to unwarranted outbursts (look up Lyme psychosis & Lyme rage sometime) and a thoroughly oppressive atmosphere at home. My spouse and I are working through all that now (please pray for us!) and I finally have a glimmer of hope (our 33rd anniversary was last Thursday, hopefully it won't be our last).
Forgive me for venting here but it leads to my next question...I was visiting my brother in New Hampshire last week and even after being very careful where I went and what I did, I was awoken Friday morning by a deer tick crawling up my neck while in bed. I know about Permethrin and Deet, are there other options that folks use to keep these now-dangerous little bast*rds at bay? I'm headed to Minnesota next week and I don't want any more surprises.
It seems that one of the causes of the increasing spread of lyme disease is climate change. I recall you support the party that denies climate change. Nature is not without a sense of irony right?
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nca225: This makes you happy?
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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nca225, there's a time and place for everything and this isn't the time.
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My local Bass Pro stopped carrying Repel brand and I was talked into using the Sawyers brand (to be fair I only tried the Sawyers in
a pump spray Not the arisol) ...I did get a few ticks on me. Another thing I did not like about the Sawyers brand is the strong chemical smell that lasted and lasted and lasted.
I went back to Repel and if your clothes are properly treated I have yet to get a tick and I spend upwards of 30 plus days in the turkey woods each spring some of which I spend napping at the base of a tree.
Some might not believe it but ticks will get on you in sub zero temperatures if you sit on the ground and warm them up....just an old wise tale that a hard freeze kills ticks or has an effect on their numbers.
Some speculation that Lyme disease originated in a military lab on an island right out from Lyme Connecticut and it was developed by the US Military as a weapon.
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One of the factors in Lymes spread is the deer population. There are more deer around now than before Europeans arrived.
W. E. Boyd
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Look up Operation Paperclip and Dr. Eric Traub sometime. The Plum Island (Animal Disease Center) sits just off of the Connecticut coast.
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