You're Either On Something Or Onto Something

...and hopefully a little of both.

After the last visit with my doctor here is the complete list of medications/supplements I am on

(BIG RED disclaimer: This is a list prescribed specifically for me and is not intended to cure anyone else. If you have or believe you have Lyme please see a Lyme aware doctor)

Rx:

Doxycycline: (100mg 2x a day) Antibiotic - Kill those blasted buggers

Hydroxychloroquine: (200mg 2x a day) Another antibiotic to help the other antibiotic work better

Herbals*:

A-Bab: An herbal (and other) supplement to boost immune system and work as an antimicrobial

Samento: Another Microbial Defense Herbal Supplement

*These two I take 15 drops each in 6oz of water x2 a day- Drop it in wait a minute and slam it down, not that tasty but it's my daily elixir.

Supplements:

Alpha Base: (3 capsules 2x a day) Overall vitamin supplement

Immuno-viva Core Capsules: (1 capsules 2x a day) Immunity boost and essential fatty acids

Grape Pip: (1 capsule 2x a day) Mostly to help tinnitus symptoms I think

Probiotic: (2 capsules as often as I can remember) This is to help put back the good bacteria that all the antibiotics are killing

Vitiman D3: (25000 IU 2x a week) Support Immune system and help other medications to work better

Well - that's it. I think I have to go and take something now.

On the News - Finally!

Well, I have heard this now from several friends and I decided to blog it.  On August 4, Fox News reported on the new disease, 'Ehrlichia' transmitted by ticks. Surpise! Surpise! Did you know there are more than 100 different strands of the borrelia out there? Supposedly a little over 40 are present in the USA (as of now), but your blood tests are only checking for 10 strands.  Question: What about the other strands, shouldn't we be looking for those as well?  In Europe there are supposedly over 300 strands.
 I am not surprised to hear there is a new tick borne disease as reported by Fox News.  However, I am surprised at how long it is taking our medical community to figure it out.  WE ARE NOT GOING CRAZY! The news report covers the symptoms, and prevention for the disease and ticks in general (they got some of it right).  I question what happens when the symptoms go untreated, especially with the many people out there who would never go to the doctor for the flu, and the bacteria presents like a flu.  Coo dos to the news, they covered the statistics of Lyme, and anaplasmosis from last year to this year - 'Going Up!'   All in all, it was satisfying to see the media catching up to what we have known to be a problem for years, that the bite of a tick can really be bad.