We had an appointment with my main doctor (functional medicine chiropractor) this week. I have completed the plan of taking a break from killing pathogens in order to try to increase my body’s ability to detoxify. In terms of preferred outcomes, some of the methods/protocols we tried for increased detoxification were accepted by my body and others were largely unsuccessful. We are at the stage where we need to try to begin killing pathogens again and hope that my body will accept the treatment protocol(s).
As a reminder, here is the tentative plan and the parts that have been completed (click on image to make it bigger):
We have briefly skipped over Babesia with plans to return to it at some point. I have begun the treatment protocol for Lyme. We are trying to determine if my body will accept this treatment option. In order to not push my body too hard, we started with 1/10 of the full treatment dosage on the first day to see what would happen. (I am always optimistic about each new step in the process. I always go into it thinking that everything is going to be fine, and then if it isn’t, I am always surprised. You would think that I would expect something to go wrong at this point, but that is not the case. I am not sure how I continue to be optimistic, but I am glad that I am.)
Anyway, I got a mild rash on my face with 1/10 of the full dose. During my appointment, we decided to give this treatment more time, so I am supposed to keep doing the 1/10 of the full dose while taking days off in between as needed to let my body rest and recover. The goal is to be able to eventually work up to the full dose and then do the full dose for at least 30 days. You can see how long this might take, so I have to be patient.
The second day I tried 1/10 of the full dose, I developed a headache in the evening that lasted a total of 36 hours. [Side note: I had a very important 3-hour family meeting involving 15 total family members during this seemingly never-ending headache, so that was super fun.] So, the verdict is still out on whether or not my body will let us keep moving forward with this treatment protocol. I will keep trying. My doctor continues to give me very specific parameters in this process, because he knows that I will keep going even when all signs are telling me to slow down. I am not a fan of slowing down and/or stopping treatment, even when it is in my body’s best interest.
I saw this image this week, and it made me laugh out loud . . .
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Brutal. Side effects from treatment. A 3-hour family meeting with a doozy of a headache.
Beautiful. A doctor who keeps trying and slows me down when needed. Continued optimism. Looking forward to 2078. 🤣
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