A computer test for toxins in your brain?
My LLMD is suspicious that part of my brainfog issues stem from chronic neurotoxins. To sniff out the possibility, he asked me to check out ChronicNeurotoxins.com. It’s a site created and run by Dr. Shoemaker, a well-respected doctor and Lyme advocate (not sure if he’s what we would [...]
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Visual Contrast Sensitivity Test
LymeMD: The sick role of Lyme
LymeMD made a particularly interesting post last week about the role the disease plays in the lives of certain people.
The sick role can become integrated into the disease. Perhaps, ironically, some readers of this BLOG focus all of their attention on their illness–scouring discussion forums, constantly perusing the Internet, seeking some new tidbit of esoteric [...]
Help Doctor Jones
The Under Our Skin blog made a post today about the 80-year old pediatric Lyme doctor, Dr. Charles Ray Jones. Click here to read it.
Dr. Jones. who is featured in the film, is currently under legal attack from state medical boards for “inappropriate” treatment of children with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. He’s spent hundreds [...]
Recovery Update – August 2009
Writing the title of this post is almost like a joke to me.
When I started blogging my regular updates waaaay back on February 9th, 2008 I NEVER would have dreamed that I’d still be writing them in August, 2009. Only wish this joke was a little funnier
Alright… enough boo-hooing. What’s happening?
A change [...]
Homeopathic Emergency!
It’s kind of like Lyme treatment, don’t you think? Hopefully the outcome will be a bit more positive for all of us
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I mentioned in a previous update that I would post my Bart (or whatever) pix. Here it is.
I’ve looked around the web for other pix of Bart, but didn’t see any that looked like mine. Most show little dots floating around both inside and outside of the cells.
I’m becoming increasingly focused on this aspect of [...]
New Yorker Article: The Cost Conundrum
There’s a fantastic (and sad and scary) article in a recent issue of The New Yorker about the terrific gap between the cost and quality of health care in America. Here’s a clip…
“There is no insurance system that will make the two aims match perfectly. But having a system that does so much to misalign [...]
LymeMD – “Lyme and Bartonella: A Tale of Two Herxes”
Dr. Lyme posted an interesting observation yesterday. Actually, all of his/her posts are interesting. This one's just more interesting than usual, especially since I'm embarking on a Bart hunt.
Speaking of which, I'm on my second dose of Rifampin and my heart is thumping away like John Henry racing the steam hammer. This one may be [...]
LymeMD
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon this site http://lymemd.blogspot.com. It's a blog run by a LLMD in/near Bethesda, MD and I think it's one of the most important Lyme-related sites out there.
The good doctor writes with extreme regularity on all subjects related to the disease and his (very pointed) thoughts on treatment. It's a [...]
Single-photon Emission Computerized Tomography – Part 1
My neurologist recently ordered that I get a SPECT scan*. This is a common thing for Lyme patients so I thought I'd write up my experiences and results. Here's what it was like to get one. Later I'll post my results.
What's a SPECT scan?From the Mayo Clinic's website here:
"A single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) scan [...]
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