Re: n--->antibx question-->Ann

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Hi Ann,

I saw your earlier question about swollen glands, but didn't have much to

offer. Then I thought that the one thing that DID help my chronically sore

neck/chin glands was the famous lemon/olive oil drink. While I take that,

I get NO swollen or sore glands. You could give it a try if you haven't

already, it is one thng that is highly unlikely to harm you!

In case you haven't seen it (sorry I forget who knows what) the essence of

the drink is to blend half a large lemon or a whole small one, including

skin, with 1-2 tablespoons of extra virgin cold pressed olive oil and some

other fruit like banana or apple or OJ to make it palatable, and drink once

a day.

>and going to discuss the various antibiotic regimes w/my MD. I had an

>additional question for you if you don't mind....how is the decision being

>made as to which specific antibiotic you take (not the antifungals) being

>made? For example, the doxycycline.....is your MD culturing blood/sputum or

>anything else

Ho Ho Ho! I wish. I DREAM about doctors who say " let's test and see what

this bug is sensitive to, so we don't have to grope around in the dark, and

risk exposing you to unnecessary side effects " .... I really DREAM about one

who even sounds as though he/she knows more than I do.

No, I took Jadin's protocol along to this very senior and skilled

specialist (professor) and said I want to go on this, and he said hmm

interesting I don't believe all this Rickettsia stuff, but OK I'll

prescribe this and this, and I said " No that one will cause me problems

because of this and don't you think this one would be a better bet because

of ...that " and he said OK fine. So that's how it was decided. I don't

know whether these are good guesses or not, this is why I ask Nelly who at

least has spoken with " Mme Rickkettsia " for guidance.

BTW I don't necessarily think that Rickettsia is my problem, I am just

assuming that I am infected by some recalcitrant bug (by observation I am

always MUCH better on abx) and that her protocol might fix it - given that

she claims a stupendous success rate and I doubt whether ALL her patients

really had Rickettsia as the main problem either. But then I wonder what

led Dr Nicholson to his regime, and others to theirs, and why the

differences, and whether the differences are related to the bug, or the

country, or nothing at all and they are all very approximate guesses.

I also do a lot of research, like most of us, to make sure that choices I

make or doctors make are sensible, but it is pretty hit an miss what I find

and presumably what I don't find.

Without knowing anything about you, and with no medical training at all, my

suggestions for you and your doc to consider are lemon and olive oil drink

first because it can hardly be any risk, and then consider some combination

of abx, maybe taken from Jardin's or Nicholson't protocol. You could do

worse also than be tested for helicobacter pylori, if positive consider go

on one of the regimes for that - these regimes are (as I said last post)

very similar to Jadin's protocol and maybe this is not coincidence. It

seems also that H Pylori is also a very common bug and very debilitating

for some of us.

Whatever you do, please keep posting your progress.

JR

This said with all the usual disclaimers - don't do anything

n

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Canberra, Australia

[Guest guest]

Oh n--thanks for the lemon/olive oil drink recipe! I will try and let

you know how it goes! Ann