OT: Re: Theoretical question

January 1, 2011

Well, Bart is the suspect, not Lyme but since they are treated similarly,

mentioned Lyme. I closed my house up for a year, left my cat there w pet door

open and stopped in daily to put food and water down, check on him and get mail,

check house. Neighbors cat also came and went from pet door as he had been for

four years prior. Only difference is bec there was always food down, he stayed

there and never went home...I found out later which meant he went all summer

long without flea protection so house bec infected w fleas and I got

substantially bitten up when I moved back in. A year down the road I have

developed foot problems that won't clear up, a hallmark of Bart, can hardly walk

much without them burning so facing long term antibotics perhaps. Doctor tried

me on zithromax and then doxycycline at normal dosing and a couple months each.

Both helped. One cleared up a swollen lymph node. Advised treatment when that

doesn't work is high dose, long term. Started it but I feel really awful, so

taking a break from it and looking into other things.

About testing. I had blood tested by premier lab in countryfor Bart, in North

Carolina, and it came out negative but even they said that Bart is very hard to

test for since the organism easily died when taken from host and often isn't

caught in typical blood draw and advised to go on likihood which is highly

likely. Yes, though I do have a heavy wooded area behind house and deer that

walk in yard, but it isn't suspected. I don't think I will be able to tolerate

long term, high dose antibiotics.

--- In , " Jack Thrasher, Ph.D. " <toxicologist1@...>

wrote:

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> Most likely. Also, antibiotics are immune suppressing chemicals. Antibiotics

are products of mold and actinomycetes, they are not purified to the extent to

remove mold and actinomycete antigens.

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> I must say once again, Lyme disease is transmitted by deer ticks. If one has

not been infested with a deer tick then most likely they do not have Lyme

disease. Antibodies in the blood to various antigens, including the :Lyme

bacteria, only mean exposure not necessarily illness. There has been too much

hype regarding Lyme disease. If one has elevated IgG antibodies and very low or

not IgM antibodies to an antigen, the tests results only demonstrated immune

memory, not infection. The infectious agent must be cultured and identified for

a positive result.

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