Re: Reversing Lyme disease part 1

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Thank you for sharing that, and for all that you do-

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> New blog post on my journey.

> Tami Duncan

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> BLOG.TAMIDUNCAN.COM published a new post entitled " Reversing Lyme Disease -

Part 1 " on 10/16/2011 8:56:17 PM, written by Tami Duncan.

> Reversing Lyme Disease - Part 1

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> This article a long time coming. I write this not as a therapy for myself but

in hopes that if one piece of this story gives the reader an " aha " moment, it

has been worth it.

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> About 21 years ago I developed a ring-like rash on my arm. At the time, this

was in the early 90's and I thought it was a ringworm rash. Not thinking

anything of it, I put some " Calamine " lotion on it and went on my way. A few

weeks later I began college and moved into my dorm room. It was very stressful

because I had never been away from home. About 2 days into living in this new

environment I developed a very high fever and excruciating headache. It was so

painful that I was admitted to the hospital.

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> Being just 19 at the time I did not appreciate the many tests they ran me

through in the hospital. They took blood from me every hour for 24 hours.

Finally when the only spot left to draw blood was my ankle, I pitched a major

fit and refused to let them draw anymore blood. Then came the 10 interns

following my doctor like anxious little puppy dogs. They foamed at the mouth

when the doctor announced he was to do a spinal tap on me. When I heard that,

I had an immediate flash of some movie I had seen where the woman was squirming

and screaming bloody murder as she was pinned down for this procedure. I

decided my only way out of this was to be a major bitch and throw a huge

tantrum. I did this and they all excited out of the room, rolling their eyes

at me probably thinking that I was going to go infect the world with this

" suspected " meningitis they thought I had.

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> They released me from the hospital and home I went. To break this 105 degree

fe ver my mom decided to pull a chapter from Little House on the Prairie. She

loaded me into the bathtub and proceeded to pour ice cubes all over me until it

shivered that fever out of me. Well thank you mom because it actually worked!

Fever gone, feeling better, off I went back to college.

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> During the two years I lived in the dorms I developed some serious allergies,

asthma issues and a 6 month battle with what I thought was " mono " . We didn't

think anything of it. After all I was living in the dorms, eating like crap and

drinking here and there. I had no concept of healthy eating and " drove thru " for

most of my meals. When I wasn't at Carl's Jr. or Burger King eating french

fries and Pepsi, I was eating the lovely dorm cafeteria food in which the only

thing I really liked to eat was their white bread and chocolate cake.

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> The next 10 years proved pre tty uneventful. I seemed to have some GI

disturbance but it just became part of daily life and didn't think anything of

it. But then I became pregnant with my daughter. During this pregnancy I

developed asthma very seriously. At one point I had such a severe asthma

attack I began to vomit and was rushed to the doctor. I also developed many

headaches and light sensitivity. We chalked all that up to pregnancy, after

all my bloodwork always came back clean.

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> After giving birth to Jenna I developed strep throat immediately and was

quarantined from my new baby for two weeks. After that time I began having

more severe GI issues such as constipation and cramping after eating certain

foods. Along with the continued asthma I just learned to live with these

symptoms. They be came part of life.

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> When my son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 7, all focus turned on

him. A frantic race to heal him began. My entire being was dedicated to

researching, finding answers, fighting the school district, getting him services

and finding the exact biomedical treatments he needed to heal. I became an

angry lion and anyone who got in my way would get trampled on. I began to

develop frequent ear infections and sinus infections during this time. I did

think it was odd that a woman my age would get ear infections, but I loyally

took my antibiotics and went to work, dragging through each day. At the same

time I realized that as I was completely immersed in this learning, I could also

share this information with other parents. I began volunteering for TACA (Talk

About Curing Autism) as a meeting coordinator.

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> The day after my first TACA meeting I lost my voice. It was completely gone.

There wasn't even a squeak! I thought I must be coming down with a virus or so

I did nothing. After about 3 weeks I decided to go to the doctor. He easily

put me on a z-pack, thinking I must have a bug. I took the medicine but it did

not work. I then made an appointment with a local ENT. He looked into my

throat and determined that he had never seen anything like this. He stated that

my vocal cords looked like they had Bell's Palsy, looking paralyzed. He

decided that it must be a virus and to let him know if it didn't go away in a

few weeks. In fact it did go away right at the 2 month mark. It was 2 months

that I had no voice.

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> When my voice returned my body began showing some wild symptoms. & nb sp; I

became dizzy and very achy in my joints. I began walking very slowly with

barely enough energy to make it up the stairs. I felt like an old woman. My

GI symptoms persisted and I developed frequent headaches. Add that to the

wheezing and I was a hot mess. I went to a D.O. who said I probably had

Epstein Barr. I decided to go to a Naturopath who worked in the same office

as my son's doctor who treated his autism symptoms. Her name is Nicola

McFazdean, ND. To my luck she is also an expert in Lyme disease.

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> Dr. McFazdean took a detailed history and when we listed them out I had quite

the list of symptoms. It shocked me. She determined that I could have either

mold toxicity or Lyme disease. I didn't think either one of those options was

probable. But I felt so crummy I told her to run the tests. Low and behold I

came back positive for both of them. The Lyme disease was the most conclusive

though. I was a CDC positive which left no doubt that I had the infection.

The health department even called me to ask questions about this diagnosis. I

was the only one in my county they had ever called.

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> After receiving my diagnosis, I had my entire family tested. My son,

, came back positive. This began the epiphany and a long road of guilt,

anger and confusion as to how this all happened and my part in his development

of autism.

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> Read about my treatment in Part 2, coming soon.

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