Yes, couldn't agree more! Whatever antibiotic you get (and I'm allergic to doxy) take it religiously for a month; Lyme is not worth screwing around with. One of my friends got Lyme, was given a prescription of doxy for ten days, and three and a half months later could barely crawl - literally crawl - to the emergency room at the local small-town hospital.
Take care, Malcolm On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 09:40 -0400, starshar wrote: > This former Lymie cannot emphasize strongly enough the importance of a > minimum of 28 days of Doxy. All the rest should be additional. > Otherwise I can’t stand antibiotics! > > > > Sharon > > > > > > Rowena: > > > > > > Thanks for all your information. I have forwarded it to Jane. It > will take a while to absorb. > > > Thanks to all others who have responded. > > > She was back home within 48 hrs of being bitten, and the doc here > immediately put her on Doxycycline, 100 mg twice a day for 3 days. > > > According to some postings, that should be continued for more days. > > > She is also using some colloidal silver, which she does not like to > use because it previously turned her cuticles silvery gray. > > > I am trying to persuade her to use my olive leaf, oregano oil > combination (which I take twice a day) - she is a bit fearful of that > because I had such strong detox symptoms when I first started using > it. > > > The Salt/C protocol may be too strong for her. She is very sensitive > to all meds and supplements. However, she has not reacted to the Doxy > yet. > > > I have a Godzilla zapper from V. We also have the therapik, but my > understanding is, it is only useful if you get the bite right away. > > > She has already tried the Bentonite clay (with apple cider vinegar I > believe). I will have her do more of that. I had a really itchy > mosquito bite a few days ago, was driving me nuts, and an application > of bentonite clay took the itch away within minutes, and it never came > back. That stuff really works. > > > > > > Del > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Rowena > > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 2:13 AM > > > Subject: Re: CS>Tick Bite > > > > > > Google Salt and C protocol. > Real salt not table salt, or Himalayan, or the chemist's > stuff, though I would prefer Himalayan. > Might be a bit late to put salt, CS, etc. on the entry wound, > but still worth doing. > Rowena > > On 5/07/2010 10:31 AM, Del wrote: > > Hi: > > My wife, Jane, was bitten by a tick while visiting her mother > on Shelter Island, one of the Lyme capitals of the world. > Anybody out there with knowledge of what should be done > immediately to deal with the possibility (probability?) of > infection with Lyme? > My understanding is that if you catch it early, it is easier > to eliminate, but doctors here in Vermont don't know much > about dealing with Lyme. > There is actually too much information on the web, if you can > believe that, she wants an answer fast and my head is spinning > with the many Lyme articles I have already read, none of which > were targeted at what to do right away if bitten. > > We were told here that you have to wait four weeks to test to > see if you have been exposed to Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme > spirochete), and then the test (not sure what test they are > talking about) costs $200, is NOT covered by Medicare or our > health insurance, and may or may not be reliable. Anybody know > about that? > > Thanks, > Del > > > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
