Recovery Post

Hello all!
Today I am have a little more energy than yesterday. I spent most of it outside doing yard work, I guess that's a good sign. I still have a cough that's hanging on... I'll kick it soon enough. I'll just keep on with my supplements and peppermint oil.

Today I had the chance to checkout the blogs I follow and catch up on what I've been missing. Even after being so sick last week, I am still incredibly grateful for the progress I've made this last year. Everyone I follow is still sick, all of them. I would be willing to say it's possible I'll be back to normal and healthy before the year is over. Maybe not, but I think I'll be close. My progress has been great, I've been able to go to work and go into college. My bizarre sleeping patterns have improved. I have no bad things to really report.
Lyme patients don't get to say that often do we???


Regaining strength in my arms and back is what may take a while. Rebuilding endurance I know will take a while. But now, I have the energy to do some exercise. I went to Walmart and bought myself two 10lb weights and I've been playing around with them about everyday. I started this a month or so ago, I've made some progress. I don't know if it's good progress but either way I'm moving in the right direction. That's what counts. I'll get to where I need eventually.

I've had so many chances to look back and see all the things I've missed. I can't help but wonder what life would be like if I had never lost my brain and everything under it. At one point in time I had a crazy photographic memory and I was a 100% A+ student. Those days are long past, I don't know if my memory and reasoning will go back to how it used to be. But I'll be okay. I look back and see how much I have learned. I have spoken to so many people and they've shared their stories with me. I would have never known about the Lyme community if I had never gotten sick. So many people live in a state of chronic illness, and give up. The person I first learned about Lyme disease from is still sick. I don't think she's even seen a doctor in a few years. She's decided there's no cure so no reason to bother getting better.
It is an extremely expensive process, so I can understand not wanting to spend money on treatment that's going to be a gamble. No doctor has 100% success rate. People have failed with my doctor, but I feel my doctor is the one who was meant to heal me. I wouldn't want to go to anyone else. Not everyone is not so fortunate though...I wish life was that easy.

There's a strong emotional connection to being sick. My doctor always checks to see what's clogging up my system. Occasionally emotional issues show up and he will use a Bach remedy or an essential oil to clear it, that's all I've ever needed. Many people I have met however have severe emotional trauma, they are the ones who don't do so well with treatment. Their traumas just hold them stuck where they are. I am so thankful to God that I haven't had too many emotional hang ups. I do get depressed frequently and I do wish some things could be different...I wish I could do more normal things that other teenage guys do. But whatever, I've made it this far. I've had many many good memories throughout my teenage years so nothing has been a waste.

This last year I have even made a new best friend, I have even shared some of my personal traumas with him. I still have never told anyone I know about this blog, maybe one day.

The Break down

This time I'm just going to do a simple breakdown of my treatment days at Hansa. In my last post I told about my first day.
Day two- I started out with a sore throat. He gave me this cream called plantain beeswax to use for it, i have never heard of it...but it worked well. He also gave me a hormone remedy that he created.
Day three-I felt extremely flu like, everything from here on out was a blur. He gave me a remedy to restrengthen all of my organ systems made from Chinese medicine. After that I slowly started regaining strength after that.
Day 4- added back in a heavy metal detox called Chelex which I have taken before. He also added in an herbal anti inflammatory used for Lupus. Plus some homeopathic remedies he created. I wish I could remember every little thing he did last week.
Day 5- all he added in was bamboo charcoal to help pull toxins from my gut.

Therapies-sauna, massage, ST8, LUX, and Beamer 2X daily. The other therapies like Q laser that I've  used in the past weren't needed this time.

After all was said and done, he told me a juice fast would be beneficial to detox my system, even a short one. He worked on my hormones, my brain, thyroid, autoimmunity, and my gut. I can honestly say a week later, my gut has been well cleaned out...
I lost 7 pounds that I did not have to lose during my no eating last week...I have begun to gain it back though. I need to weigh 150lbs, I went down to 131, I'm usually 138....
Today I started back with my floor exercises, I finally could muster up the energy again. It's taken a long time to recover from this last Hansa visit. I have just had a hard time getting my energy and motivation back...but it's slowly coming

Hansa visit last week

Last week I had my first visit to the clinic for the year! My blood work and CRT results were promising. Vitamin D-Good, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, lungs, spleen, adrenals-good. Cholesterol is still low. Urid acid was high, according to the doc this is a marker of high inflammation.

This time around we working on my gut, hormones, and some thyroid.

I had a minor situation this past week that I am still working through. The doctor started me on a few things Monday for my gut. He said I looked good enough I could probably be done with just three days of treatment. Well come Wednesday, day number 3, I was dead sick. I could hardly walk, high fever, shaking, nausea, dizziness, headache, sore throat, like the flu.

One of my supplements he had me taking seemed to be a little too much, and that appears to have been the cause of my sudden illness. He had me cut down on the dose and he gave me something to strengthen my system back up. It's now a week later and I'm almost fully recovered.
I'll do a full update on last week later on, just wanted to let you guys know I did go to the clinic and I did make it back. I have just been sick...