MetroMom what benefits have you seen since starting the DE? Any negative side effects? Why do you have to work your way up instead of just taking 1 tablespoon?

Hmm.. I dunno about the tick thing, something to think about.

I very carefully and gingerly try EVERYTHING now... cause while I have my PN very well under control as I've been saying... things can still set it off... things I don't expect or see coming. When that happens, all of my little 'happy fixes" don't help, Bentifiomine, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Cinammon, whatever.. I just get stuck waiting for it to wear off and making sure to avoid it in the future ( vitamin e capsule, was the last one, probably something in the oil that it was made with - oils can be big triggers, fish oil, canola oil, coconut oil, etc)... so everything is taken gingerly in my case, that way if there is a bad reaction, I will have less time to wait before it wears off.

Plus, my friend told me, start at one teaspoon and work up to a tablespoon. I told one of my friends about it and he just started right off the bat with a tablespoon and had no problems.

Lyme disease, it just sounds like you haven't been having a lot of luck lately and now some experts are agreeing that it is an epidemic - and it's coming from mosquitos and biting flies as well... so 'a tick thing' may become part of the past like... 'remember when people thought the world was flat.. and remember when people thought Lyme disease used to only come from deer ticks?"

I was reading all of this and you came to mind and I thought - gosh, wouldn't that be a shame if that's what it's about and there's treatment that she's just been going years and years without? Lyme does cause neuropathy and people routinely wind up being put on neurotin (spell?) for it. That's a well known, don't know if you're aware. Just go to any large scale lyme support fourm and you'll see that over and over.. neurotin neurotin neurotin....

As a matter of fact, an RN told me (friend of mine, she's very high up in Futurecare, a chain of - rehab places- combo- nursing homes).. that both Lyme disease and MS can cause lesions in the brain. I asked her, Well if that's the case, then why bother getting a brain scan because how would they know which is which? The RN told me that if you have a positive lyme test and some doc thinks you might have MS, then when lesions on the brain are discovered it is decided that it comes down to determining between the two based on symptoms.

I didn't feel like getting a brain MRI so I just shrugged this off and said, won't matter in my case either cause the findings would be kinda useless since I already had a positive lyme test anyway. Why go through the claustrophobia for no reason?

Well, i don't feel ike fixing my typos - but think what you may Stacy dear - I worked as a medium for ten years and I specialized in bereavement support for those who have lost children. My work continued through word of mouth only so you can be sure I was pretty good. My 'inner guidance' pipes up for good reasons most of the time and today, my inner guidance mentioned you. But like I said, I don't plan to pester you about it. I just know that you helped me and I'm really pulling for you because you were so nice - it was just a thought, Sincerley, KarenESP

(I had to use KarenEVP because KarenESP was already taken at this site, by the way. EVP is Electronic Voice Phenomenon, another tool of the psychic medium.)

So you are a psychic medium Karen as you posted. If that is correct. Just checking.

Karen, thank you so much for caring and you are not pestering. I will definately get a lyme test, is there a specific test I should get?

Thank you Karen, I am so glad you are finding relief.

A site concerning Lyme Disease.

http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/

The debate could go on and on. The above site explains it well. There are other sites as well explaining how it has not been proven to be spread by any other means than the infected Deer Tick.

Stacy you can check out the discussions concerning Lyme Disease under Health Conditions A - L. Scroll down to the Lyme Disease forum.

There are many diseases you can get from ticks - not just Lyme Disease from the Deer Tick. Here is a site:

http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/

And, West Nile Virus is just one thing that infected mosquitoes can carry. It is prevalent in our area.

Stacy, I don't know if I'm getting any benefits yet. I'm just doing everything I could to alleviate symptoms. I'm into supplements, physiotheraphy, naturopathy, progesterone cream, and DE.

I didn't notice any negative side effects from taking DE. I read that DE detoxifies the body and if you detox too quickly, you may get flu-like symptoms. This is why I try to take it slowly and work my way up.

I have been asked by quite a few people about lyme and I always dismiss it. I guess it is time to check it out.

Karen, I just ordered progesterone cream, the kind your sister in law used. I will also be getting book. But I wanted to ask you, you said to cut out pyto food like flax seed, yet you said you still take flaxseed...I take flaxseed, and for all the reasons you mention, but why still take it if it cause more problems? I dont doubt I am estrogen dominant at all. Im kinda going blind, since I have not had my hormones checked but I am going to try progesterone anyway.

Perhaps this site will be of interest to you Stacy.

http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/l...diagnosis.html

Hope you find an answer.

Thank you Kitt, I will look into this!

You are welcome.