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How I Cured Morgellons
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9/20/2018 8:12:20 AM |
Hi Hoffnung, I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this, but you’ve come to the right place to get some help. I’m going to try to answer your questions to the best of my ability, but please know that I’m not a doctor but am just a person who’s had some of the same experiences and who has had some significant success over the last couple of years. Your first question was about antibiotics. I’m very fortunate that I have a doctor who recognizes Morgellons. I also have Lyme, and my lowest CD57 got down to a seven. That was a couple of years ago and I was pretty sick, but I’m better...my CD57 is now up to around 50 and the constant fatigue is now SO much better. I took lots of antibiotics at first, and had lab work done every few months to track my progress. I did make progress with the antibiotics, but it wasn’t by huge leaps...it was more in small increments except for the Transfer Beta number (that one improved right away) and sometimes the numbers would go in a negative direction. After several months of doing this, I started the Logos Nutritional Morgellons protocol. My numbers improved...but a few months afterward, I decided to stop using all antibiotics and other prescriptions and just do the protocol. I made immediate progress...my lab work numbers improved significantly in the next few months. Was this because I’d stopped using antibiotics? There’s no way to know this for sure, but it would certainly seem so. I did some internet research about how antibiotics affect people with toxic diseases and found the following from Bill Rawls who is a physician who has Lyme disease: I took this directly from his site...and am sharing it because he explains it so much better than I ever could and because it echos all that John B. and Mel have shared with us over the years. Borrelia clears the blood quickly and uses its corkscrew shape to penetrate deeply into tissues (including joint cartilage, brain, nerve tissue) where it is protected from antibiotics and the immune system. It can penetrate into cells, give up the corkscrew shape, and live inside of cells, thus gaining protection from the immune system and antibiotics. If confronted with a full antibiotic assault, it rolls up into dormant cyst and rides out the storm until the antibiotics are gone.Frequent use of antibiotics kills off normal flora in the gut and skin, allowing overgrowth of pathogens like Candida (yeast), C. Diff. and MRSA skin infections. Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are more threatening than the microbes that cause Lyme disease. Antibiotics work best on highly threatening microbes that grow very rapidly and are densely congregated in localized areas in the body (like a pneumonia). Borrelia grows very slowly in the body and only occurs in very low concentrations in tissues. Borrelia is a master at blending in with the trillions of other microbes that make up the human microbiome (the sum of all microbes in the body). Overwhelming the host is not its mission; it simply needs to scavenge enough resources to survive. Borrelia’s stealthy ability to lay low makes diagnosis and treatment a real challenge. Borrelia never occurs alone. There are many stealthy microbes (Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Bartonella, EBV, CMV, others) that can occupy space in the microbiome. Sometimes they occur as coinfections with the tick bite, but they can already be present in the microbiome, without causing symptoms, when infection with Borrelia occurs. Stealthy microbes, such as Borrelia (and also the co-infections), win by persistence, not aggression. They can hang on, protected from antibiotics by living inside cells and staying isolated in the deepest recesses of the body. Frequent use of antibiotics kills off normal flora in the gut and skin, allowing overgrowth of pathogens like Candida (yeast), C. Diff. and MRSA skin infections. Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are more threatening than the microbes that cause Lyme disease. Disruption of the normal flora by antibiotics and emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogens causes significant gut dysfunction. Because 70% of immune system functions are located in the gut, immune functions are also adversely affected. This adds fuel to the fire to an immune system that is already heavily taxed by an ongoing tug-of-war with stealth microbes. Mitochondria, the powerhouses present in every cell in the body, were once primitive bacteria. A billion years ago, these high-energy bacteria were hijacked by cells of higher living creatures to produce energy. They became part of cells of all higher life forms, but they still retain bacteria-like characteristics. Having bacteria-like characteristics makes mitochondria susceptible to damage by many types of antibiotics. This may be why many people experience fatigue with antibiotic use. Borrelia can exist in biofilms, but how much this contributes to resistance to treatment is controversial. Possibly more concerning is the effect antibiotics have on natural biofilms in the colon. Friendly microbes create biofilm in the mucous lining of the distal small intestine and the large colon. This type of biofilm is protective and essential for a healthy colon. Long-term use of antibiotics can disrupt this protective barrier and increase risk of gut illnesses such as ulcerative colitis and colon cancer. Dr. Rawls also notes that, “...(there is) compelling evidence for treating Lyme disease using herbs with antimicrobial properties (used with or without antibiotics).” So...my answer would be...if you do choose to go along with your doctor’s treatment with antibiotics, be SURE to take the entire Logos Lyme protocol along with it to counteract any of the above mentioned gut issues, etc. that antibiotics can create. Most people on this site have chosen to do this without antibiotics for the most part, and of course, that decision is completely up to you. In any case, treatment takes a long time, and you can see why once you read the above. Borrelia and related co-infections are very tricky...but the protocol is wonderful because it addresses all of these factors. Olive Leaf Extract which is one of the supplements is a natural antibiotic. That means you’ll get all the benefits without the side effects. It does take a long time though...and those who are consistent do experience success and health restoration. As far as your children are concerned, I can only answer based on what my doctor told me and from my own personal experiences. When my doctor first told me that I had Morgellons and Lyme, I asked her if I would be contagious to my grandchildren. She said that there is no evidence to support that it’s contagious person to person except for sexual transmission in the case of Lyme. She said that the cases from multiple family members were from similar exposure. Just watch your children closely. If they start showing signs of these diseases, get them on the children’s protocol. From what I understand, the supplements involved aren’t as extensive, and much success has been recorded with the children who have used this approach. I hope this helps...and I hope you continue to communicate with all of us. We welcome you and pray for success for both you and your family. Love, Karen | |||
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