Vial 3 was tolerable, I actually got sick toward the end of this dose with what is bronchitis or walking pneumonia ... One of those fun respiratory infections. So I felt terrible as far as having no energy & chest pain etc which made it hard to separate being sick from the effects of the dose. I am postponing vial 2 in order to not overkill my body. I need all the possible energy to go toward getting better. Ill update vial 2 & 1 as I take them.

Xoxo,
Christina

Lets see.. I need to come up with more adjectives to describe how I feel so I'm not using the same 5 words over and over again! Ill try to spice this post up a little bit! During this dose I actually learned a fun fact that I'm sensitive to oatmeal. It's 100% gluten free so I thought it would go over well, but it didnt! Some people who are gluten intolerant are also intolerant to some grains. And i am one of those people! Oatmeal is actually tougher to digest just on it's own so I guess that didnt do me any favors.
Anyways, the no bake cookies I made with oatmeal backfired so Sunday & Monday weren't the easiest on my stomach. So it's kind of tough to separate that from what this dose actually did. I did have a 24 hour migraine thing happening Sunday into Monday & not fully ending until Tuesday. And my energy was kind of zonked overall.
All in all as I end the second round of treatment I am closing in on the tougher part of it. Ill try to keep this updated, the full moon is also coming so it will be a lot at once. Ill try to not completely disappear!

Xoxo,
Christina

Vial 6 went so well!! Seriously, I am in awe of how well my body took it. Of course my massage therapist who moved away came back for the weekend & worked on me so I attribute the feeling good to her healing hands. She is amazing when it comes to doing miracles with a bad herx!
Vial 5 however was rough. Very rough. Coupled with these crazy weather changes it's been a bummer couple of days. One day it's 30 degrees, next it's 50, then down to 20. The pressure systems mess with Lymie's a lot and I really have no idea why! But it doesn't help. So starting Thursday morning it was a rough patch & I'm still not feeling like myself. Hoping dose 4 goes better, ill keep this updated!

Have a great weekend :)

Xoxo,
Christina

Vial 8 - first 2 days were not so bad & then end of day 2 it hit me like a ton of bricks. Lots of muscle cramps & spasms & GI issues.
Vial 7 - this dose stirred up a lot of neurological things. Dizziness, feeling faint, feeling nauseated, & other weird brain things. Sometimes I feel like electric shocks are going through my brain. Really hard to describe but it's sudden & jolts me up. Only happens on occasion but this dose brought that out. And lots of terrible sleep. So onward to dose 6 tomorrow! Fingers crossed!

Xoxo,
Christina

This is a bit out of order but I wanted to do an updated post on how I am doing post Bartonella treatment. I did 2 rounds of the Bartonella Series & it's still up in the air if we will go back later to address a third round.
Anyways, before my Bartonella treatment I got horrible rashes all over my body from heat. Then I got really sick afterwards. This would come from the sun, the shower & even my heating pad (imagine that). This is what my wonderful rash looked like:

It's not cute, but I said I wouldn't hide anything on here so there it is. It was tough day in & day out. I can now say that the last 3 months I have been BART RASH FREE! It's truly a visual testament to me that I know it's gone. I don't think I would have believed it otherwise. Symptom wise it's a tough call. I jumped right into Lyme treatment so currently this is making me pretty sick. It's hard to separate symptom from herx. They are all jumbled together.
One thing I can say however is that I feel improved from August (when I began Bartonella treatment). I can't put my finger on how specifically, but just an aura of feeling better. I truly feel like that burden has been mostly lifted. If things come back though we will certainly add in a 3rd round down the road.

So I hope this update was informative & helpful to someone. There is so much negativity with my posts now from Lyme treatment that I wanted to post SOMETHING happy for a change. :)

Xoxo,
Christina

So vial 10 was pretty tough ... Nice strong herx that lasted forever it felt like! In fact it was so wonderful that it prompted me to take a few extra days break from the series. This was right around Christmas & the full moon so a break was needed!
Recently I started vial 9 back and it packed quite the punch. Stomach cramps & pain almost instantly and not letting up. So it's been a fun time as you can imagine. When I get a break like I did in between 10 & 9 it's so nice & makes it harder to go back go reality. You think you are ready but nopeeeee it's always a hard transition back into treatment! But it's okay, I'm getting there slowly. Vial 8 update coming soon!

Xoxo
Christina

Sometimes if feels like things are a blur so I was slacking on getting here to update. Vial 10 was mediocre, it wasn't as awful as some of the other doses.
I then started my second round which now goes backwards, so I started with vial 10 & am going down. This first dose was ok the first day but then by day 2 it got tougher in regards to my stomach and headaches etc. I will be updating with Vial 9 soon which I take tomorrow!

Xoxo,
Christina

Oy! My stomach keeps being put through the ringer. Vial 9 was no different. I also got an IV for 4 days so that was like my lifeline which was super necessary. Ill be updating on the effects of vial 10 shorty & then I get to start the second round! Whoo hoo.
Slowly but surely getting there.

Xoxo,
Christina

Vial 7
went surprisingly smoother then other doses. No major horrible days, no really good days. Mediocre days with fatigue, nausea, not much appetite. I only had motion sensitivity on one small flare, but it was do-able.

Vial 8
Day 1 & half of 2 was tolerable. Then came the longest 24 hour herx yet. Nothing I could do gave relief. Migraine, fever, chills, nausea, and I ate 1,000 calories combined in 2 days! Yuckkkkk. Not a fun time. I post poned dose 9 by a day because I was still too sick to take it on the night I was supposed to. Ill be taking it today! Fingers crossed!

Xoxo,
Christina

Today's post is full of happiness!!! After lots of miserable days of treatment I finally had a really amazing & active day Friday. I spent 7.5 hours straight, with literally 0 stopping to write about 40 Christmas cards, do craft gifts for Xmas & make some Lyme ribbons. And I only stopped because my mom wanted me to save myself. Oh & I had a huge appetite, which was wonderful. And the real victory is that visually all of the hands on work I did not bother me.
This good day is probably not permanent, but that doesn't matter. What matters to me is how great I got to feel & a reminder that looming somewhere underneath all the pain is a normal life.
Today I take dose 7, and there are no guarantees with what it will bring. It may be more tough days but I will remember Friday and how wonderful it was to keep me going! Have a happy weekend everyone!

Xoxo,
Christina

P.S - I decorated my room some with a mini tree & we put up the big tree. Is everyone else in the holiday spirit??