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Antibiotics, Fungus and Teeth

Since I was on antibiotics for such a long period of time, my doctor prescribed an anti fungal medication to take care of that. Before I went on it, I had black fungus grow on my teeth from taking antibiotics.  At first look my dentist thought my teeth were de-calcifying and I believed him because my teeth were in such pain from the Lyme that it felt like they were going to all fall out. I remember going home after that appointment thinking about having no teeth at 28 years of age. It was a scary depressing thought. However, at my next appointment a week later, it turned out the dental hygienist could scrape it off. That's when we discovered I had black fungus growing on my teeth and my teeth weren't going to fall out of my head. What a huge relief that was!!!

An anti fungal is an important part of treatment.
I however did not take an anti fungal medication during my 1.5 month regime.
Only while I was doing my antibiotic treatment, alone, as prescribed by my Lyme Literate Doctor.
I took a very strong acidophilus however throughout my whole journey.
The acidophilus I took was very powerful. I needed it. It is called Theralac. At the time I could order it by phone, but I see there is a website online. Here is the link: http://www.theralac.com/default.aspx
I highly recommend this product.
There are some really good probiotics out there!

Apo-Sulfatrim

I took this while I was taking Azithromycin. Usually a LLMD will prescribe two or more medications for Lyme co-infections because they form colonies inside your body and build cysts around the colonies to protect themselves. Two antibiotics or more will break these cysts.  Here is some information on Apo-Sulfatrim.
While you are on antibiotics it's good to pay attention to which one makes you feel like you are getting the most progress in eliminating your infection and make sure you communicate this with you LLMD. Don't be afraid to say how you really feel. LLMD's get it. Here is some information on this particular antibiotic:

 Uses For Apo-Sulfatrim

Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim combination is used to treat infections such as urinary tract infections, middle ear infections (otitis media), bronchitis, traveler's diarrhea, and shigellosis (bacillary dysentery). This medicine is also used to prevent or treat Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), a very serious kind of pneumonia. This type of pneumonia occurs more commonly in patients whose immune systems are not working normally, such as cancer patients, transplant patients, and patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Slideshow: 10 Things to Know About Antibiotic Resistance

Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim combination is an antibiotic. It works by eliminating the bacteria that cause many kinds of infections. This medicine will not work for colds, flu, or other virus infections.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

Azithromycin otherwise known as Zythromax

Azithromycin

I was on this antibiotic off and on for one year. This is the one that worked the best for me. I had probably been on 10 different antibiotics over the course of four years. Azithromycin helped me get my energy back unlike any of the other antibiotics I had been on. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it:

(trade names Zithromax) is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of bacterial infections. It is an azalide, a subclass of macrolide antibiotic. It is derived from erythromycin, with a methyl-substituted nitrogen atom incorporated into the lactone ring, thus making the lactone ring 15-membered. Azithromycin is somewhat more potent against certain bacterial species than erythromycin, but its widespread popularity arises primarily from its slow elimination from the body, which allows many infections to be treated with 3-5 days of once-daily administration, compared to 3-4 times a day for up to 2 weeks for erythromycin.^[1]
Azithromycin inhibits the growth of bacteria by interfering with their protein synthesis. It binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, and thus inhibits translation of mRNA.
This antibiotic is widely used alone or in combination with other drugs to treat^[2] otitis media, pharyngitis, community-acquired respiratory infections (including pneumonia),^[3] gastrointestinal infections^[4] (such as those caused by eating contaminated food), and gonorrhea.^[5]
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.^{[6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azithromycin
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MY Lyme Disease Regime - MY REGIME

This is what I did for 1.5 months

 

I am going to go through these one by one with more specific details in my blog, so this is just a short run down of what I did.

1) took antibiotics ( there was no way around it for me)  I was on Azithromycin  and Sulfatrim.

2) ate all RAW green organic vegetables, tons of organic raw onion and organic garlic, organic green
bananas, organic green pumpkin seeds. It if wasn't green I didn't eat it. This was the HARDEST PART! Everything was raw and organic.

3) slept every night on a Bio-mat at a very high heat

4) took a piping hot bath every night before bed with Epsom salts and made myself stay in it for at least ten minutes.

5) completely stopped drinking coffee, or eating sugar. This was a very strict green diet, I juiced tons of organic vegetables that were green like cucumber, celery, kale, and even garlic!

6) took oil of oregano in a capsul along with my antibiotics, teasal root, holy basil AND garlic pills. I also put drops of Siberian pine nut oil in capsules.

7) drank loads of green veggie juice and water.

8) made a healing broth with shitaki mushrooms, watercress(I took this out before I drank it), ginger, and natural soy sauce. This was very yummy. I chopped cilantro and green onions and put it in after it was In The bowl with a little sesame seed oil for flavour. I drank this everyday.

9) Prayer. I prayed for wisdom, courage and strength. This disease is an extremely scary Goliath that has the power to make you feel hopeless and give up. DON'T!

I set a day in my head where I would be completely ready to start this regime. I planned on staying on it for  two months, but the hunger got to me and I lasted one and a half. For the first month, I felt like I was doing it for nothing because nothing in my body seemed to change, then one day, I felt like a heavy load was lifted off my body,...that's when I believe it died. My body was no longer a worthy host.

I've been off antibiotics for 3 years now. And I feel completely normal.