For Lyme+ patients who are not improving with either standard or alternative treatments, it’s important to consider what may be impeding recovery. Lyme can trigger or be accompanied by so many conditions and other tickborne diseases, which is why I call it Lyme+.

I have done treatments that help me improve, I start to get better – then take a turn and find myself regressing. It can be frustrating, but there is always a reason, we just have to keep looking and we have to change up treatment protocols to get past some of the issues.

Based on current symptoms, my doctor recently ordered a whole lot of bloodwork. We are hoping it gives us some direction on what to do next.

The results will be shown below as they come in. I will update with more info after my next doctor visit (probably in March).

If you are struggling with healing – talk to your doctor about what next steps might be important.

Micro Clot (Med Health)

Amyloid Fibrin Microclots Stage/Grade 3.5 – 4 (out of 4): Significant and Widespread

Micro-clots come in all shapes and sizes. You may also see long, string- like appearing objects in your pictures. These are Endothelial cast and are associated with endothelial damage and inflammation.

Note: This type of microclot is typical of ME/CFS and long covid.

I am doing TruDose PRP (platelet rich plasma) infusions which may help this issue. Time will tell.

Autoimmunity Zoomer

(Vibrant Wellness)

Neural Zoomer

(Vibrant Wellness)

Lyme Immunoblot (Igenex)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Antibody testing for Lyme disease is highly flawed and worthy of a long discussion, but I want to note here that even tho this test says negative, it doesn’t mean I don’t have Lyme.

Lyme is a clinical diagnosis, this test can support the diagnosis but not rule it out. Band 23 is positive (this is a very Lyme specific antibody so if it is positive, Lyme specialists call it Lyme) – and because I have symptoms, I was bitten by a tick, and I have multiple tickborne diseases, the Lyme diagnosis is still considered active.

It should also be noted that antibody testing done 2-8 weeks after a known tick bite has around a 60% chance of showing positive. After that, the body stops producing antibodies and may only show them sporadically. (Our bodies produce antibodies to fight pathogens.)

T-Lab

• Babesia genus 18s rRNA FISH – POSITIVE
• Bartonella henselae 23s rRNA FISH – POSITIVE

Labcorp

• CBC
• LH+Prolactin
• FSH, Serum

Note: One of the problems with standard labs like Labcorp & Quest is that the ref ranges are based on 95% of the population, meaning you have to be in the sickest 5% to show out of range. So if the ref range is 4-10 and you are at 4.1, your considered healthy, even tho you’re borderline.

I am more interested in optimal ranges – meaning I want my ranges to be right in the middle or as close to healthy as I can get. If the result is nearing the limits, that indicates something is off.

Another issue I have with these types of tests is that the menopause ranges are considered normal, but that doesn’t mean it should be that way. If a woman is having symptoms, there is a problem and it should be address regardless of what the postmenopause “normal” is. Mainstream doctors generally do not care about that – my fsh & lh are way high, we can do something about that!