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The psychology of overcoming pain and handicaps using positive thinking and Eastern medical practices is discussed. Summary: You have to focus on living FOR something…setting goals to distract yourself from the pain and inconveniences of Lyme disease. Dr. Trunzo is a psychiatrist who suffers from long-term Lyme disease.
An example or demonstration of the common methods of protection against insect & tick bites as recommended to the public.
Here, a wilderness survival instructor for the US Army demonstrates 2 of the common methods of protection from insect bites. First “Tuck your pants into your boots and tuck your shirt into your pants, then keep an eye on your arms”. Second method is to buy concentrated pesticide (Permethrin) from a country supply store (where farmers shop) and mix it 10:1 (water to pesticide) to make a 1% solution. Soldiers in US army mix it to 2% solution. Spray the solution onto your clothes and let dry before walking in grass/woods.
Dr. Bill Rawls got Lyme disease and believes that the antibiotic/medicine “Doxicycline” is moderately effective against the disease. He’s a new believer in herbal medicine because plants have been fighting off bacteria infections for thousands of years. The spiroketes of the Borellia bacteria take about 20-30 days to impregnate themselves into our cells where they then go dormant for years and pop out later when your body is under stress. Doxicycline works against the bacteria for the 20-30 days that they are floating in your bloodstream but not after they become imbedded in the cells. Medicines made from the extract of plants like “Chinese Skull Cap” or “Cat’s Claw” or “Japanese Knot Weed” contain a chemical called “Reversatrol” which can penetrate your cells and kill the hibernating bacteria.
The 5,300 year old mummy found in the Italian Alps (named “Otsi”) was found to be infected by the Borellia bacteria, so humans have had Lyme disease much longer than since 1995. He feels that our population exhibits more Lyme disease symptoms (ie. infections) because we are generally under more stress. Manufacturing vaccines and mass injections is a failing battle because ticks carry so many diseases and bacteria. Herbal remedies are an effective vaccine and work on dogs and pets just as effectively as on humans.
A 1 hour, 11 minutes excellent overview of today’s medical landscape.
“What is Restorative therapy? What makes unlocking Lyme different? Discussions about his in-depth book. Where do people go for restorative therapy? And many more questions answered”.
Video focusing on the lives of Canadians for a change. Although there is a focus on the story of a young woman from North Bay (named Nikki) the stories of Justin Beeber, Avril Lavigne and Justin Woods (who runs a private Lyme research lab in Pefferlaw, Ontario) are discussed to an extent as well. All discuss the diseases’ ability to morph into other apparent diseases (like Lupus) and the great length of time it took for all to be properly diagnosed. Medical tests (like ALyva Test) look for certain antibodies which are created by the bacterium “Borrelia burgdorferi” but often those antibodies take days for the body to create, so the initial blood tests come back “Negative for Lyme disease”.
If patients are tested too late after a bite, the bacterium can morph into another apparent disease. In addition, less than 30% of patients have the classic, initial “Bullseye Rash”. Because Canadian doctors are legitimately afraid of losing their medical licences, due to stricter regulations in Canada, they tend to lean towards “evidence based science” to protect themselves rather than taking chances with antibiotics and treatment such as doctors do in the USA. Testing is also more sophisticated in the USA. Many patients go to the USA, especially Florida to be properly diagnosed for Lyme disease. A fascinating video.
Although initially discovered in 1975 in the Town of Lyme, Connecticut, it took the medical profession almost 45 years to accept the fact that the disease could cause long term effects because the initial symptoms of fever, pain and swollen joints could disappear after a while only to come back again later…but disguised as another disease, often as: Dementia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus, Alsymers, Fibromyalgia, ALS, Rheumatoid Arthritis and especially as Multiple
Sclerosis. It took years before they recognized Lymes disease as being “The Great Imitator” (just like Syphilis).
There is a good description of the bacterium “Borrelia burgdorferi”…appearing to look like a cork screw (or spirokete) which can penetrate deep into the cartilage of knee and hip joints or into heart muscles. It can migrate to and infect any organ of the body, including the brain and can cause psychological problems like OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). The history of the scandals in the USA pharmaceutical industry was examined at length and demonstrates how power, money and greed contributed to the scientific and medical community becoming biased towards certain views, delaying the realization of the truth about this disease.
A fascinating, must see video full of depth and knowledge.