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Cowden Protocol: Month 1

By swollenmystery On January 21, 2013 · 4 Comments

After diligently watching all of the livestream videos from the 2012 ILADS Boston Lyme Disease Conference a month ago I still wasn’t convinced that long-term antibiotics were the way to go for treatment of chronic Lyme disease. Why? Perhaps it’s my nutrition classes teaching me about the importance of gut flora and maintaining a healthy gut terrain to allow the body to successfully fight off infection the way it was designed. Antibiotics tend to destroy large portions of bacteria that make up the gut terrain and don’t stop to ask whether specific bacteria are helpful or hindering. Or maybe it’s that some doctors and patients claim to have success with antibiotics, yet I still see so many instances where the drugs only seem effective while taking them, causing patients to relapse with symptoms again after finishing treatment. Or it could be the idea that multiple infections make it so difficult to target infections with the correct antibiotics–the idea that specific antibiotics may work well against a particular strain of borrelia burgdorferi but not as well for that unknown, non-Lyme spirochete hiding out in the deep recesses of the jaw. Those thoughts bring me to my latest method of treatment–the 6 month Cowden Protocol or Cowden Support Program as Nutramedix calls it. At my last visit with Dr. Yu in St. Louis a month ago, all of my meridians finally checked out normal yet I still had swollen [...]

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Soaking the Toxins Out

By swollenmystery On August 27, 2012 · 3 Comments

All aboard the crazy train of detox wonder! Next stop, Aqua Detox. Now this is one of those detoxification methods I questioned heavily before going forward. During my fifth month on the Salt/C Plus Protocol for Lyme disease treatment, I’ve been emphasizing detox pretty heavily. Twice a week I go to Thermography of Iowa to bake at 120 degrees in a far infrared sauna. I’ve been told that low and slow is the best method or sweating out toxins without creating too much additional pathogen die-off. Out of all the detox methods I’ve tried, the far infrared sauna works well for me. After every 30 minute session I feel less joint aches and it’s a little easier to move around. That’s saying a lot. Most detox recommendations like hot baths (with epsom salts, Miracle II soap, hydrogen peroxide, garlic or ginger), epsom salt foot soaks, drinking french green clay and diatomaceous earth, drinking herbal teas like Dr. Miller’s Holy Tea and others – even exercise have not given much relief lately. Since the sauna treatments have been working, I decided to give another detox method a try – Aqua Detox. Skepticism aside, they let me try a session for free so I decided there was no harm. I was warned ahead of time about the disgusting, sewage-like colors and awful-looking goo that might appear while soaking my feet, but I was still a little shocked at first. The technician explained the reasons for the different colors. Mine [...]

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Detoxing the Liver

By swollenmystery On June 18, 2012 · Add Comment

Now moving into week 3 of the Salt C/Plus Protocol, I’m still at stage one dosage of 2 grams Saltworks’ Himalayan salt and 2 grams of PERQUE buffered vitamin C. Needless to say, I still feel pretty awful so I’m staying at this dose until my Herxheimer reactions let up enough to increase. While on the Salt/C Plus Protocol, it’s highly recommended to detoxify the body as one of the main adjuncts. So that’s where the liver comes in. As I’ve been studying the digestive system in my nutrition classes, I’ve come to realize just how important the liver is. The liver is an incredibly complex organ. Perhaps the most important when it comes to detoxification. It’s the largest organ and is responsible for processing everything that comes into our body. Since it constantly filters our blood, one of it’s main tasks is removing bacteria, viruses, parasites and other infections. For someone with chronic Lyme disease or other systemic infections, it is critical to make sure the liver is getting all the support it needs. Aside from eating a diet rich in alkaline forming foods like fresh, whole, organic fruits and vegetables that contain a wide variety of vitamins and minerals, there are additional ways to give the liver a little extra support. I’ve decided to try a few of these methods along with my main treatments for the Lyme and coinfections. Over the next few weeks I’m trying a few new methods of detoxification, attempting to target [...]

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Lyme Treatment Update

By swollenmystery On May 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

During the past six months, things here on the blog have been a bit dry. For those of you who have been asking questions about my treatments, I’d like to provide a list of what treatments I’ve been working with for last year and give an update on my progress since my Lyme diagnosis just over one year ago. First, I want to thank the guys over at Life Fitness Academy in Nashville for their persistence, prayers and encouragement as I’ve dealt with this frustrating disease over the past few years. I highly recommend their services for anyone looking to improve their health or wellness. They definitely know nutrition and they definitely know fitness. Even though I’m in Iowa, I’ve been able to consult with them remotely and learn so much about how my body works and why nutrition is so important when it comes to chronic disease. A nice side effect of using nutrition to treat the cause of my disease is that I’ve been able to stay off prednisone now for over a year and haven’t taken any prescription or over-the-counter painkillers for just as long. In fact, I’ve felt so much better just from eating healthier that I decided to go back to school this past winter and am now working to get a Masters of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition from Hawthorn University. That also explains the lack of posting over the last few months, as I’ve [...]

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What Does Detoxing From Lyme Disease Feel Like?

By swollenmystery On November 18, 2011 · 4 Comments

If you’ve ever heard someone say, “I’m doing a detox” or “I’m on a detox protocol,” you may wonder, what does that feel like? Perhaps you’ve seen people downing an entire glass, or better yet, mason jar of green liquid sludge for lunch. Or maybe you’ve been brave enough to try a shot of wheatgrass on a dare. Detoxing can be done by a number of methods. Baths in epsom salts or ginger, eating blended raw green vegetables, herbs, saunas, and exercise can all assist the detoxification process. Most of the time you’ll probably hear about these things helping you to feel better. But can they make you feel worse? They do certainly help to make the body feel better eventually, but unless the process is moderate, detox can be immensely painful. After I chose to treat my chronic Lyme naturally, I decided to continue searching for ways to eliminate toxins from my body. You might wonder why I continue to pursue detoxification when I should be able to detox for a period and then be free and clear. The process of killing bacteria in your body can flood your system with toxic, dead organisms. With persistent bacterial infections, particularly Lyme bacteria, which love to change forms and hide in tissues, that toxic die-off is in a constant cycle. I sometimes picture walking through a battlefield with millions of dead soldiers scattered all across the landscape left over from a massive war the day before. Detoxification is like [...]

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I'm a freelance web designer with a background in graphic design. I'm also a part-time nutrition student. When I'm not creating or designing, I'm studying nutrition. When I'm not doing either of those I'm usually eating or talking about food. I've been interested in health and fitness for a long time but it wasn't until I became seriously ill with a mysterious chronic autoimmune condition in my early 30s that I realized how intricate and complex the human body is.

Along my journey to healing from chronic illness and Lyme disease, I discovered that eating healthier has improved my life the most. This blog is not just a journal of my progress but is also intended to help anyone that might be suffering from an autoimmune illness. My goal is to learn how to support the body's natural healing process holistically so that it has the resources to fight off illness the way it was designed. As I learn more every day, I write about my journey here at Diagnosis Unsolved. Read more about how all this started and my story here.
-Brad Linberg-
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- The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternativ by Bryan Rosner
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Cowden Protocol: Month 1

Soaking the Toxins Out

Detoxing the Liver

Lyme Treatment Update

What Does Detoxing From Lyme Disease Feel Like?

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