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Trust and Tooth Infections

By swollenmystery On March 5, 2013 · 3 Comments

What defines a bad tooth? Is it pain? Do problems areas show up on x-rays? What about meridian testing? A week ago, I made it through month 2 of the Cowden Protocol, or suffered through it, may be a more appropriate term. Now I’m on to month 3 and things are not going well. Knee swelling is at an all-time high. My left thumb is inflamed. Both ankles are painful and stiff all the time. Elbows are tender and difficult to bend. Neck stiffness has increased and the left side of my jaw hurts non-stop, making even the softest foods difficult to chew. Meanwhile, I had a third jaw surgery for suspected cavitation and infection in space #9. I mention this because the last surgery was on the right side of my jaw, where my wisdom tooth used to be. It’s been over a week since the surgery and I have no pain at all in that area. Where I do have pain, however, is on the left, upper side of my jaw. I want to make sense of it, but frustration prevails. All these aches and pains can be overwhelming, but I still have hope. It’s the hope that keeps me going, and continuing to pursue the source of all these symptoms. Ever since the surgeries, joint pains have increased and the addition of newly swollen joints has me questioning more than ever how much of a connection there is to infection in my mouth and jaw. [...]

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Is It Really Lyme?

By swollenmystery On October 8, 2012 · 13 Comments

I was going to title this post, “There and Back Again” because of all the traveling back and forth from Des Moines to St. Louis lately but I didn’t want to risk any copyright infringement on The Hobbit. Not too long ago, a friend recommended I take a look at a book called The Accidental Cure, by Dr. Simon Yu, MD. With a gracious offer to borrow the book for a couple weeks I decided to read it in between classwork and see what it was all about. I didn’t expect to find so many references to nutrition and holistic approaches to healing in a book authored by a doctor trained in traditional medicine. The book is easy to understand and I got a good sense of Dr. Yu’s unconventional methods of practicing medicine pretty quickly. I was enlightened to read that he looks at the whole picture when seeing a patient, and takes a holistic approach to treatment, whether by traditional medicine or alternative therapies. I was also pleased to read about his experience with nutrition, Lyme and dental issues. Since my Lyme disease diagnosis a little over a year ago, a new symptom appeared as I began treatment with natural treatments (Samento, Enula, Banderol, Houttuynia, ACS200 Silver). Second to the inflammatory arthritis in my knees, I began to experience pain in the left side of my lower jaw. It started as a minor pain near the spot where a wisdom tooth had been removed [...]

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What Do I Eat to Feel Better?

By swollenmystery On July 19, 2012 · 2 Comments

The other day, I was explaining to my wife, Joanna, how I’ve never liked cherries. I hated them all my life. She knew this already, but I felt compelled to say it again because I felt such strong disgust for the little red devils. I’m sure my aversion came from sipping tablespoon after tablespoon of artificially flavored cough syrup as a kid. Then, recently I read about how cherries are packed full of nutrients, helpful especially for arthritis sufferers. So as summer arrived I started seeing cherries popping up in stores and I decided why not try them again. It turns out, I loved them! Now I eat them by the handful. Delicious, raw, organic cherries. This reminded me how I used to think my diet was pretty healthy, but it was actually full of refined, processed and packaged foods that contained so many chemical and additives that stressed my body and put a burden on organs like my pancreas and liver. I didn’t realize until not long ago just how important eating the right foods are to the the healing process. From time to time, people ask me what I eat to feel better, what is helpful for keeping Lyme disease under control and what food protocols work. While I’m constantly learning about using food as a method for healing I don’t have all the answers. I can, however, share my experiences with eating healthier and what it’s done for me – both as treatment for my [...]

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Diagnosis Solved?

By swollenmystery On April 22, 2011 · 2 Comments

During the past three years I’ve developed an enormous amount of skepticism, caution and indecisiveness when it comes to the medical world. I’ve felt that every path has led to a dead end. Often the treatments I experienced have made my symptoms of inflammatory arthritis worse. Yet I now look back at those events as learning experiences. Perhaps God was showing me something, giving me knowledge and experience with those events for a purpose. A purpose which I may never understand. But that’s ok. Through an unexpected chain of events, meeting new people, finding new doctors and growing closer to Him, I finally have a diagnosis. Last week my western blot test came back CDC positive for lyme disease. Along with that I tested positive for several coinfections including Bartonella, Chlamydia Pneumonia, Mycoplasma and HHV6. Wonderful? Yes! In fact, I’ve never been so happy to have a diagnosis. A diagnosis that can be treated. Better yet, a diagnosis that can be treated with a possibility of complete remission! So that’s it. I have lyme disease. More specifically chronic lyme disease, as it’s apparently settled in for quite some time. The greatest part of all this is knowing what to treat and having confidence that there is an end in sight. So what will I do with this blog now that I have a diagnosis? I will continue to post progress during my treatment. I’m continuing the natural detox protocol while introducing other all natural treatments aimed specifically at [...]

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Healing Inside Out: Green Smoothies & Bone Broths

By swollenmystery On April 10, 2011 · 7 Comments

Two weeks ago I felt so much despair. So helpless. So much like I was traveling down the wrong path. So I prayed. I talked endlessly with my wife and family and friends about what to do next. And then I prayed some more. Now I know God works in mysterious ways, but I never expected answers to fall right in my lap so suddenly. Of course I was praying for healing, but I was also praying for direction. And that’s exactly what I got. At this time I was facing more mysterious blood tests, showing signs of continued inflammation, increasingly painful symptoms all over my body, fears from my rheumatologist that I may have Chron’s disease or worse yet, lymphoma. Additionally, I was working with my LLMD to test for Lyme disease and a number of other coinfections. I was worried about what to do next. Then out of the blue, an endearing stranger, in another part of the country found our story and contacted my wife about helping us out. Through a series of emails I was introduced to Tim and Terry at Life Fitness Academy In Nashville. They agreed to take on my case and give me the best hope I’ve felt in all the years of suffering with inflammatory arthritis. I could tell from the start, their goal was to help me heal naturally from the inside out. For my particular healing, it was necessary that I should start with the gut. Over [...]

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About Me

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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- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
- Folks, This Ain’t Normal: A Farmer’s Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World by Joel Salatin
- The Salt/C Plus Protocol for Lyme Infection by M. Fett
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- The World’s Healthiest Foods, Essential Guide for the Healthiest Way of Eating by George Mateljan
- Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dict by Sally Fallon, Mary Enig
- Accidental Cure: Extraordinary Medicine for Extraordinary Patients by Simon Yu
- Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic by Pamela Weintraub
- The Top 10 Lyme Disease Treatments: Defeat Lyme Disease with the Best of Conventional and Alternativ by Bryan Rosner
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