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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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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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Patience and Waiting for Healing

By swollenmystery On December 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

One might think with all the detoxing, eating so well and anti-bacterial treatments, my pain levels would be great. Unfortunately, I can’t yet proclaim I’ve been healed from Lyme disease or my co-infections. But I can attest to gaining patience and obedience when it comes to waiting for healing. You might ask How do you gain patience when every cell in your body feels like it’s under constant attack? There are several things that have helped me get through the last few months. Books – My good friend Tim at Life Fitness Academy recommended a book called Suffering and Sovereignty of God. To my great surprise, my wife already read the book this year so we had a copy in our library. It took me a while to start it but once I did every time I had to stop I couldn’t wait until the next time I could continue reading. The authors discuss their own sufferings and I can relate to their questions and what they went through. There are so many Scripture references that it made me seek out those passages, read them, and think about them. When I read about Joseph’s suffering in the Old Testament or Paul’s suffering in the New Testament and realize suffering has been around for such a long time, or that God can allow suffering for a greater glory we don’t understand, my short life comes into perspective and it helps me be patient. Family [...]

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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

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What Do I Eat to Feel Better?

Patience and Waiting for Healing

What Does Detoxing From Lyme Disease Feel Like?

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