Jennifer Update

I wanted to share with everyone about my microscope test that I had today.

To review, I had a Live Blood Cell Analysis in September of 2008 to see how my red & white blood cells were doing.

In September this is what we saw:

"In the wet sample, she saw Lyme Spirochetes as well as Lyme Cysts in my white blood cells. One blood cell she looked at had four or five cysts in it. They were floating everywhere and eating some of my red blood cells. While we were watching, we saw one spirochete break off one blood cell and swim towards another. We also so many spots of Yeast. She said that Lyme and Yeast were definitely a concern. We saw several bacterial blobs that looked like a bunch of spirochetes bunched together with like tentacles (she called them blebs)."

Today: Show much improvement. Most of the white blood cells were clear and functioning properly. We saw a few bacterial blobs, but they weren't Too Numerous To Count (TNTC) this time. We saw areas of Yeast, but it was no where near like the last time. The difference between the Wet Sample last time and this time were astounding. I'm definately improving.

Now the problem was that I still had Lemon Drop Red blood cells. This means that I have Bowel Toxicity. I don't know how they know this, but ... that's what it indicates. There were also several spots on the wet and dry sample that showed Liver Toxicity. I need to work on cleansing out these two areas. Although, I will likely always have Lyme cysts ... if we work on the Liver & Bowels, then the yeast and parasites should improve. My Red Blood cells last time were all on top of each other. Also some had missing parts (IE my iron was missing). This time, they were mostly all intact and spread out the way they were supposed to be. An occasional Red Blood cell showed the Lyme Spirochetes.

My follow up just consisted of things that we thought we could do to help detox the Liver & Bowel. Also we are thinking if we clear this things up that maybe my bump problem will clear up too. He's *never* seen my bump problem on any of his patients. Aren't I special? ;0

Onto my husband's microscope:

For some time, I've thought that my husband has Lyme Disease. The last few months he's gotten sick several times including a major bout of bronchitis, the stomach flu and also once his lip got really swollen out of no where. He's had symptoms the last few months that really lead us to concern so we scheduled a blood cell analysis for him today.

My heart is very heavy over what we saw on his slides. His biggest issues are Lyme Disease, Cardiac problems, Parasites and Lymphatic Issues. The doctor said they were number 4 out of the scale of 0 to 4 (with 4 being the most severe). His Adrenal functions were about the same as mine and his Lyme cysts were on the scale of 3. He also has Liver Toxicity. I wasn't in the office with him during his blood cell analysis as I was in my follow up appointment. We plan on getting him scheduled into see my doctor as soon as possible.

The problem is that it costs about 500 to go in for the first appointment and today we spent about 1325 on the credit card. That doesn't even include the supplements that I will have to pick up over the next few weeks. *sigh* Here we go again.

There's the update.

Prayers for Krissy and Jennifer

Lord, we lift up to you this day for healing, two of your faithful children..Krissy and Jennifer. We pray for their individual needs with Lyme disease and other health problems. We ask for your healing touch upon them and for an abundance of strength, wisdom, and love to be in their lives.

We give thanks for Jennifer’s dedication to this blog and the many people who are being prayed for because of her concern and faithfulness.

In Jesus Name

Amen

Renee

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Casting Crowns ~ Who am I?

Jennifer's Biography

It was too weird to write about myself in the third person ... so first person it is:

I am a 33 year old Lyme patient from North Carolina. I struggled with a mysterious illness for 12 years before getting a diagnosis of Lyme Disease. I have been under treatment for Lyme, Bartonella and Candida. Heavy Metals are also a concern. I have had two treatments for the Heavy Metals, but am waiting for a special supplement to arrive at my LLMD's to help with it so that I don't have to endure IV Chelation.

I consider myself quite lucky in the fact that I lead a fairly normal life. I work full time and in the last few months have had fairly good health. It's been over one year since I've taken one antibiotic. That in itself is quite a blessing. I had a PICC line in for almost 7 months for supplemental treatments. These supplemental treatments have given me my health back.

I am currently on a few supplements. These help keep the bacteria in check while boosting my immune system. I am not out of the woods yet and will find out tomorrow through a microscope study how I am doing with my spirochetes and lyme cysts. After two full years of treatment, I finally received a CDC IgM positive blood work. It was nice validation to receive after many have said, "Are you sure you have Lyme?"

We are almost positive that my husband also has Lyme Disease. He has not been tested as we are vastly aware of the inaccuracies of the testing, but he will also undergo his first microscope test tomorrow. We are praying that we get answers tomorrow for the both of us.

Please pray for my health to continue to head in the correct direction and that all of my Lyme friends get the same kind of results that I have seen. It's hard to believe how far I've come in the last two years. I still have some bad days. On those bad days, my symptoms include: headaches, tingling in my legs and arms, eye floaters, dizziness, bumps near my old picc line site, itching, difficulty thinking and swelling of my joints. There are others, but those are the most "irritating" symptoms.

On another front, my husband has a job interview today. It would be a "lateral move," but it's more of what he wants to do. So please pray that he gets this job. :o)

Thanks to all of you for not only praying for me, but praying for all of my Lymie friends. My prayers are that this place brings peace to all that are involved.

Please visit my personal blog to find out more about me, my journey and how I live the Lyme Life.