Feeling Good

Hello friends. Once again, I am sorry for the delay in this post. I have good news. I've been feeling pretty good on a regular basis. I have to give credit to a number of things that my wonderful doctors have been guiding me with. I truly think that the genetic testing I had done was one of the best things we did to make some progress that is noticeable. We are currently working on clearing my methylation pathways so that all process can operate more smoothly. The first two SNPs (pronounced snips) we have been addressing are a homozygous CBS mutation and a heterozygous MTHFR mutation (A1298C). Together they cause my methylators to act as if they are being flushed away. I apologize for getting this wrong in the last post in saying that my circumstances would cause methyl trapping. Genetic mutations are a complicated subject. With a CBS mutation it is necessary to lower your sulfer load, which for me means temporarily going on a low sulfer diet and supplementing with Molybdenum which removes sulfer (I'm 6 weeks in and have 2 weeks to go.) and for an MTHFR mutation it is necessary that you are not getting any supplemental Folic Acid in your diet because with this mutation, the body cannot make use of it. I am also supplementing with Thorne Methyl-Gaurd plus. It is a methylation support supplement that contains active B vitamins including greater amounts of 5MTHF, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. So, the exciting thing is that I think that these efforts have made just about everything else we are doing so much more effective and that is something I am so thrilled about. In addition I am almost to a full dose with the second addition to my Lyme treatment and co-infection treatment. I think that is also helping me to feel better. BUT the most exciting was wen we added Curaphen to my protocol. The difference in my level of pain was significant and noticeable in less than 24 hours. There haven't been many times in the past few years of treatment that I could say that about much of what we were doing. I feel like we are really beginning to make headway and I am so excited. It is like I've gotten a little piece of my life back.

On the forefront some things that are planned for future are addressing my high triglycerides through a very special fasting process that is guided by physician who specializes in resetting the metabolism.  We will not be doing this until Spring/Summer, but I'll keep you posted. In the meantime we are testing for environmental toxins, so I'll let you know what the results are in my next post. Addressing these will also help with underlying causes of my weight gain and high triglycerides. Eventually we'll also look at heavy metal toxicity and we'll also address the EBV. Eventually we hope to address other pieces of my methylation pathways which may include B-12 shots and IV Glutathione. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

I'm feeling good about the direction we are headed in and I am hopeful that I will continue to feel much better in addition to gaining control of my triglycerides and weight gain.

I hope that everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving holiday!