Post by alyeska on Dec 20, 2018 11:06:36 GMT
Ok, this is the new treatment from the LLMD. Along with all of the detox supplements, baking soda baths, and no sugar, only a few healthy carbs, and only organic foods, I’m supposed to start:
H2 water tablets twice a day
BPC- 157 oral pills, (a peptide that my doc is so jazzed about) 1 twice a day for a month, and then 1 once a day in the morning. He says this will help inflammation and heal the body and brain, and that it will work on the immune system, tendons, and arteries. Some people can take it subcutaneously, but he said pills are just as effective. (I’m afraid of sharps at this point! No needles if at all possible, especially if I have to give it to myself, though I did get a shot of the BPC- 157 in the office Tuesday just to try it. My pills won’t be delivered for a couple of days. I felt good Wednesday, but I don’t know if it was really the peptides or if I was just so exhausted that I finally had a rare good night’s sleep.)
I’m supposed to stop taking Advil because it rips holes in your gut (lovely.) Since I will definitely be feeling pain after long days at family Christmas gatherings, he told me to have one glass of wine since I’m allergic to the yeast in beer, otherwise it would be one beer. (Dang, I miss beer!) I plan on having MULTIPLE glasses of wine, though I doubt he’d advise that! Eventually the peptides are supposed to work so well that I won’t need pain management at all. He said it should be working within a month. I hope I can hold out until then.
I’m also supposed to start taking mora for killing bugs again, 1 drop a day working up to 5 drops if possible.
Eventually we will try killing with another peptide, LL-37, for 6 weeks.
I would love to hear if anyone has tried this yet, but if not, I’ll keep you posted on any progress.
I’m trying not to get my hopes up, which I seem to do with every new treatment, and after the first two weeks they all said I might feel like I have a cold or allergies for a few days, but that should pass. Hey, at least I still have hope and am not ready to roll over and die yet!
Can I mention I LOVE the fact that the two doctors in this practice and most of the staff try out these things before they even give them to patients? Right now they’re all really loving the peptides. Apparently they’re not just helpful for Lyme patients. The receptionist, who doesn’t have Lyme, is on one that she says she’s taking to look better but that it’s even helping with her energy level.
Again, I’ll keep you posted with my results. The one thing that makes me very hopeful is that, of the three people I talked to about this (two doctors,) not all three of them can have the placebo gene, right?
One drawback is is that the peptides are quite expensive and of course out of pocket, but they’re trying to find another supplier that they believe will cut the monthly cost in half. My MD also believes that insurance will start covering them eventually. It was about $375 for a month’s supply, and I don’t think it’s necessary to continue taking them forever, though I’m not sure about that. I think it’s a “Take them until you feel better, stop, take more if you start to back slide” kind of thing. If it’s not, I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to afford it if insurance doesn’t kick in. At least it’s not $8,000 for one treatment of adult stem cells which need a “tune up” every year or two! He said he thinks peptides will be even better than adult stem cells which I know from a close doctor/researcher guy are actually very affective for healing if you can afford them. (That guy is Dr. Keith March at Florida State University in Gainesville if you’re interested in reading about adult stem cell therapy.)
Both adult stem cells and peptides are supposed to help stimulate things in your own body that eventually cause your own immune system to start healing yourself. Of course, my doc is at the beginning of treating patients with this, but he said one guy had a grey beard when he was just starting treatment. When he came back for his 8 week follow up, they all thought he had dyed his beard. He said, “Nope, I’ve just been taking the peptides!”
Again, I’m very skeptical of new treatments because nothing ever seems to really work incredibly well, but I’m willing to try almost anything at this point. I still have kids to raise. Please send prayers or happy thoughts my way! Wouldn’t it be so nice if we actually found something that worked really well? Miraculous at this point, but really nice! As ever, unless I’m in the middle of a herx and think I’m dying, I’m hopeful.
H2 water tablets twice a day
BPC- 157 oral pills, (a peptide that my doc is so jazzed about) 1 twice a day for a month, and then 1 once a day in the morning. He says this will help inflammation and heal the body and brain, and that it will work on the immune system, tendons, and arteries. Some people can take it subcutaneously, but he said pills are just as effective. (I’m afraid of sharps at this point! No needles if at all possible, especially if I have to give it to myself, though I did get a shot of the BPC- 157 in the office Tuesday just to try it. My pills won’t be delivered for a couple of days. I felt good Wednesday, but I don’t know if it was really the peptides or if I was just so exhausted that I finally had a rare good night’s sleep.)
I’m supposed to stop taking Advil because it rips holes in your gut (lovely.) Since I will definitely be feeling pain after long days at family Christmas gatherings, he told me to have one glass of wine since I’m allergic to the yeast in beer, otherwise it would be one beer. (Dang, I miss beer!) I plan on having MULTIPLE glasses of wine, though I doubt he’d advise that! Eventually the peptides are supposed to work so well that I won’t need pain management at all. He said it should be working within a month. I hope I can hold out until then.
I’m also supposed to start taking mora for killing bugs again, 1 drop a day working up to 5 drops if possible.
Eventually we will try killing with another peptide, LL-37, for 6 weeks.
I would love to hear if anyone has tried this yet, but if not, I’ll keep you posted on any progress.
I’m trying not to get my hopes up, which I seem to do with every new treatment, and after the first two weeks they all said I might feel like I have a cold or allergies for a few days, but that should pass. Hey, at least I still have hope and am not ready to roll over and die yet!
Can I mention I LOVE the fact that the two doctors in this practice and most of the staff try out these things before they even give them to patients? Right now they’re all really loving the peptides. Apparently they’re not just helpful for Lyme patients. The receptionist, who doesn’t have Lyme, is on one that she says she’s taking to look better but that it’s even helping with her energy level.
Again, I’ll keep you posted with my results. The one thing that makes me very hopeful is that, of the three people I talked to about this (two doctors,) not all three of them can have the placebo gene, right?
One drawback is is that the peptides are quite expensive and of course out of pocket, but they’re trying to find another supplier that they believe will cut the monthly cost in half. My MD also believes that insurance will start covering them eventually. It was about $375 for a month’s supply, and I don’t think it’s necessary to continue taking them forever, though I’m not sure about that. I think it’s a “Take them until you feel better, stop, take more if you start to back slide” kind of thing. If it’s not, I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to afford it if insurance doesn’t kick in. At least it’s not $8,000 for one treatment of adult stem cells which need a “tune up” every year or two! He said he thinks peptides will be even better than adult stem cells which I know from a close doctor/researcher guy are actually very affective for healing if you can afford them. (That guy is Dr. Keith March at Florida State University in Gainesville if you’re interested in reading about adult stem cell therapy.)
Both adult stem cells and peptides are supposed to help stimulate things in your own body that eventually cause your own immune system to start healing yourself. Of course, my doc is at the beginning of treating patients with this, but he said one guy had a grey beard when he was just starting treatment. When he came back for his 8 week follow up, they all thought he had dyed his beard. He said, “Nope, I’ve just been taking the peptides!”
Again, I’m very skeptical of new treatments because nothing ever seems to really work incredibly well, but I’m willing to try almost anything at this point. I still have kids to raise. Please send prayers or happy thoughts my way! Wouldn’t it be so nice if we actually found something that worked really well? Miraculous at this point, but really nice! As ever, unless I’m in the middle of a herx and think I’m dying, I’m hopeful.