Healing Chronic Illness at Home:
                  Update - Lyme, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Fibromyalgia
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                                                  06-27-2005
                                                 By Jill Neimark

About 18 months ago I wrote an article with Byron White about my approach to
healing lyme disease at home—an approach that applies to many chronic
illnesses, infections, and neurological disorders. I have since improved
steadily and in small increments, adding in other approaches as well.
Although I still have a long road to travel to become the person I was
before lyme, herein I offer an update. I hope some of you will be inspired
and helped.

I: Oh The Horror

A brief update: Lyme disease felled me in 2000 and life has not been the
same since. Although I took a total of six weeks of antibiotics in the very
early stages, the drugs did not cure me and I felt so ill on them I chose to
shift to alternative medicine. At my worst, I was so sick I could barely get
around the neighborhood, had profound, debilitating fatigue, sleep problems,
muscle pain, low grade-fevers, crushing migraines, nausea, and a constant
feeling of being poisoned and ‘buzzy’ all over. I also had muscle weakness
and burning that made it difficult to stand in line at the post office or a
movie.

After being treated with hyperbaric oxygen in two separate clinics, and
improving, I slowly relapsed each time. I joined various health newsgroups
and one day on a yahoo list called oxyplus I heard about a guy named Lance
Brubaker who had recovered from lyme using a home hyperbaric chamber. At his
worst, he could not walk 100 feet on his own. He’d built his own in 1994 but
now had a portable home chamber and though he is in remission, still uses it
regularly. Now he works like the workaholic he always was, and travels all
over America and the Caribbean—in the service of alternative medicine and,
not surprisingly, portable hyperbaric chambers.

II. Home Hyperbaric: The Foundation

As I’ve described here before, I got a used home chamber from Lance and it
changed my life. I got the large size because I tend to be claustrophobic
(there are three sizes, like three beds for Goldilocks). This chamber is
portable, FDA approved, and goes to 4.2 psi (pounds per square inch). It
pressurizes with air, venting 50 liters every 3 minutes, and I breathe in
oxygen using a medical passthrough and a simple plastic mask. Using my
chamber, I returned to the land of the living. Although there is debate in
the lyme community and clinics about the most beneficial pressure for lyme
(a home chamber uses relatively low pressures, whereas clinics tend to treat
lyme at 2.4 ata), I’m certain my chamber suppresses the lyme bug and even
more importantly, replenishes my entire system. The home chamber pushes
200-400% more oxygen into the tissues. Borrelia burgdorferi is oxygen
sensitive as it is microaerophilic—it can handle small amounts of oxygen
but, for instance, will die in air which contains 21% oxygen.

I think one reason the home chamber helps so much is it counteracts many of
the ways borrelia damages the body. Borrelia alters pathways and chemicals
in one’s neuro-immuno-endocrine system in order to create a hospitable
environment for its penetration and survival in all the tissues of your
body. Glutamate is often upregulated, leading to sleep disorders and chronic
pain and hypersensitivity.

In fact, glutamate upregulation is known to be a serious problem in pain
disorders, ALS, perhaps MS and certainly in chronic lyme and fibromyalgia.
NMDA receptors are upregulated, correlating with anxiety, panic attacks and
sleep problems. Oxygen metabolism is downregulated, leading to a permanent
hypoxic state in which all organs suffer. Pro-inflammatory cytokines and
molecules called matrix metalloproteinases are upregulated, leading to
profound fatigue and damage to blood vessels and cell membranes. All these
shifts in our biology are good for the bug and bad for the host (me or you.)
And these shifts are common in CFIDS and other infections similar to lyme.
Pressure and oxygen can truly offset a lot of the ways chronic infection
disables the body.

My chamber usually sits right by my l-shaped desk at a bank of windows where
I write. I use it whenever I want, for however long I feel I need it. I lie
in my chamber with my ipod turned to a playlist I named “Soothing,” and
because the pressure and oxygen feel so good, I find it a good place to
relax and meditate. With this chamber in my life, I still most definitely
live in the shadow of lyme but I function and don’t fear disability. It is
the life of someone managing a chronic illness while still trying to figure
out how to get totally well.

After two years of owning a chamber, it had become as ordinary to me as my
morning tea. I had not realized that it was still my liferaft until I
discovered that the seam of my chamber had a leak. This is unusual but my
chamber had originally been in a clinic and already had many hours of use
when I got it. I had to dismantle my chamber and ship it back for repair. I
went four weeks without a chamber.

During this time, I began to slowly re-experience lyme symptoms—increasing
fatigue and muscle weakness/burning returned, and with it, something that I
can only attribute to the bug’s hijacking of the nervous system. I
alternated between periods of panic and deep sadness. It was as if a
protective barrier were slowly being peeled away and I had to look again
into the nightmare scenario of full-blown lyme disease. I could feel the bug
resurging. Or, more precisely, it was as if my neurological system—which
doesn’t know the English language, and didn’t know that my chamber was out
for repair—was signaling very clearly to me that it was being attacked again
by the bug.

I had forgotten what active neurological lyme was like. Those with severe
lyme often comment they fear they will die, even though they know they
won’t. My only respite was knowing that my chamber would soon be back, the
seam leak sealed by the manufacturer, and I’d soon be lying in it, breathing
in oxygen under pressure, and thanking God for my good luck. For me, the
hyperbaric chamber is absolutely fundamental in leading a reasonable life
with lyme—while I keep looking for ways to completely eradicate the bug.

During this chamber-less time I traveled down to Atlanta, where Lance works
with Dr. Rhett Bergeron, one of the more innovative alternative medicine
doctors in Georgia. Both Lance and Dr. Bergeron are missionaries for
alternative medicine, and extremely kind people. On the morning I was to
return to New York, Dr. Bergeron picked me up at my hotel, drove me over to
his office, and gave me a session in the portable chamber there, so that I
would be fully able to make the trip home with ease. I also met several
other lyme patients under his care, one who had traveled from Maryland for
treatment. Dr. Bergeron does not use antibiotics for lyme, but a multitude
of other anti-infective and cleansing treatments.

Lance has a portable home chamber at home, where he operates a business
distributing chambers to doctors and patients. He recently sent a chamber to
his parents as a gift when they both fell ill. Over dinner he said to me,
“How can you ever repay your parents anyway? And besides, I’m doing it for
me, not them. I am the one who will be responsible for their care as they
age. The chamber will protect them. They are already feeling much better and
using it daily. I still use my chamber frequently, but I now use my chamber
as a stress modulator. I could not keep up this hectic schedule without it.
I’ve traveled four days out of every seven for the last month.”

I recently heard from a former lymie named Thomas who was homebound with
chronic lyme and had been on antibiotics for two and a half years to no
avail. He had been sick for 6 years. He decided to buy a home chamber after
he saw my first article. Now, 18 months later, he emails me, “I’m doing
better by leaps and bounds. I’m going on lots of vacations, working
full-time and commuting 3 hours daily, without taking sick days. For me, the
chamber was great. But I also believe it’s been the combined effect of ozone
sauna and oral hydrogen peroxide that have put me in the right direction. I
also began using glutathione and chlorella and they have only added to the
success. It’s just so nice to be feeling decent and go out with friends
instead of living in bed.”

III. Hyperbaric and RSD: An Aside

When I told Lance I was going to write about my chamber again, he reminded
me that it is effective in other chronic conditions. Lance suggested I give
a young woman I’ll call Jane Doe a call to hear her extraordinary story. She
was a young single mother with two children when she slipped down some
stairs at work and ended up with reflex sympathetic dystrophy—a debilitating
syndrome in which often one’s entire body is in excruciating, chronic pain.
He said she’d been cured by the chamber. I’ll reproduce her part of my talk
with her here:

“RSD is paralyzing, stabbing pain that never stops. This was two years ago.
I was in so much pain I threatened suicide in front of my doctor and my
parents. I was living by myself in northern California and had to get up
each day to stoke the fire to keep it warm. I had to crawl to do it, until I
got a wheelchair. I was starting to become incontinent and have cardiac
problems. I couldn’t hold a fork. One day I put into Google, “RSD cures” and
I found out about two people in England who had gone into remission with
hyperbaric oxygen. I thought, well, let’s give it a go. I was ready to sell
everything I owned just to survive.

In the beginning, I went into my chamber three times a day for an hour each
time. Within six months I was able to walk and drive again. I remember the
first day I was able to drive, and I stood on the street afterwards and I
just kept saying to myself, “This is just incredible to just be standing
here, a guest in my own body, not in pain, standing by myself in the world.”
These days I go into my chamber three or four times a week, and just go to
sleep in there. It’s very relaxing. I’m going back to school to become a
medical assistant. I feel nothing but gratitude for the entire experience. I
hope my story empowers others.”

IV. Glutathione and Gluten

Hyperbaric is my lifeline, but I have since added in other modalities that
have helped me. Some are widely available, and others are not but I’d like
to mention them all here in case they might help someone.

First of all, I’ve been reading a lot about glutathione and thinking back on
my health history, particularly my maternal lineage. The fingerprints of
celiac sensitivity genes are all over my maternal line—as well as
genetically weak systems for detoxing heavy metals and other environmental
poisons. Finnish scientists are doing most of the pioneering work in celiac
disease these days, but let me just note that gluten sensitivity is not
always classic—i.e., it is not universally manifested as digestive problems.
It can more subtly damage the duodenum and the intestinal villi, skewing the
endocrine and nervous systems, and has been linked to a wide range of
problems, including neurological and endocrine abnormalities.

I know a prominent psychiatrist and researcher who suffered from uveitis (an
eye inflammation), Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and chronic fatigue. She was
given a diagnosis of “atypical M.S.” In truth, all she had was celiac
sensitivity and once she figured it out for herself and went off all gluten,
she recovered perfect health.

In addition, celiac sensitivity genes might only kick in once your body is
under the stress of chronic infection. I never ate much wheat, as I knew I
was sensitive, but it wasn’t until I really researched this subject that I
understood that ANY gluten could upregulate the inflammatory response.
Eating a little bit of gluten (oh, those croutons won’t hurt, now will
they?) is akin to eating a little bit of lyme, or a little bit of a virus.
Your body will react to the protein in gliadin as if it were an enemy, and
mount an inflammatory response. This is not good for you. A doctor friend
tells me these genes are actually far more widespread in the population than
we realize—probably because grains were a recent introduction in terms of
man’s evolution.

I stopped gluten entirely and it has been helpful for me. I don’t really
miss it. I am now known as the French-fries addict. When I’m feeling
ambitious, I make my own with organic potatoes. If any of you suspect gluten
sensitivity, I’d recommend getting genetic testing. I know of another
chronic lymie who is using colloidal silver, hyperbaric oxygen,
glyconutrients, and then discovered that some of her M.S. symptoms are due
to “gluten ataxia.” Genetic testing revealed celiac sensitivity genes. She
is now on a gluten free diet and doing better. Anti-gliadan antibodies are
truly not diagnostic enough.

In reflecting on the health problems on my mother’s side, I had to conclude
we all had inborn errors in detoxification. My maternal grandmother suffered
from Parkinson’s disease; my maternal aunt from trigeminal neuralgia and
other health issues. I know from current clinical evidence that
glutathione—along with phospholipids—can reverse Parkinson’s in some
patients. So, I supplement weekly with IV glutathione. I find it helpful.

In addition, I recently heard from another lyme patient who has a home
chamber. She began using glutathione daily in a nebulizer and says it is one
of the best things she has ever done for herself. It not only got rid of the
remnants of pneumonia, it markedly increased her energy. The nebulizer she
uses is an Inspiration, which costs only about $60, and I plan to start
using this method daily while still continuing with IV once a week. I have
tried nasal glutathione, another popular method, but I did not find it had
systemic penetration. Nebulized glutathione, breathed into the lungs, is
likely to have systemic penetration—as evidenced by the reports of cystic
fibrosis sufferers who not only had improvement in lung function, but in
digestion as well, when they used this approach.

For anyone with a chronic illness, a look at celiac sensitivity, and a trial
of glutathione supplementation is key, because it is the major detoxifying
antioxidant our bodies and liver use. More and more doctors are using
glutathione in their chronically ill patients. And when we are sick, we
simply cannot manufacture enough on our own to combat the chronic
neurotoxins and inflammatory free-radicals we generate.

V. Immune Boosters

In this category, I include something that will not be widely available, as
well as something that is. For about a year now I have been getting small
amounts of intravenous gamma globulin. It is expensive and not covered by my
HMO insurance. I get 5 grams weekly. There has been a noticeable boost in
energy since I began using it. I know some lyme patients who are able to get
much larger doses because they were originally given a neurological
diagnosis (such as M.S., or Guillain-Barre or even peripheral neuropathy) or
who have a documentable immune deficiency. I don’t have such a diagnosis, so
I have to be judicious in my use as it is expensive.

However, there are an increasing number of pioneering immunologists and
neurologists who are doing sophisticated testing on lyme patients in order
to secure them a diagnosis that will allow IVIG. It is worth looking into. I
believe it is helpful because we now know that borrelia can initiate an
immune defect that was not previously present, opening the door to other
infections as well. Borrelia can downregulate t-cells, natural killer cells,
and immune cells called CD-57.

In addition, those of us with certain genetic markers (certain HLA subtypes)
tend to have a more sustained inflammatory response to borrelia. IVIG is
pooled from 2,000-5,000 donors—helping quiet an overactive yet inefficient
immune response. In addition, a product I have found amazingly helpful, is
frozen thymic peptides from Atrium Biotechnologies, a Canadian company.
After a bout with cystitis last summer, I’d had a few flare-ups of bladder
irritation and pain, and then chronic irritation settled in that was driving
me nuts. Repeated urinalysis was negative. Whatever was percolating in my
bladder was too low-grade to actually show up as obvious infection on a
test—but virulent enough to leave me suffering. Within a week of starting
thymus, every other day, my bladder was 90% improved. A box contains 8 vials
(a month’s worth) and must be kept frozen until you’re ready to take it.

I should note that thymus glandulars, which are much cheaper, have never
done anything for me at all. This product contains the purified peptides
that are highly active. The drying process often involves extreme
temperatures that may alter protein structure and functions. In the frozen
form, proteins and peptides are kept closer to their natural environment. In
addition, taking extracts orally in their liquid form may favor absorption
directly into the bloodstream. Note that Thymosin-alpha (one of the thymic
peptides in this product) has actually been synthesized and is a drug
currently marketed by SciCLone Pharmaceuticals in foreign countries for
hepatitis and cancer applications.

According to a literature review by James Wilson, Ph.D., the action of
thymic peptides is mostly on t-cells such as macrophages, natural killer
cells, and both helper and suppressor t-cells. Thymic extracts have been
shown to stimulate the production of these cells and enhance their activity.
Double blind studies have shown that thymus extracts reduce upper
respiratory infections in both children and adults, and one study showed
that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had fewer
hospitalizations when taking thymus extract. The extract has even been shown
to help patients suffering from tuberculosis, diabetes, herpes simplex,
hepatitis, allergies, eczema, rheumatoid arthritis—in fact, a truly wide
range of disorders. In sum, it looks like this extract helps the immune
system mount a more vigorous and full response to infection.

I really recommend trying this product for anyone who suffers chronic
bladder problems (as many lymies do), or any chronic problem associated with
CFIDS or immune dysregulation—ear infections, sinus problems, colds, flus,
low-grade fevers. This is especially important since as we age, our thymus
becomes less effective.

VI. Herbs and Supplements

Fish is full of mercury these days, but fish oil is an important lipid that
helps restore cell membranes, which are often disrupted by oxidized and
deranged (not crazy, just malformed) fatty acids produced so copiously in
chronic infection. I always hated the taste of fish oil capsules so simply
avoided them. Now I’ve discovered the most delicious fish oil and actually
crave it. It’s made by Pharmax and has an orange flavor. I just take a swig
or two every day.

Vitamin A and Vitamin D are important in chronic illness, especially for
those of us who live in northern latitudes—or those who are too ill to get
enough sun. New research now informs us that 20 minutes of sun daily will
prevent 30 cancers for every 1 that it creates…and the key is probably
Vitamin D. Vitamin D functions as a hormone and seems protective against
many chronic illnesses, including multiple sclerosis. (I bet there is more
to the sun’s benefits than Vitamin D, however. I suspect the angle of light
and the length of the day have important effects on our biorhythms and
cycles.

We are products of evolution, just like plants, and we are hard-wired to
respond to daily as well as seasonal shifts in sunlight. Vitamin A is an
anti-infective and equally important. Since my Pharmax fish oil is pure and
has been stripped of Vitamins A and D, I also take Vitamin A and Vitamin D.
They are easily absorbed because emulsified, without glycerin or any other
fillers. I am not yet sure how much is optimal, so I tend to take the RDA
(400 units of D, and 10,000 units of A).

I take Echinacea Purpurea root every day and I take a broad-spectrum
digestive enzyme and a high potency bromelain. Most individuals dealing with
chronic illness have gut issues and poor digestion.

I get IV magnesium weekly. This is known to help downregulate the
upregulated NMDA receptors, easing sleep and anxiety as well as pain. It
also is known to be utilized by borrelia, depleting our own stores, so it’s
best to replace it.

I also take the best probiotic supplement I know of, Custom Probiotics. It’s
made by a guy named Harry who is a chemist who cured his own digestive
disorder by making his own powerful probiotics. Whereas most commercial
brands have at most 2 billion organisms per gram, his have 60 billion per
gram and sometimes as much as 200 billion. He makes a Custom-6 formula or
you can customize your own, which I do. I use three different strains of
bifidus which is specific for the large intestine. This product is expensive
but it is very potent so requires only a tiny amount daily in a glass of
water. Most probiotics contain filler. Harry’s product is pure, no fillers
at all.

I drink 2-3 cups of decaffeinated green tea daily. There are antibiotic and
antiviral polyphenols in green tea. In addition, there are precursors to
norepinephrine, as well as theophylline, both of which are stimulants. I
also use a special device called Chee Energy invented by retired physician
Charles McGee, M.D.. It is an LED (light emitting diode) device that
contains infrared, red, blue and white lights (each has different
wavelengths) that has pulsing Nogier frequencies programmed into it. These
frequencies, developed by a French physician, resonate in harmony with
healthy tissue.

LED devices have been studied by NASA and other researchers for use in wound
healing. They have even been used to heal mouth ulcers in children treated
with radiation for head and neck cancer. They are quite useful for localized
pain. However, adding in Nogier frequencies as Dr. McGee has done, really
makes this device quite unusual and powerful. I’ve found that the infrared
setting relaxes me and helps me sleep. I also use it on all three settings
at once as a kind of acupuncture device to clear blocked meridians, but the
device is so powerful on those settings I only do this a few minutes at a
time.

Finally, I have returned to meditating with an old friend, music by
Hemi-Sync, which utilizes binaural beat technology to help you slip easily
into alpha and theta states. I’ve been using this at night to help me sleep.
Hemi-sync technology gently tricks your brain into producing relaxing alpha
and theta waves on its own. Sometimes it is hard to get into a peaceful
state when you are in a long-term battle with chronic health issues. I use
their metamusic series (I myself don’t like to be guided by voice), and my
favorite has always been Midsummer Night. These CD’s must be used with
headphones in order to be effective.

VII. Mistakes

Like anyone, I have made a few mistakes along the way. Some were harmless
and others were not, and I’ll mention them here. First, I’ve tried healers
of various sorts, including distant healers who claim to have cured cancer
in just a few sessions. Not one healer has had any effect on my health. It
is tempting to indulge in the fantasy that some magically powerful person
will render you whole and perfectly healed instantly, but it is probably
better not to drain your pocketbook to indulge the fantasy. I also tried a
very sincere homeopath, to no effect.

Finally, I tried a microcurrent/rife device from a chiropractor named John
Myers, who operates out of Atlanta. He has a very lengthy paper on
arthritistrust.org, wherein he lists case after case of cancer and lyme that
he has cured when nobody else could. I am always suspicious of such
outlandish claims, but I also feel that I should leave no stone unturned.
Dr. Myers uses muscle testing (kinesiology) which he dubs ‘brain talk’, and
then programs frequencies into a little battery operated device you wear on
your waist. I spoke with two lymies who felt the box had helped them a great
deal. He prescribed four hours every other day. After my first four hours, I
had muscle weakness, fasciculations, and strange burning sensations that
were terrifying and lasted for weeks.

I subsequently learned of another lymie in Florida who had also used the box
for four hours (by mistake—she fell asleep with it on) and had such a severe
neuromuscular reaction she could not walk for a month. Another lymie, a
friend, felt extremely nauseous after 30 minutes with the box and gave up on
it. Because I have never had a positive reaction to any electromagnetic or
rife device, and because my reaction to this one was alarmingly negative, I
will never get near one of these devices again.

The Future

What’s on the horizon? I’m working with a prominent Ph.D. in the nutritional
field who runs a well-known nutraceutical company, to try and develop a form
of allicin that might be taken up into the cells and kill these
intracellular infections. Allicin is the perfect pathogen-bomb, but it’s
unstable, and broken down by stomach acids. So we’re working on developing a
form that will bypass the current barriers.

I’m soon going to add in another Atrium product, Comitras, that
downregulates MMP’s, and that one prominent lyme doctor is using for himself
and with his patients for this important effect. We know that one way lyme
disseminates is by upregulating these inflammatory MMP’s, leading to leaky,
inflamed cell membranes and blood vessels. For the spirochete, this is pure
heaven, as it can easily adhere and penetrate and travel. For the host, it’s
hell, because it initiates all kinds of complex problems. I will soon be
interviewing the alternative M.D. who pioneered this approach for lyme and
will post it here.

I also recently spoke with Randy Baker, an alternative physician in Santa
Cruz, CA, who is using bee venom on lyme patients with only good results for
their pain and neurological symptoms. He explained his protocol, which is to
inject tiny amounts of venom with procaine in 15 or more spots on the body;
and I’m hoping to try it here in the next few months. Bee venom’s mellitin
has inhibitory effects on the spirochete in vitro, but it also seems to have
anti-inflammatory and mood-boosting effects as well. I’ve known about this
for a long time, I just hate shots so have avoided it.

I recently wrote about Dr. Schardt’s protocol with diflucan for lyme, but
found that I could not tolerate the drug very well. Therefore I am about to
get the smallest dose available, in an oral solution, and start taking
extremely miniscule amounts, hoping that I can build up tolerance over time.
I’ve also tried experimenting with an unorthodox salt and Vitamin C
protocol, but can’t report about that yet positively or negatively. I do
know some people who it has helped a lot.

In addition, a new book out by a brilliant and very spiritual herbalist,
Stephen Buhner, details a brand new approach to lyme disease including some
herbs that nobody has thought to try before. Called Healing Lyme, and
released by Chelsea Green Publishers, the approach sounds promising. Here’s
what Stephen Buhner wrote me in an email: “I wrote about lyme because during
my speaking and teaching over the past decade it is the one question I am
always asked, no matter the topic I am speaking on. And in looking at the
disease and literature I was astonished to find that there were no decent
texts on the disease at all - which shocked me, given its impact and
pervasiveness.

The final deciding factor was that a physician friend who has worked with a
lot of lyme patients, asked me to please do a book that could help
physicians as well as people with lyme. After reading some thousand journal
articles and every book that covered lyme at all, I was pretty astonished to
find that virtually no one has an overall picture of the spirochetes's
movements through the body, the subtle physiological alterations that occur
in the body, why they occur, why the spirochetes actually affect the systems
they affect, the transformations they go through to protect themselves, the
true effectiveness of antibiotics, just how pervasive the spirochetes are in
nature, or how many routes of transmission there really are. For some, of
course, antibiotics will work 100%, but never for everyone. The organism is
just too smart.

Oddly, the most effective plants for treating lyme tend to be invasive
botanicals, especially those that began moving into these ecoregions about
the same time the epidemic really got going. The best of them affect not
only the general symptoms of lyme but counteract the biological pathway
alterations initiated by the organism. This kind of specificity is really
intriguing to me, while antibiotics can only kill (sometimes) the organism,
they can do nothing to protect, strengthen, or reverse alterations in subtle
biological subsystems of the body. Since my interest is in plant medicines
it seemed essential to have a comprehensive text that examined the best
plant medicines for the disease.” Let’s hope that the herbs Stephen Buhner
suggests turn out to be effective in helping us treat lyme disease.

If we all come together and share all the information we have, we will all
be better for it. I still wish I had never walked in that fateful
Connecticut garden 5 years ago, but I also am grateful that I live in a day
and age where hyperbaric chambers are available for home use, where gamma
globulin and thymus and glutathione are available, where pioneering doctors,
pharmacies and companies are coming together to try and heal the epidemic of
illnesses that mainstream medicine does not yet understand or know how to
cure.

REFERENCES: For information about or purchase of portable home hyperbaric
chambers contact: Lance Brubaker, Net Physician, 678 957 0156

to contact Dr. Rhett Bergeron about his comprehensive approach to lyme
disease: 678 990 5401

To buy preservative free glutathione for intravenous or nebulizer use by
prescription only: Wellness Pharmacy, (800)227-2627

Reasonably priced nebulizer: http://www.oxymaster.net (click on nebulizer)

Custom Probiotics: www.customprobiotics.com Healing Lyme, by Stephen Buhner:
www.chelseagreen.com (book distributor)

HemiSync: www.hemi-sync.com Chee Energy Device: www.cheeenergy.com.com or
contact Dr. Charles McGee 800 442 8029

Bee venom: http://beevenom.com/ (Michael Simics harvests pure bee venom and
has a very good reputation. This allows doctors to use the venom with
procaine, rather than having to keep real bees around.)