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[katepoet]

Sounds like we are all coping and doing pretty darn well! Congratulations to all of us!

Rheumatoid arthritis is definitely a very common symptom of Lyme disease when it is transmitted by tick bite. The current tests most MDs use for Lyme have ahigh rate of false negatives so get the new test. Your MD can request the directions - and yes, it is covered by insurance.

Weight gain and a struggle to lose it can also be caused by Lyme disease. I've lost 90 pounds over the years and part of that came from treatment of allergies and treatment for Lyme.

Cluster headaches - I'd look at Lyme, as strange as that sounds.

Anyone dealing with any systemic health issue should get the new Lyme test. The most conservative estimate is that 15% of us have it but since it triggers ADHD, bi-polar, fibromyalgia, Lupus... I tend to think it is much higher. It is contagious so you didn't have to get a tick bite. In over 95% of the cases, when one person in a household has Lyme, so does everyone else in the household.

For rheumatic fever recovery, I would try the same tincture we use to help us fight the Lyme bacteria and to help our immune systems get back on track - a special form of cat's claw that is called non-TOA. It's called Prima Una de Gato. This desert plant is a natural quinalone and has two alkloids, one promotes the immune system and the other does the opposite. Non-TOA cat's claw is without the alkaloid that undoes the good work of the first alkaloid.

I have an article about this if anyone wants the pdf pm your email address to me and I will send it to you. It's too big to post here.

I have to do some more writing and some tutoring so I'll post more later.