not yet: timing

Every time Ariella calls, I go into high alert: is her baby here?

She was asking me about the timing of her birth and her siblings. births. She had read that the first child tends to come late. But I had the opposite experience: my first came a week early. Then Hunter came on her due date. Ariella was a day late. And Samsun was a week late.

But I wonder about their timing: Nika came on my mother’s birthday (did she “know” that?) Hunter came on Memorial Day – of course). Ariella was on Thanksgiving – appropriately. And Samsun? Hunter’s birthday.

Meantime my focus is on a different sense of timing. I call it my “Lyme timing”, although it’s not Lyme I’m dealing with any more. It’s the co-infection bartonella, which is deeper and more insidious to root out. I really wanted to be DONE by the time the baby was born.

Oh well.

I always hesitate to mention Lyme, as I’ll call it anyway – “that stubborn problem”, because, who wants to hear about it? But then I get asked, why are you still dealing with it? (I definitely ask myself that).
Last May when I saw my primary care doctor, he had me tested for Lyme – it showed the same results I’ve gotten for every single hospital test I’ve taken, recently and for all 4 years before I was finally diagnosed in 2023. That was when I sent away for my own test, one I had to pay $`1300 for – it revealed I had soooo much Lyme and co-infections of Lyme. No doctor had told me about that test: it’s not part of what they can offer.

When I first realized I had Lyme, I was able to get into the packed schedule of Sue Fick, an herbalist renowned for her ability to help Lyme sufferers. The herbs initially did a lot of detoxifying. But after a year or two, it became clear that I needed more. That is when I started seeking other remedies.

Lyme shows up differently for each person. But it’s lousy, wherever it shows up. Thank goodness I have Jonathan living nearby to confirm this is one nasty disease. He did have “doctor” treatment: antibiotic after antibiotic that only harmed his body, never touched the Lyme. I had hip replacements – one because I thought the hip bone was the cause of the pain (I had no idea it was Lyme), and the second, an accident which opened up more troubled territory for the spirochetes to invade and multiply.

Now I have found Juliann (about a year ago) – someone who counts traditional dentists and surgeons who struggle with Lyme among her clients. She does Biomagnet therapy, a method which works by creating an alkaline environment in which the toxic “bugs” can’t survive. It’s a long drive to see her, but she can tell me what strains she has eradicated, and what still needs treatment.

After each treatment, the effects take time: a few days or even weeks after, I feel lousy die-off. That makes room for another strain to surface . Like peeling an onion, one layer is killed and a deeper layer surfaces. And on it goes. I get treated, wait to let that settle. And then go in for the next round.

This week Jonathan’s mother, my good friend Jan, is coming with me to witness Juliann at work. I remember wondering about this too, before my first experience. And that was with another Biomagnet practitioner who was not nearly as gifted as Juliann.

It’s worth the long drive. And I’m excited for someone to watch. Someday… I will be healed and count Juliann as one of my friends, someone who helped me heal what can sometimes feel impossible to get through.

In this beautiful setting:

last Thursday

last Friday

Whaaaa-at?

Sunday … no snow