Today was my monthly f/u (follow up) with my doctor. Given how hard I've crashed and how badly I'm reacting to pretty much everything in my environment, we're discontinuing all treatment for Lyme & Co and instead focusing on MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities) and basic immune support. You may be wondering what exactly this means, and you can read about it here, but briefly:
"Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; in broad terms it means an unusually severe sensitivity or allergy-like reaction to many different kinds of pollutants including solvents, VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds), perfumes, petrol, diesel, smoke, "chemicals" in general and often encompasses problems with regard to pollen, house dust mites, and pet fur & dander."As I stated in an earlier post, I began crashing as soon as I landed 3 weeks ago. I have yet to really get my feet back under me. If you've ever had an asthma attack, or witnessed one for that matter, you can imagine the reactions I've had to simple things such as candles, perfumes, animals, soaps, cleaning products, bug sprays, etc. Some of those reactions are milder than others. Many of those reactions are newer in the sense that I didn't react to them prior to going to San Diego but I certainly do now.
It appears I may be regenerating from Lyme & Co (we've been wondering for the last few months) but it's too difficult to tell because I'm too toxic.
Here's the catch with detoxing - as long as I'm living in a toxic environment it's going to be a waste of time, energy and money to focus on hard-core detoxing.
In the meantime: I'm treading water.
