Thursday, March 5, 2009

My First Bionic 880 Treatment

I had my first treatment with the Bionic 880 this afternoon. I was very grateful to be greeted with the warm hospitality of the lady who is allowing me to use her Bionic 880 machine. For her privacy, I will keep her anonymous for now and refer to her as "Lady X" hereafter.

When I arrived at Lady X's place, I finally had the honour of meeting her in person, as well as her husband. The Bionic 880 machine was already set up for me at the 25% of full power setting as recommended by another member on LymeNet. Normally, Dr. W would start his patients at 100% full power, but I was advised by the LymeNet member to start with 25% because that's the guideline Dr. W provided when one doesn't have the benefits of ozone and mineral IVs to support and detox the body after the Bionic treatment.

I transferred the contents of my Deseret Biologicals ("Desbio") Borrelia series nosodes from their original brown glass vials into clear sterile ones that I got from my LLMD, using a separate sterile syringe for each of the 10 bottles. That process took a while, but I was advised by Lady X that it is necessary because the treatment might not work as well when using the brown glass vials.

When all is ready, I taped all 10 vials to my solar plexus; essentially just below my sternum with all 10 vials going from left to right. The vials are larger (wider) in size than the ones that Lady X obtained and used in Germany, so it literally looked like a belt going just below my chest. It is not the ideal setup, but that's the best I could do, so I proceeded with it.

I applied the wand of the Bionic 880 on each of the 10 meridian points specific to this treatment as pioneered by Dr. W, for about 5 minutes each. I did not notice any sensation worthy of noting during the treatment, although as I mentioned in my previous post, I felt more sick than usual today even before I went to Lady X's place for the treatment. I continued my conversation with Lady X throughout the treatment, sharing some of our experiences in treating and dealing with our debilitating disease.

After the treatment, on my way home and for the next few hours, I felt very exhausted. I'm not sure if the exhaustion is caused by the treatment itself, or whether it was due to the expenditure of energy as I focused and conversed with Lady X for the 2 hours or so I spent at her place. As well, as I started out my day with more brain fog and tireness than usual, maybe my exhaustion has nothing to do with the Bionic treatment after all.

I will pay attention to the way I feel over the next 2 or 3 days and report anything worthy of noting. At 25% of full power, however, I wouldn't be surprised if I don't feel anything out of the ordinary from the treatment I had today.

On another note, I am thinking of ordering the Allergie-Immun ("AI") treatment as recommended by many on LymeNet. Lady X has already ordered it and has sent in her first saliva sample for analysis. AI appears to be a very promising modality to complement the Bionic 880, and it could very well be a significant piece of the puzzle that will get me back to full health.

Excited -- Going for my first Bionic 880 treatment soon!

I have checked with some fellow lymies under previous care of Dr. W in Germany and I am now convinced that using the nosodes from Deseret Biologicals will not give me the infections that I currently don't have (namely, Babesia and Erlichia). Logic does apply, after all.

As such, I'm going to head to my first Bionic 880 treatment this afternoon -- in less than 2 hours, in fact! To tell you I am not excited would be a lie; this is by far the most promising treatment that I have come across over the past 6+ years of suffering. It could literally be the light at the end of the tunnel!

I am not feeling too well today though, at least compared to the last few days. My brain fog is quite heavy and I'm actually getting some headache all over my head, which is not common for me. I have a hunch that it is my immune system going after the Lyme (thus resulting in a mild herx), since I have been boosting my liver's ability to detox yesterday with the liver flush. I don't know if this makes sense, but my lymie brain is too foggy to explain now.

I will report on my first treatment this evening after I come back. Hopefully I could still type by that time.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Baseline Test In Preparation for the Bionic Treatment

Today, I have finished the liver cleanse procedure in the morning which started yesterday.  There were plenty of green liver stones flushed from my body, and it was good to know that my liver is now going to function without their obstruction.

I visited my LLMD's clinic in the afternoon to receive a baseline test of where I stand before starting the Bionic 880 treatment.  Not only was I tested energetically on the Vega machine, but I had a couple of tubes of blood drawn as well.  I couldn't recalled all the tests that will be done on my blood, but CD-57 is one of them.

Energetically, I had an organ screen on the Vega machine, which screens my organ functions to check where and what infections are present.  I am glad to report that I once again tested negative for Babesia, which was present in my brain when I had the same test about 1.5 year ago.  I can't say for sure that the Babesia is completely gone, but at least energetically it is not showing us, which could mean it is either gone or is in a dormant state.  I tend to believe that it is gone, and that it is the result of the bottle of MMS which I consumed over the course of last year; and if that is the case, then it would be proof that MMS indeed crosses the BBB (blood-brain barrier) as rightfully claimed by its inventor Jim Humble.  Too bad it didn't touch the Lyme (Borrelia) at all though.

Other than the Babesia, the organ screen revealed that not much has changed since I took the same screen about 1.5 year earlier, although the lady who performed the screen for me commented that the Mycoplasma is not showing up as strongly as before.  I'm not sure exactly what that means; it could mean its load in my body has reduced compared to before, or that it is snoozing (in a half-dormant state).  In any case, I took it as a good sign.  In summary, the Lyme bacteria (Borrelia) and Mycoplasma are found in the following organs / systems in my body:

  • Brain
  • Thymus
  • Liver
  • Lympathic system

As you could see, the Lyme bacteria is so intelligent that it is able to put a stranglehold on my immune system (thymus) while degrading my detox pathways (liver and lymphatic) to ensure its survival.  And of course, the Lyme bacteria loves soft fatty tissues so it is literally having a party in my brain while the other three systems are compromised.  

In terms of the nosodes from Deseret Biologicals that I brought for energetic testing on the Vega machine, they didn't test very well for me.  None of the Borrelia series remedy nosodes was found to be compatible with my body, and only D15 and D12 from the Mycoplasma series remedy were found to be compatible.  That's not quite what I expected.  Frankly, I don't know what that means for me.

The lady who did the test for me did notice that the Borrelia nosodes actually contain the energies for Borrelia, Babesia, and Erlichia.  And because of that, she said the test is actually meaningless since we don't know which of the 3 my body doesn't like.  As I don't have Babesia and Erlichia, maybe the Vega machine is just saying that I don't need the nosodes because they treat all 3, while I just need 1 of the 3.  

She also warned me about using the nosodes with the Bionic 880 treatment, which I told her about earlier.  The concern is that, since I don't have Babesia and Erlichia, using the nosodes might actually induce those 2 infections on me (due to homeopathic principles of like-treats-like).

That is indeed a scary thought, as I certainly don't want to catch Babesia and Erlichia even if my Borrelia is cured.  It is hard for me to understand how I might acquire those 2 infections from 2 bottles of nosodes that are so diluted and are merely placed outside my body, but I don't want to take any chances given the power of the Bionic 880 that many attest to.  

Having said that, the Mycoplasma series remedy also contains many different strains of Mycoplasma.  It is certainly not reasonable to expect the person using those nosodes to be infected with every strain of it, so does that mean the person would be infected with all those strains that he doesn't have, while getting treated for the one(s) he does?  Logic has taken a hike here.  However, out of caution, I have consulted with the lady who will offered me to use her Bionic 880 machine, and she has promised to check with the others who have gone to Germany for the treatment.  Perhaps one of them would have the answer.

Until I get a clear answer on this uncertainty, I am holding back my first Bionic 880 treatment.  If I could have the answer in time, I will begin my first Bionic treatment tomorrow afternoon.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

An Introduction and my Lyme History

This is my first post. I am a 30-year old male sufferer of Lyme disease in Toronto, Canada. I was bit by something (probably a tick, but I never saw the culprit) during a camping trip in the year 2000 in Earl Rowe Provincial Park, about 40-minute drive from Toronto.

I didn't realize a seemingly insignificant insect bite would change the rest of my life forever. After I came back from the camping trip, I had a really red and itchy rash (though not a typical bulls-eye rash for Lyme) which spreaded from the top of my right foot up onto my lower leg. The rash spreaded quickly, but subsided after I went to my GP and took some sort of anti-fungal for a week.

But I soon started to feel deterioration in my cognitive function and my ability to concentrate. Long story short, the neurological symptoms progressively got worse and over the course of the next 2 to 3 years, I have developed major neurological problems, the followings being the most debilitating symptoms (in no particular order) that brought my quality of life down to its knees:

  • Brain fog
  • Mental exhaustion (would never feel refreshed despite tons of sleep)
  • Difficulty concentrating, thinking, and focusing my vision
  • Attention deficit
  • Depression (chemical imbalance in my brain deprives my ability to feel happy)
  • Central sleep apnea
  • Cold extremities
  • Shortness of breath, air hunger, feeling of oxygen deprivation in my brain
  • Not feeling like my old self
  • Easily irritable
  • The feeling of not really being present in reality, but rather feeling like I'm seeing reality happen as if seeing a movie

Those symptoms were difficult to describe to a doctor and it was no wonder I was sent to various specialists such as psychiatrists for evaluation in my early years of searching for an answer. It took me 2 full years of seeing numerous specialists and doctors before I was fortunate enough to be tested positive for Lyme disease through a blood test. It was an extremely difficult journey to keep pressing on when all those "experts" kept telling you that you are perfectly healthy. I'm sure you know what I mean if you have been tormented by this dreaded disease.

Amazingly, by the grace of God, I am one of the few Lyme suffers who do not have any symptoms involving my muscle-skeletal system. I have no pain whatsoever in any part of my body due to this disease, and I have no paralysis of any sort which I found many fellow Lyme sufferers have. I am thankful, but at the same time that makes it that much harder for people to understand how you could be so sick that you cannot even work to support your family and are home-bound all day. It is a reality that nobody could truly comprehend except when they have walked the Lyme path themself.

The followings are treatments that I have tried over the years to address my Lyme infection, but with little or no success:

  • Antibiotics rotational therpy (IV & oral): 2005 to 2006
  • Salt & Vitamin C protocol (up to 18 grams salt/C daily): 2006 to 2007
  • Ozone auto-hemotherapy and rectal insufflation: 2007
  • Marshall protocol / Benicar therapy: 2007
  • Heavy metal chelation as per Dr. Cutler: 2007-2008
  • IRT (Immune Response Training): 2008
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): 2008
  • Foot-nerve therapy: 2008
  • MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution): 2008

Which brings me to today and the Bionic 880. The Bionic 880 treatment was brought to my attention by a fellow Lyme sufferer who is also located in Toronto. Though I have never met this lady in person, I could tell from her voice on the phone that she was in a much worse shape than me. She made a trip to Germany earlier this year and came back to report significant improvements and also brought back a Bionic 880 machine so she could continue treatments here.

I am extremely grateful for the offer that was made to me to use her machine, though I will be doing so without the professional medical support that she had from Dr. W and his associates when she was in Germany. Since I cannot afford a trip to Germany for the full treatment package (involing ozone and mineral IVs, etc.), I am going to dive right into it while following a strict detox protocol which I have learned over the years of being a lymie. Hopefully that would minimize the effect of the bacterial die-off and heavy metal released when the critters are killed. The detox protocol that I intend to follow is as follows:

Prior to the first treatment:

  • Liver flush (protocol here)

During the treatment period:

  • Milk thistle (2 capsules before each meal)
  • Bentonite Clay (1 tablespoon before meal)
  • Chlorella (3 pills after each meal)
  • Activated charcoal (2 tsp before bedtime)
  • Daily sauna
  • Daily coffee enema

In preparation for the Bionic 880 treatments, I have ordered and received the Borrelia series remedy and Mycoplasma series remedy from Deseret Biologicals (www.desbio.com). I was previously tested positive enegetically (by a Vega machine) for Borrelia, Babesia, and Mycoplasma, though the latest test conducted last Wednesday showed that I am no longer positive for Babesia. I don't know if that is due to the bottle of MMS which I went through last year, but I am glad that I'm dealing with one less hurdle.

I will be going to my LLMD to test on his Vega machine again with the Borrelia and Mycoplasma nosodes tomorrow, as well as getting some blood work done such as CD-57. The results would be a baseline of where I stand before the Bionic 880 treatments. My LLMD has agreed to track my progress through both energetic and blood tests as he is very interested to see what the treatment could do.

I will keep you posted.