Physicology/31

Dear friends,

I have great news and I cannot contain it. Today my doctor told me that he projects the end of my treatment to be in six months. Six months! That is a half-year ahead of schedule and about five years ahead of my own (faithless) projections.

"You look really good," my doctor said.

"I feel it," I responded.

"Have your friends and family made comments about how you look?"

"Yes they have, especially those who haven't seen me in a while. I'm feeling really good."

"On a scale of 1-10, how much energy would you say you have?"

I thought about it for a moment. "Nine. I think last time I was here I said I was an eight."

I am now officially in the last stretch of treatment. I know so because I have started taking a supplement called Lumbrokinase, which is an enzyme from an earthworm. This supplement is known to break down something called "biofilms" in the body. Biofilms are not new to scientists, but it has only been in the last few years that we have discovered that biofilms may be preventing Lyme patients from becoming healthy.

In case you are wondering, biofilms are essentially a bunch of germs that are completely surrounded by slime. Neither antibiotics nor rifing penetrate the slime. If the slime isn't penetrated, then these germs will continue to wreak havoc on the body. My doctor was careful to note that he isn't sure if I have biofilms, mostly because there is no testing method to determine if I do or not. He also noted that my remarkable improvement probably indicates that I do not have biofilms since if I did, my improvement would have been a lot slower.

Nonetheless, my doctor told me that he likes to attack the biofilms at the end of treatment to prevent the surprise of relapse. I approved. I will now be taking the earthworm enzyme for four months unless I herx, which means that I will be taking it until the end of treatment. He gave me the option to begin taking it in November when I see him next, but I opted to start now. Because I have absolutely no reason to wait.

I am estatic and encouraged and hopeful. And I feel like dancing.

A.