So...children with lyme have symptoms due to hormones, too? I'm sorry, but your substitute chiropractor had her own bias(es) and saw what she wanted to see, I think. I'm sure it's hard to do, but try to grin & bear her until your "real" chiropractor- who must "get it" returns.

I don't think you're being pig headed or overly sensitive. After so many nay-sayers that lymies deal with, it's hard not to read attitudes or beliefs into reactions. I'd say trust your instincts!

i can't see how you're pigheaded, but I can see how the chiro is thickheaded. Or is it wrongheaded?

It's amazing how some folks can go right to the heart of any problem with so little input. It just must be magic:)

WEll, I could do a really effective rant here and echo some of the wise words you have left me regarding nay-sayers, LOL. Instead I will say:

SCREW 'EM.

Use the chiro for their particluar area of expertise, and through out all the other garbage your ears get filled with.

Not as precise as my usual posts, but am a bit yucky today.

You are not pigheaded, you had better be stubborn - otherwise you probably would never had the moxy to get the orrect diagosis, yes?

Hugs :)

That's what we need is one more person saying what he/she thinks we have, right? Especially when it is NOT his/her area of expertise. Maybe you should have asked this woman's approval before you signed up for Lyme? Stuff like this makes me want to rant, too, so I'll go with what Momoftwohugs said.

Oh yeah, oh yeah, and oh yeah to all three of you. thanks. I do think the infrared sauna sounds heavenly and good for me but I wouldn't want to encourage her if I do it... so it will be our little secret. She never came out and said it, but it was all started because I wept uncontrollably in the office when I walked in and found her there, expecting my friend... MY chiro. She knows nothing about me. If she had been in MY hell, and if she couldn't wait to get adjusted and spend 10 minutes with HER chiro/friend/cheerleader... well, she would have cried too to discover she was somehow so out of it that she missed seeing her friend off with a hug before a double mastectomy... HORMONES!!!???? HORMONES!!!!! okay Alana... is that close to a good rant... yikes... and any way she made my neck and hips hurt more than they did. When I tried to call the office to ask (pick a fight I guess) what the heck she was trying to say I accidentally speed dialed my chiro's cell phone... and she answered... and God wanted me to talk to her instead of pick a fight and get drawn into defending myself against someone who doesn't really know anything about me anyway. It was so good to hear her voice once we figured out who was talking to whom!!! She thought I was a wrong number but my voice was so familiar!!! It was funny, and so good to hear her voice and have a chance to say "put me on speed dial if YOU need anything." Yes, much better to have gotten her by "accident" (hee hee... thanks Aunt Nellie)... So, I can do with out an adjustment for a few more weeks...

AND ANOTHER THING..... If I did get her on the phone I could write the script to what she would say "Oh, Donna... of course I meant that these things can help you too... and of course I believe you have lyme and I just want to give you some additional helps. I would never dream of suggesting that you change your treatment plan at this time." Yeah... sure.

Count me in the where-does-she-come-off club here, regarding the fill-in chiro.

I don't know a lot of chiropractors, but the ones I have gone to are pretty strongly anti-prescription meds. I believe chiropractic has helped me over the years; but I also know that prescription meds have helped me too.

They don't treat infections. And, the body, no matter how well the spine is aligned, can't fight infection on its own.

I am using a spine adjustment board at home, between chiro appts, that has been helping me get the kinks out in the month between my appts. Let me know if you're interested in info on it; it might help you reduce the number of times you have to subject yourself to this person's BS.

Thanks everyone for validating my instincts. I am not even so sure she gave me a good adjustment so there really is no reason to go back until my Dr J is back. Dr J is not a lover of abx, but sees their value. She, as well as I, sees that abx are overused and harmful when prescribed for every willy nilly thing that the body is equipped to fight. BUT, even she agrees that the abx is what I need for now. She is balanced... that's why I like her. I have learned to stay away from extremists.

Sorry this chiro been so rough on you but I do want to say that of all the stuff she said, the colonic might help. I read that one Lyme doctor recommended a rest between treaments and if the colon is clean the treatments might work better. I had one and my husband has had several and they really help get rid of waste that we can'd rid our body of through normal BM'S. Anyway, God bless you today and give you wisdom and peace.

I have to admit, I'm really intrigued about colonics. I don't think I have the guts (sorry, pun not intended!) to go through with it, but my ears sure perk up when I hear talk about them.

That info-mercial about the total body cleanse, also gets me to pause for a few minutes to listen. I worry about what the pills may *plant* in there to prove it's working, but still - I like the idea of cleaning house, so to speak.

Well, I have to weigh in here on the colonics. I went through a series of them, 1 per week for 8 weeks. I have to say I felt pretty darn good afterward. The trick is making sure you find someone who really knows what they are doing.

I was nervous during the first few, but it got easier as time went by.

I can't say that everything she offered was off base, or that it negated your Lyme diagnosis, but it certainly sounds overwhelming and as if she way overstepped her role in treating you while your doctor is out.

However, raising body heat (according to Dr. Singleton's book) is supposed to help kill Lyme.

And my current LMD says that an imbalance in hormones can certainly add to the symptoms, but she doesn't want to do anything with these until I'm doing better with Lyme. I think that this chiro was off base on this one, as she hardly understands the complexity of Lyme and doesn't know you as a patient. My chiro will just state when he's out of his depth, thankfully.

I'm all for the infrared sauna.
As for the colonic, nope. Not that others don't have really good and valid reasons but, for me... nope. The end. ;) (LOL! NO PUN INTENDED THERE, EITHER!!!) aiy yai yai!

"Hey lady, crack my spine and shut the he** up."

Do NOT let her cast doubts on your diagnosis. Lyme is not called "The Great Imitator" for no reason. If it were me, I'd be looking elsewhere for treatment until your regular chiro comes back, especially since she (it would seem) took her disapproval out on your poor unsuspecting neck and back. Give us her address, we'll all go find her and show her her "Hormones." Grrrr, so mad for you!!

Since when is a chiro into colonics...Although some may swear by them, I'm running scared.

I read your colon regenerates itself every other day without this procedure. So, unless there's some pressing reason for it, bowel out!

(Yeah, I spelled it wrong for a reaction!)