DR. BAGNELL'S
STORY:
July
24-25, 2003
Thursday-Friday - I was stricken with Lyme
Disease. I was cleaning some branches up in the yard in
Wrightstown,
PA
and noticed a mouse scurrying through the leaves. I didn’t think much of it
at the time and continued to prepare for my daughters 6th
birthday party.
July
26-27, 2003 Saturday–
Sunday - I started to feel weak and confused. My body started to
ache. I thought the soreness was from yard work days before. My
symptoms included joint pains, muscle spasms especially between my
shoulder blades crawling up toward my neck. It felt like I had the
FLU virus. Treatment started on July 24 with chiropractic
adjustments and homeopathy.
July
28 2003 Monday-
symptoms were slightly improved from treatment. I had a full day of
work scheduled. By mid morning pain was back with a vengeance. I
thought I really over did it chopping wood the days earlier. I
applied a TENS unit (muscle stim.) to deaden the pain between my
neck and mid back. I thought I had meningitis with electrical pains
now in my arms and fingers. Every time I turned my neck I had shooting pains. That night I continued with
the same course of treatment.
July
29, 2003 Tuesday- my
symptoms stayed the same as the previous morning. As the day ran
into night I could barely hold up my head. I also noticed at this
time a red round rash on my thigh. It was very hard to see as well
for my vision was beginning to be affected. Slurred speech and difficult hearing caused
concerns of Stroke. Dr. Karen was asked to evaluate the rash
and Lyme disease was confirmed.
July
30, 2003 WED– The next
day I called a local physician and asked to be evaluated for Lymes
based on Dr. Karen’s diagnosis & mine. Big surprise, they
confirmed the same. They prescribed an antibiotic and I maintain
chiropractic care plus natural remedies to combat the spirochete of
Lyme. I also took acidophilus to make sure the antibiotic didn’t
destroy the normal bacteria in my digestive tract. The rest of the
day I felt horrible. High-grade fever,
aches, pains, and chills. I ate when I was hungry and drank
plenty of fluids.
July
31, 2003 Thursday –
(The light at the end of the
tunnel) I started to feel improvement over the infection.
Appetite started to improve but still had
weakness.
August
1, 2003 Friday-
Greater improvement on this day. I took a day to rest and heal.
By
Monday
August 4, 2003,
I was back to work at 100%. This
event has changed my life and has given me knowledge to share with
those affect by Lyme. I still keep up on the latest advancements in
detecting and treating Lyme. Look for future updates
on this topic.
To date there are a few treatments we
are aware of:
- Chiropractic
care for improve functions and immune booster
- Homeopathic natural treatments,
- Cats
Claw(Una-de-Gato/ aka. Uncaria tomentosa)-herb,
- Antibiotics(which the latest research has shown are
now not very effective)
- hese
are just a few. The following website has research
articles (search topic: Lyme) -http://www.allergyresearchgroup.com/
- (Oct. 2003 and Jan.
2004)
Feel
free to download some
