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How often do you all clean your brushes?

I clean mine about once a month I think. I have two sets so that I can really wash them good and use the other set while the first is drying...I let them dry at least two or three days. I don't use a heavy cream on my face...need to use an oil free acne moisturizer, so that probably helps them to not get goopy, but they can get bacteria I think. I DO have a problem with breakouts so I try to keep them fairly clean just for that reason.

To clean them I use liquid castille soap (Dr. Bonner's).

Gosh Kassandra, that is absolutely FRIGHTENING!!!!

Ear plugs might work...I'll bring some, lol! They're soft foam, so shouldn't be objectionable to them.

Paula, I think the metals issue came after the corn, histamines, and probably about two or three more "issues", lol. Keep reading!

Eekk!!! Carla, if you see this before Kassandra gets back tell her I'm thinking of her!!!

Will be thinking of you. Are you call someone from in here after the surgery, so we dont worry the whole time you are away.

Yes, I'll call Andrea and maybe Patti and even Rachel if I feel chatty--it depends on how "out of it" I am, lol. I don't think I'll get a heavy sedation...I think they just do a leg block with a light sedation, but I can't imagine being awake for 90 minutes while they cut my bones, so I may ask for the "forget everything" drug. One of those things really messes me up though, but I think it might be worth it to not hear the sawing. I can say that I am still feeling the moderate sedation they gave me for my endoscopy on July 2!

I have also decided im going to go back and read all 2000 plus pages sometime in the near future lol.

OH NO!!!! Paula be careful...many people have gotten lost by going back!!!

Hey Donna, before you leave us for awhile did that teeth whitening stuff ever work for you? Did you ever get some? Sometimes I wonder if the bugs in me made me so acidic that it started to take the enamel off my teeth. I wonder if anything will help.

Yep, I did the teeth whitening stuff. It seemed to work...it's not dramatic but there is a difference. I may repeat it in a few months and see if that does anything more. It's called GoSmile and I got it at Sephora. I only noticed some slight sensitivity on a couple of applications and that only lasted for a few minutes.

EDITED TO ADD:

Here are the ingredients...I wanted to add this because I did NOT check to see if it was gluten free and it has some questionable stuff, lol.

B1 Tooth Whitener:

Alcohol, PVP, Hydrogen Peroxide, Flavor

Aaaacccckkk Kassandra!!!! NOOOO you can't be allergic!

I havent heard anything about Amy as far as scheduling for her next visit. Donna......you might be able to get in this time!

Yeah, and with MY luck they'll call me for the only two days I actually have appointments while I'm out. Hopefully I'll be able to drive if they call me any other time.

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the boards. I posted a question over on the Lyme thread--anyone see it? It's kinda long, but I'm looking for answers. I see many here have multiple dx!!

Thanks,

Carol

Carol, I apologize! I saw your post over there, but was not feeling well that day, so didn't respond, then went out of town, then didn't see the thread again, lol. I've just posted a reply there.

Yep, I've had a long history of medical issues, which just started all of a sudden around 1995-1996 or so.

Hi Carol! Welcome...saw your post over at OMG and came looking for this one, lol. I don't know if I can answer all your questions, but I can address some of them.

I'm new to this forum, but this topic is *exactly* what I need. I'd like to know for those who have a tick-borne disease and celiac as well how common it is to have numerous food intolerances? And what is causing it and does it get better?? And what kind of doc are you using that is good with dealing with the whole big picture??

I think it's pretty common to have numerous intolerances. I personally don't think the lyme directly causes that, but I do think that it does affect other body systems that allow it to happen. I've several people both who've addressed the lyme aggressively and those who haven't who have seen an improvement in the intolerances. I have seen some improvement even though I haven't taken aggressive treatment for lyme. I've been using herbal stuff only so far. In my case I think I relieved enough of the strain on the body systems for my body to start doing what it should. I still can't eat gluten or casein, but some of the other things have cleared up.

I felt like I was going around in circles until I started seeing a lyme literate medical doctor (LLMD). He tested me for all kinds of things including mold toxicity, heavy metals, lyme, essential elements, etc. He is the first doctor who really took EVERYTHING into account in forming a plan for me.

So I was supposed to be getting better, but I'm much worse. I'm one week into the abx and supplements for the babesiosis and new diet (plus herxing all week). But my head is spinning. I can eat so few things now that it's unbelievable. And I don't know what to think. Did I have under-the-radar babesiosis all this time that harmed my immune system? It can be in so few red cells that it is not detected. Or is it caused by Celiac? Or both or something else?

It's probably both. How was he testing for babs? Do you know what lab they used or was it muscle testing?

I'm waiting to hear about a possible LLMD in my area, but I'm VERY interested to hear what kind of docs you have found that may do the best job at understanding and dealing with the whole picture. Having my doc who has helped me so much look amazed and want to send me to a sleep clinic was not a good thing. Although he was able to diagnose and treat my babesiosis, which was a huge blessing, he is not an LLMD. I just got the book on Babesios by Dr. Schaller (an LLMD), and I'm not sure that we continued treatment for it long enough... ...

Yes, that's one of the problems with most doctors who are not LLMD...they don't treat long enough. In addition to my LLMD I also see an integrated medical team consisting of physical therapist, internist, chiropractor and nutritionist and a more alternative practitioner. I've also had muscle testing done (A.R.T.) which seems to be the most accurate so far...it was what first found the lyme, which was later confirmed via blood testing by my LLMD.

Yay Kassandra!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to report that I'll probably be pretty absent from the thread for at least a couple of weeks...definitely won't be posting next week at all, nor even logging on, lol. If I turn the computer on at all it will be a quick check of email, but probably won't even want to do that for the first few days. This week, I'll be posting sporatically at best I think. These are times when I wish I had a wireless laptop or even an iPhone type thingy, lol.

Happy Birthday!!!

Yay Rachelle!!!! Woo hoo! I still love this stuff even after several months.

Haven't stopped praying or thinking of you!

Don't bother with Indiana, Jess . . .

Or California!

New to this thread; ordering my second sample kit. Does anyone have their Spring Berries lip gloss, yet?

Welcome Beth! Mine is still sitting in my cart, just waiting to be ordered, lol. Anxiously awaiting a review by anyone, lol.

My mother had a couple of D&Cs but I can't remember how that went. I know she had lots of cramping and I do think she bled, but not sure how much.

I don't think you go under sedation for sigmoidoscopy...at least here they don't put you out. I haven't had one for several years though...but my aunt had one recently and she didn't have sedation (i.e., she could drive herself home). For a colonoscopy yes. My first endoscopy was done at the same time as a colonoscopy.

I can't stop with the ph's!

Yes, it was phabUloUs! But no phortUne was had! PhortUnately I left enoUph money under the mat of my car to get out of the parking lot!

WELCOME BACK How was Vegas? Win anything??

Nope! But I did manage to come home with money, lol! And, considering how much the food has gone up in a year or so since we were there last, that's kind of amazing, lol.

We DID play enough to get two free buffet dinners at the Wynn (a most EXCELLENT buffet), which would have cost us $35 each.

so. Was I too harsh? Should I have gone with him anyway?

I'd have been miffed...you had talked with him about it last night. I'm thinking the two biggest water using items isn't a new thing either...can't have been the first time that issue has come up. I think miffed was appropriate!

'Twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure

as I'm sittin here, I'll never be able to show me

face in Starbucks again!

!! Um, wow, I went to Starbucks 4 times in Vegas!

Edited to add: JUST FOR COFFEE FOLKS!!! Just for coffee I say!

I'm baaaaacccckkkk!

Well, I only ended up wearing makeup on the flight over to Las Vegas, lol. I DID take some with me, but it was so hot there and the air conditioning was doing a number on me, so I felt like I needed to wash my face all the time. So, I'm back to work today and back to normal makeup routine.

Hi everyone...back from Vegas. I haven't even tried to catch up yet though! Had a good time but was really congested the whole time...felt normal as soon as I got home, lol. Go figure!

Just back from Las Vegas, and just wanted to inform my silly friends that BETTI the YETI is alive and well in Las Vegas. Yes, indeed. I saw ONE slot machine in ONE casino called Betti the Yeti, so in honor of my friends here in sillyville, I had to play it. True to the gist of what I've read here...Betti the Yeti was not good to me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!