Sarah Little treatment

 Most of you know me. If not, let me introduce myself. I'm 43 years old, wife and mother of 3 beautiful children.. ages 15, 13 and 11.

My whole life has been all about finding my purpose, starting a family and living my days out with my favorite man.

Life was going along swimmingly. I was lifting weights, eating right, raising kids, working, life was good. Tragedy struck my mom and life stopped. I took a sabbatical so to speak to help her through a cancer scare. She's fine now, however, that was the beginning of the end for me. What I didn't know is that some time ago (many, many years possibly) I was bitten by a tick.  Ticks carry with them diseases, one of which is lyme.  Some only carry lyme, other ticks also carry other bacteria.   

Our bodies are so amazing and my body was keeping all the bad things at bay. Sometimes though, when things get really hectic and stressful, your body gives up.  Doc after doc lead me to small steps in the right direction, but not completely better. Fast forward to 2016 where I was encouraged by an old friend from college to test for Lyme. Results were inconclusive, so on I drudged. Finally, 3 years later, I found a Lyme doctor who retested me and my tests were positive for not just Lyme, but 3 co-infections:  Bartonella, Ehrlichia and Mycoplasma Pneumonia. 

My onset of symptoms started in 2014.  Things seem to be worsening because I've never been treated.  Some of the biggest things I deal with daily are pain and numbness in my hands/right leg, muscle weakness, horrible weight gain, severe brain fog, debilitating migraines and fatigue and neuro symptoms, feeling of things crawling, creaking of my neck and my neck bobbing around when I drink things and put on make-up.  Almost as if I have Parkinson's.  Work is so painful.  I struggle with pain in my legs/thighs and bell's palsy of my face.  The palsy returns to normal typically, but it will twitch and pull facial muscles and stay that way sometimes throughout the day.  Lyme symptoms come and go.  Right now, I am in a severe flare.  My brain is mush, it's like trying to push two opposite magnets together.  I can't quite connect the dots.  I have to lie and cover up for my mistakes, laugh and make fun of myself daily in order to push past my error(s). Typically the errors are very basic like not remembering a name, putting this event on this day, this award goes to this person.  It's embarrassing.  I can't remember anything it seems.

I've been dealing with lyme and it's co-infections for over 5 years.  In that time, because I did not truly know I had lyme until a few weeks ago, I feel I must act quickly before my arms and legs stop functioning and lyme completely takes over my brain and I'm bed ridden.  My best chance for a full recovery is a program in Germany that specializes in lyme.  I submitted my paperwork and was accepted to receive treatment beginning July 15th.  Why did I choose Germany?  Dr. Douwes is the foremost expert in eradicating lyme.  In order for me to then come home and kill the co-infections, I must first kill lyme.  Dr. Douwes has the highest success rate for curing lyme.  I am nervous, but I feel I'm in the best hands.  Treatment at the clinic will consist of 2.5 weeks and  includes:  2 hyperthermia treatments.  Hyperthermia is a type of treatment that heats the body to a certain temp and holds it there. (lyme cannot live beyond a certain high temp) IV antibiotics will also be used during the process.  There will be detox protocols, infusion therapies  and so much more goodness to treat, detox and repair.  These are the 3 pillars to curing lyme.

Every little bit of help is so appreciated whether it's a donation of any amount or just sharing in your network of friends.  We all need help sometimes even when it's hard to ask.  If my symptoms weren't progressing at a rapid pace, I wouldn't be so desperate.
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Mary has been a dear friend for over 15 years, and I want her to have a long, happy, healthy life with family.  She deserves it, we all deserve it.  Please donate, pray,  send energy or whatever you can do.  I'll be grateful as well. 
Clancy