Dear Stephen, My LLMD wants to know why you have made the change from artemisia (she uses artemisinin) to cryptolepis as the first herb of choice for babesia.
Healing Lyme
CD57 levels on protocol
Dear Stephen, After being on the herbs for 4 months, plus 2 months antibiotics before that, my CD57 levels have only gone up to 17 (from 16). It was 11 before the antibiotics. This is hugely disappointing.
Varicose veins
Dear Stephen, Over the past year I have noticed both varicose and spider veins appearing between the ankles and calves and seem to be spreading. I wondered whether this could be a consequence of lyme.
Hemorrhoids
Dear Stephen, I have really bad hemorrhoids, I think it is aggravated by the lyme/bartonella/babesia that I have. Is there anything you could recommend to help?
Developing resistance to meds and herbs
Dear Stephen, I’ve been diagnosed with Babesia duncani and everyone keeps telling me that unless I continue the prescription drugs with the artemisinin, I will cause the babesia to become resistant.
Protocol for young teenage girl
Dear Stephen, My 11-year-old daughter has lyme, bartonella and babesia. Is your herbal protocol safe for her?
Flagyl and taking herbs
Dear Stephen, I will be doing IV Flagyl one week per month and I am very concerned about how hard Flagyl hits people – how sick some people get. What can I take to moderate side effects?
Lyme contracted in exotic places
Dear Stephen, If I contracted erlichia in Borneo, can I be helped as much by your core protocol and the doxycycline as if I had the North American strain or is this going to require a different protocol?
Lobelia and lyme
Dear Stephen, I thought I would ask about the lobelias because two have shown up in my small yard and garden. Are either Lobelia inflata or Lobelia siphilitica recommended for any aspect of Lyme disease?
The buzz about biofilm
Dear Stephen, Do you feel that lyme bacterium and other pathogens are protected by biofilm layers and that must be treated simultaneously with herbs and/or antibiotics?