Equilibrant and autoimmune
My antrum biopsy came back positive for enterovirus and CMV. I have been trying Equilibrant for a week, just one tablet a day. The person on the phone warned me "Start slowly."
Also, a friend from the HHV-6 forum (Jstefl) has seen promising results over 6 months. He was taking NT Factor along with oxymatrine. He said he should have started at a lower dose, and to give it time.
Recently, he painted his deck, fixed his truck, upped his daily walk to 4-5 miles, etc.
I tried to get him to come over to this forum, but he's too busy
Some thoughts on the autoimmune: I've had positive ANA most of the time and positive RF (rheumatoid factor) once. When in a flare, I have the butterfly rash across my face, joint pain, hair loss, scalp pain, low-grade fever, even worse fatigue and depression.
My autoimmune triggers are things like certain forms of estrogen, sunlight, and tobacco smoke, but also, some immune boosters.
I was dx'ed with "mild lupus," and my dad had ankylosing spondylitis.
This year I found out I have Lyme. I've been taking doxycycline (for autoimmune and mycoplasma) on and off for years, and it always helped, but it wasn't a Lyme-killing dose. Now I've been on a killer dose (haha) for 6 months.
Flagyl gave me bad arthritis, extreme joint pain and stiffness, but no swelling. My usual autoimmune is swollen joints, and I didn't have the facial rash, or other symptoms, so I think the drug was killing Lyme Bb cysts in my joints. I cut back the dose and take it 1 week out of the month.
OK, sorry I wandered off here, but it's complicated. I think the Lyme bacteria was causing a lot of my autoimmune and that I will be able to address enterovirus now that I've been on Lyme tx for a while.
We shall see.
FWIW, high RNase-L, low NK cell function, etc. are not autoimmune as my doc would define it. Rather, look for positive ANA and RF and/or positive antibodies to double-stranded DNA. I do have a couple of other things, slight Hashimoto's and coagulation defects, but those seem to be under control.
The titanium dioxide might be an issue, wonder why it's in there? I'm not MCS now, though I used to be, so it's not bothering me. Maybe give them a call and ask about MCS?
Sorry I can't remember everyone's names. My brain fog is not better yet.
Kelly