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Megan’s Chronic Lyme disease treatment

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My name is Megan Bray and I just turned 20 years old.  I have a history of neurological problems beginning with a brain tumor at age 13 which was operated on and removed. I have struggled periodically with a range of neurological symptoms that I couldn’t pin point the root of for the past few years and weren’t a huge concern at the time because  they weren’t constant nor nearly as severe but this past fall everything got a whole lot worse and I soon realized something is really wrong when it became very difficult to function and started worsening but I did not know what this all was. It manifested as numbness spreading throughout whole body, loss of taste, motor skills, insomnia, dizziness and vertigo, confusion, blacking out, zapping sensations, parathesias, seizures, akathesia, brain inflammation (encephalitis) and so much more both affecting brain and mental state and my body. After months of doctors visits without many answers , a trip to the ER,  multiple tests and seeing 2 different neurologists who spent no more than 10-15 mins with me and looked puzzled and offered no next step except trying different vitamins and supplements still without no real diagnosis  or idea what was really going on we finally received a message from someone at our church who got a word of knowledge and a feeling while praying for me that I was suffering from an “auto immune condition”. That was definitely a breakthrough moment and it was an answer even if it wasn’t clear at first. After receiving that word we took it into high consideration especially since we didn’t know what our next step was going to be. We were referred to a rheumatologist who began the testing that I really needed all along. He soon realized that there was something attacking my nerves and nervous system and causing an autoimmune response but the mission was to find out what that was that was doing the damage. He tested me for Lyme and bartonella and did different labs which came back positive, as well as later realizing I also had CIRS (chronic imflamatory response syndrome) as well as mold toxicity and other Neuro toxins since I am multi susceptible as well as struggle to detox these toxins due to certain genetic factors. My family and I didn’t know what that meant exactly but after realizing I had been exposed to mold for years in the past in our home and am very sensitive and susceptible genetically. after lots of research, reading, podcasts, videos and by talking and listening to experts we realized so much about chronic Lyme and co infections and what they can do and how much damage they can cause especially if they aren’t treated. And speaking with people who have lost dear family members to this horrible disease. Not to mention how many people are usually mis diagnosed with something else. Most people think of Lyme disease associated with a bulls eye rash and flu like symptoms but that is only in a smaller percent of cases and with a short term Lyme, antibiotics can be of help but once it crosses the blood brain barrier and becomes chronic and late stage, it hides from the immune system and builds something called a bio film making it so difficult to attack and can attack any organ or tissue or part of body. There are a few doctors here in San Diego who are trained on chronic Lyme and coinfections. The difficult thing is that the CDC does not recognize the severity of it or that it can become chronic and doesn’t cover as much  of the cost of treatment as it should making it even more difficult for people who are already so sick to get the right help they need to get well. I haven’t been able to work or go to school and have been sidelined from the life I had since this past October (2018) so financially this has become a huge hardship for me. We are using insurance as much as possible and I am so blessed to have that but there are lots of limits since this illness is outside the mainstream western medicine and it is very expensive and time consuming to get the right help to get me well.  We have already spent around $25,000 out of pocket and are just nearly beginning treatment which is a multi level approach. We have (by the grace and direction of God) finally found an amazing doctor who is helping oversee treatment and providing us with his knowledge and expertise and I am following his protocol dillegently though it is just the beginning. We have come up with a plan and we look into every treatment modality carefully (various IV treatments, supplements, herbal therapies, ozone, hyperbaric oxygen, antimicrobials, PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field therapy), specific detoxing methods, etc.) for this disease unfortunately it’s not a one size fits all for treatment and often you get worse before you get better, certain things don’t work for some people but work for others.  but I know God is directing our every move and that he has a great plan. I am so grateful for all the information we have received and taken in regarding this illness and I know I will be healed. I cannot wait to share my testimony and help other people in similar situations. Any assistance that I can recieve financially, even just $1 adds up and would mean the world to me as the average patient spends around $100,000 on lyme treatment to get well and to a place of healing. Please pass on this message. God will provide and will keep his promises! Thank you for taking the time to read this. God bless! Also If you get a chance please check out the article below... Thank you! ❤️

Isaiah 53:5 “by his wounds we are HEALED”

Romans 8:37 “In EVERYTHING we have won more than victory because of Christ who loves us” 

Luke 1:37 “For with God, NOTHING shall be impossible”


https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/03/lyme-wake-up-call/
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    • 4 yrs
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Megan Bray
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Carlsbad, CA
Bob Bray
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