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Sober Rebel | EBV | Lyme
✌🏻Unapologetically Me
Jesus, Coffee, Holistic +2a
✝️ Ephesians 5:11 - light>dark
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✨⚠️ Turn on your notifications for this account because a lot of juicy lives are about to start going down ⚠️✨

Tomorrow @ 6-7pm est i will be going live & covering the topic: Advice for those who don’t have Lyme & how best to support loved ones with Lyme Disease.

I have already had some amazing DM’s come through on your guys personal thoughts & experiences!! Keep them coming💚🙏😌

There will be a guest or two joining in on the live and they are certainly the ones to really get excited for ! I mean I cannot wait to hear what they have to share 🤤🙌

If you cannot make the live totally fine ! I will be saving this & putting it on IGTV because I know this one will be gold & very informative in a relaxed way.🌈🌱

Please share this post so we can get the word out & help inform those who are keen to learn more about #livingwithlyme. #weareinthistogether💚
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#bloomingwithlymepodcast #lymediseaseawareness #lymedontkillmyvibe #lymewarrior #chronicillness #invisibleillness #positivevibes #lymefighter #bwlpod

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#THISISLYME for my family ⬆️ That’s great that @apoorva_easdon son only needed a few weeks of doxycycline, but that is NOT the case for most of us who don’t get diagnosed until the infection goes late-stage.
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I conveniently came across the @nytimes article, “My Son got Lyme Disease He’s Totally Fine.” while I was doing a difficult infusion for Lyme disease. My initial reaction I shared with my husband included some language that would most likely get me kicked-off Instagram, so I’ll refrain from sharing those exact details.
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As a former journalist, mom, and Lyme disease patient, my opinion is that this was a terribly written, poorly researched, distasteful article that has NO business being featured in the New York Times. There was blatantly false information spewed throughout the article. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone with an agenda paid big money to have this article written and placed. It takes a cold-hearted person to use their own son’s experience with an illness to try to downplay another child/adult’s suffering.
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But, at the end of the day I believe there is ALWAYS a silver lining—so much advocacy and hope has risen from this terrible article. Over the last week a light has shined down on the Lyme disease community as hundreds of patients have come together to share their stories to advocate and stand-up for one another. And this confirmed that no one can take away our voice. Not Apoorva Mandavilli or the New York Times, not Eugene Shapiro, not the CDC, not the ignorant friends or family who downplay your illness, no one has that power. Because we are a force to be reckoned with and we are living through and creating history right now as I speak and one day we will look back on these challenging times and say “I was a part of the Lyme disease movement.” We are on the front lines my friends—and our stories, our advocacy is important work, we are SAVING LIVES.
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Like so many others, I was deeply hurt by this article, but similarly to what my amazing friend @alitmoresco said, please don’t let this terrible author take up any more space in your energy, because you deserve to be surrounded by love and light. (Cont. in comments)#lymedisease

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NAC AND EBV
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Epstein - Barr virus turns on inflammatory pathways. This is one of the main reasons that reactivated Epstein-Barr virus is correlated to many autoimmune conditions and cancers. It adds 🔥 to those pathways that our body's natural defense mechanisms work to keep in check.
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In this study on mice "N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidant which feeds into the body's natural redox regulatory system through glutathione synthesis, resulted in a significantly reduced leukocyte infiltrate in the inflamed tissue, amelioration of the pathological features and delay in the inflammatory signature measured by in vivo imaging. Reducing the degree of inflammation achieved through NAC treatment, had the knock on effect of reducing leukocyte recruitment to the inflamed site, thereby slowing the progression of the pathology."
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What does this mean? It means that when we help restore the body's natural defense mechanisms we prevent disease. It also further emphasizes the relationship of oxidative stress and EBV not only during active EBV, but also in post - viral situations. Lastly, it sheds light on the fact that when healing from EBV, other infections, mold, and chronic illnesses reducing inflammation is very important. Sometimes this is more important than the actual killing part!
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NAC has a multitude of benefits including thinning mucus and fighting inflammation from #mold and fighting oxidative stress from #lyme . Ask your Naturopathic doctor if it is right for you and what dose your body needs.
Be well💕
Gao X, Lampraki E-M, Al-Khalidi S, Qureshi MA, Desai R, Wilson JB (2017) N-acetylcysteine (NAC) ameliorates Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 induced chronic inflammation. PLoS ONE 12(12): e0189167. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189167 #epsteinbarrvirus #epsteinbarr #notreatment #autoimmune #multiplesclerosis #systemiclupus #rheumatoidarthritis #inflammatoryboweldisease #celiacdisease #type1diabetes #juvenilearthritis #mold #lyme #invisibleillness #inflammation #biohacking #naturopathicdoctor #naturopathicmedicine #rootcause

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It’s the last day of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, but we know that every day is Lyme disease awareness for most of us. Keep going, Lyme Warriors! 📸 by @mylymefamily
#Lymediseaseawarenessmonth #Lymediseaseawareness #charity #children #lymedisease #lymewarrior #supportingchildren #findingacure #invisibleillness #chronicillness #spoonie

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GLYPHOSATE AND EPSTEIN - BARR VIRUS
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Fresh off the press based on a study that came out in March. Go to the link in my bio to read this.
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Glyphosate and Epstein - Barr virus both are associated with diffuse large B cell lymphoma. .
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Is there a link between glyphosate and EBV?
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Empower 💓

#lyme #lymedisease #lymewarriors #ebv #epsteinbarr #epsteinbarrvirus #chronicillness #stealthmicrobes #chronicfatigue #sotired #autoimmune #invisibleillness #lymeawareness #lymediseaseawareness #lymemonth #warriorhealth #spoonies #lymedontkillmyvibe #naturopathicdoctor #selfhealers #naturopathicmedicine #mold #moldies #biotoxins #detox #glyphosate

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Well I'm back at Infusio for my followup treatment. I'm so excited to move onto the next phase of my treatment plan but goodness its been a lot! I am sooooooo ready for it to all be over and to finally feel better!!!
#letthehealingbegin #infusio #beverlyhills #lymesucks #lymewarrior #determined #stemcells #exosomes #ineedanap

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