Here is Dr. Sedita’s second newsletter. It is informative and actually, I find it to be most amazing and helpful in the treatment of the deepest layers of this microbes- so smart and insidious! By “zapping” the microbes, then clearing the toxins from the death of the microbes, we are enhancing our bodies own ability to heal itself. The immune system has a fighting chance to do the job it was intended to do: fight aliens! Check out her fascinating description of how this treatment(s) work:
By Dr. Jessica Sedita, ND
Lyme disease is a complicated condition to diagnose and treat correctly. Treating Lyme is so much more than just taking an antibiotic for a few weeks to rid the body of the Lyme spirochete. First, any present co-infections need to be treated as well, to have any chance of a full recovery. The co-infections are what truly complicate the situation, because each one is a distinctly different type of organism. Ehrlichia is bacterial, Bartonella is similar to cat scratch fever, Babesia is parasitic and Mycoplasma is an anaerobic bacteria. Each one of these has its own pattern and life cycle that it follows. Each organism needs a distinctly different form of treatment that is specifically designed to target that particular organisms make up. There is no one single type of medication that can be used to treat all the co- infections. Multiple medications need to be administered at various times during the course of treatment to attack all of the co-infections as well as the Lyme.
What are the treatment options for Lyme disease? There are many choices that are available to treat Lyme disease some options are antibiotics, herbal formulas, homeopathic remedies and Rife Frequency therapy. Antibiotics are usually used as the first line of defense and if prescribed at the correct point during a course of treatment they can be effective. Antibiotics are most useful if used quickly after contracting Lyme and/ or while it is still active in the blood stream. Once Lyme has changed intothe cystic form and left the blood stream the antibiotics are on longer effective. Antibiotics have the highest effective concentration circulating in the blood stream and cannot leave the blood stream. If the diagnosis of Lyme disease doesn’t happen for months or years after initial infection, antibiotics may not be as useful at this stage. Another common situation is when someone is on antibiotics for months or years continuously they will often reach a plateau in recovery. They often feel they are not progressing and that the antibiotics are not working anymore. They are correct; after a certain time the Lyme becomes resistant and can evade the antibiotics. So antibiotics are useful if given at the correct stage and used for a certain time period.
In addition to antibiotics there are many herbal remedies that are effective for Lyme disease as well as for all the co-infections. Some of the herbs that are capable to of killing Lyme are Venus flytrap, Oregano, Samento, Andrographis, Polygonum and Artemisia. All of these herbs can be administered in all stages of Lyme treatment. They can be used one at a time or in conjunction with one an other. All of these herbs can be taken alone or along with antibiotics. The best way to combine the two is to start herbal remedies along with antibiotics then when antibiotics are stopped continue with the herbal supplements. This combination will often be able to prevent a relapse or aggravation in symptoms and break the cycle of having to go on and off antibiotics.
Homeopathic remedies are also useful in the battle against Lyme disease. They are used most often in the latter stages of a treatment plan when severe symptoms have subsided. Homeopathic remedies can draw the Lyme out from deep within the body and can also stimulate the immune system to seek out and attack the Lyme.
Another important treatment for Lyme is Rife Frequency therapy. Rife is a machine that utilizes electromagnetic frequencies to rid the body of harmful pathogenic organisms. It can destroy bacteria, parasites, yeast, fungus, Lyme (both active and cystic forms) and all the co-infections. The Rife is based on the phenomenon that every organism has its own unique vibrational frequency. When an organism encounters its own vibrational frequency from an outside source it will explode resulting in death. It is similar to the opera singer that can break the wine glass when the frequency of her voice reaches the same frequency as the glass. A typical treatment with Rife first involves scanning with an F-scan machine to determine the exact frequencies of the organisms. Those specific frequencies are then entered into the Rife machine to be treated. Since the treatment is so targeted to kill only the desired organisms, the frequencies will just pass through the rest of body without harming anything else. Rife can reach cyst colonies that have traveled deep with in the body where antibiotics or herbal remedies could not access. Rife is usually used in addition to herbal remedies and/or antibiotics to finish off the organisms that were able to survive and hide from previous treatments. By adding Rife Frequency therapy into a treatment plan the recovery time can significantly be reduced over just using antibiotics and/or herbal remedies. Most every patient that has chronic Lyme has a high chance of cyst colony formation in various areas of the body. These patients would benefit greatly from destroying the colonies with Rife.
If left untreated the cysts will lay dormant until the immune system is compromised or weak, so they can become active again. The key to any successful treatment is to change and rotate various modalities to avoid mutations and resistance to any one treatment. Lyme spirochetes are very good at adapting to their environment to maintain survival. Due to this adaptability any one treatment alone is just not strong enough to kill off Lyme completely. It is like trying to put out a forest fire with a cup of water: it just isn’t enough. Lyme needs to have everything thrown at it, including the kitchen sink! No matter what course of treatment is chosen a patient should be constantly monitored by a physician to check the effectiveness of treatment and to check toxicity and detoxification capabilities of the body. The key is to check the functioning of organ systems such as the adrenals and the thyroid, due to the extra stress that is placed on these systems during the treatment process.
Dr. Jeffrey Klass and Dr. Jessica Sedita of Madison Connecticut offer to those of us fortunate enough to live in this area a holistic, complementary healing approach that works at both killing off the microbes (whether they be Babesia, erlichiosis or the Lyme spirochete), but also focuses on clearing and cleansing the toxins that create symptoms as debilitating as the diseases themselves. (For those of you in other areas of the country, please check internet sources for the same or similar resources, or check with me.) The area of “vibrational medicine” is a “new” and exciting adjunct to the healing of the person with Lyme disease (and the coinfections). When combined with the principles of naturopathic medicine, it offers a powerhouse of tools to add to the wellness approach that is at the foreforont of the treatment of Lyme and other coinfections. Here is a newsflash from Dr. Sedita that I am sure you will find enlightening and helpful:
Dr. Jessica Sedita, ND
Just a few years ago Lyme disease was only heard about once in a while; today the situation is much different. Today the chance of contracting Lyme disease has significantly increased, putting everyone in the northeast at great risk. This condition is becoming much more common than anyone could have ever imagined. Anyone afflicted with Lyme needs to fully understand the condition and its progression. Lyme is an organism in the spirochete family that is similar to syphilis. It is transmitted through a bite by an infected deer tick. Once infected, a person will experience flu like symptoms as the immune system attempts to fight off the invader.
One could assume that they would be sick for a few days or a week while the immune system fights of the infection then leading to a full recovery. Unfortunately this is not how the events unfold at all. The Lyme spirochete is able to evade the immune system so most of the time it is not completely killed off. This allows the Lyme to roam free and proliferate in the body undetected for years. The longer it is present in the system the more time it has to set up colonies all over the body. Once it has left the blood stream and traveled to multiple areas it is said to have progressed from acute to chronic Lyme. During periods of stress, physical or emotional, the immune system becomes suppressed and the Lyme is able to further advance and colonize new areas of the body. This is why many patients will notice a flare-up in symptoms during or shortly after even small periods of stress.
The array of symptoms Lyme can produce are so numerous and constantly changing many people think they are imaging it. Lyme can imitate almost any disease that exists and should be considered as a possible diagnosis of any condition that is not resolving with treatment. Lyme can mimic various conditions such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, bells palsy, ADD, MS, ALS, RA, migraines and any other autoimmune diseases. Lyme produces a significant amount of inflammation in numerous areas and organ systems of the body. The majority of the inflammation is due to the secretion of a neurotoxin produced by the Lyme that travels around the body which puts stress on all organ systems. The Lyme and its neurotoxin can pass through to the brain with the potential to cause encephalopathy and meningitis, which is swelling and inflammation of the brain. The exposure to the neurotoxin over time can cause liver dysfunction, fatigue, headaches, mental confusion, muscle and joint pain. These symptoms can indicate possible dysfunction in other regulatory organs such as the thyroid, hypothalamus and adrenals. All of these symptoms can come and go just a quickly as they appeared or they may persist and there could even be periods that are symptom free. Many people think the symptom free periods are when they have finished their battle with Lyme and won. But that is not correct. Often when there is a remission in symptoms it can mean the immune system is not actively fighting off the Lyme. This leaves it free to travel around the body causing inflammation, dysfunction and then ultimately hiding so the immune system can not destroy it.
Many patients are lead to believe that after being infected with Lyme all that needs to be done is take antibiotics for a few months or even a few weeks and then they will be cured. This may have been enough to treat Lyme in the past but currently for most patients this often is not effective enough to provide a full and complete recovery. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed in all stage of Lyme disease. They can bring a person from acutely ill to a stable point. There are however a few drawbacks to treatment with antibiotics alone. They are often unable to kill off the disease completely. The presence of the antibiotics stimulates a defensive mechanism causing the Lyme to become dormant and will avoid being killed. This change to the dormant state is called the cystic form of Lyme. In this form, a protective coating is formed around a group of spirochetes. This coating protects the Lyme by not allowing the antibiotics to penetrate.
They are also only able to kill the Lyme when it is in the active form in the blood stream.
In the cystic form it is able to move deeper into the body and wait until it senses the absence of the antibiotics. Once the antibiotics have left the body the Lyme will become active again and move back into the blood stream and begin multiplying again. This migration
back to the active form can cause a sudden spike or relapse of intense symptoms. While the Lyme is in the cystic form a person can be symptomatic or still extremely ill. Since antibiotics are not able to access other areas well outside of the blood stream the cysts are left to hang out all over the body producing symptoms. The specific symptoms that are experienced are often dependent on what areas in the body the cysts have traveled to.
As if Lyme alone is not enough there are a myriad of other organisms that the tick can be harboring and transmitting during the bite. These other organisms consist of Mycoplasma, Ehrlichia, Babesia and Bartonella, known as the co-infections. The co-infections are commonly present in people with Lyme disease. They can add to the array of confusing symptoms by further stressing the immune system and increasing the overall number of pathogenic organisms in the body. In a large number of cases antibiotics are not able to eradicate any of these organisms from the system completely. They are able to hide in the body, mutate and evade the antibiotics and the immune system. Having all or even just one of these co-infections in addition to the Lyme can complicate the case significantly.
The Difference between Counseling and Psychotherapy
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between counseling and psychotherapy? Although most people use the terms interchangeably, there is a difference, and that lies in the depth of the work.
Both address life challenges, but where counseling tends to take a practical, problem-solving approach, psychotherapy takes each challenge as a starting point to probe in greater depth into life patterns and possibilities for transformation. Whether you choose to see a counselor or a psychotherapist, you may find yourself looking at patterns in your life, encountering resistance to change within yourself, and reframing past experiences—or even how you perceive your own self.
Patterns and Habits
Patterns of thinking and behavior that we learned in our families of origin may need to be re-examined; after all, very likely the situation we are in today has different dynamics from that of our family-of-origin. What worked for us—perhaps even protected us or saved us then—may not be useful today. When you are able to move out of the past, you can become more present in the present! As you gain the tools you need in your life as it is now, life becomes easier and more joyful.
A Temporary Stumbling Block: Wanting—and Resisting—Change
Have you ever noticed that even though you want to change something—perhaps you want to change how you handle anger at your spouse, your child, or a friend—you seem to resist changing at the same time? You find yourself falling back into old habits—resisting the change you say you want. It’s human nature to develop and become attached to particular perceptions, feelings, and patterns of behavior. We want something to change, but we resist change!
Fear of the unknown, of how to change, or what might happen if we do, can cause us to resist needed change. However, sometimes old attitudes and behaviors begin to cause more pain than comfort. The good news is that you can use this pain as an opportunity to challenge the status quo, to take actions that will ultimately bring you greater happiness.
Taking a “Do-Over” on the Past!
When you are in the process of change, one useful tool is a process called “reframing,” that is, looking at old problems in new ways. Just as that old picture looks dramatically different when you put it in a new frame, so a new way of looking at or interpreting something can give you insight and open up new ways of relating and coping. This can even include finding a new way to look at yourself, because how you perceive and feel about yourself can help or hinder the process of reaching your goals. Reframing negative thoughts about yourself into kinder, more positive ones can be an important step towards how you’d like your life to be.
Counseling
In counseling, you learn to identify the real problem/s and clarify your goals. Clearly defining the issue/s and knowing what you truly want allows you to develop a step-by-step plan towards your goals. Counseling offers a concrete way of engaging constructively with life’s issues; the rewards are direct and palpable.
The first step—a true understanding of the situation—isn’t always as simple or as obvious as it sounds. For example, a child who is behaving badly may actually be responding to unresolved conflict between her parents. Of course, the child’s behavior needs to be addressed, but unless the parental conflict is resolved, the child will continue to “act out” as a symptom of the unacknowledged difficulties between the parents.
For an individual to sort out problems can be a complex process, and it can be even more complicated for a couple or a family. But by expressing your feelings and perceptions in a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental atmosphere such as counseling, you may begin to see what previously felt overwhelming or impossible in a new light. This process paves the way for action and change.
A counselor provides a safe environment where you can talk about yourself without distraction. As the counselor really listens to you, acting like a mirror that reflects your “self” back to you, you are able to see yourself and your life more clearly. In this clarity you find your way to the well-being that is inherent within your being. The reflection in the mirror becomes a true reflection of the light and life that is uniquely you.
Psychotherapy
In comparison to the direct and focused approach of counseling, psychotherapy is more like an archaeological dig. It can be a transformative process of self-discovery. As with counseling, the impulse that brings a client to a therapist is typically pain and a desire for change, but psychotherapy works to heal a woundedness that runs deep inside.
Although there are many different types of psychotherapy, one basic assumption is that childhood experiences have shaped many of our habitual thought and behavior patterns. Another assumption is that we tend to develop particular ways of getting along in the world, protecting ourselves, and coping that may no longer be useful and may in fact interfere with our happiness in the present. Often we simply don’t realize that the views and skills that once were crucial to our survival no longer fit our current life situation—we act as though we are still living with our family of origin.
A psychotherapist can help you to become more conscious of the circumstances that formed you, and to release the pain of the past so that you are free to be more fully present and open to positive possibilities in the Now.
Other Forms of Therapy
There are many other forms of therapy—interpersonal therapy, cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy (or a combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy), biofeedback, body-mind therapies, and many more. Underlying all of these however, is the understanding that the individual, and often the family, is in pain, that something needs healing. Each approach offers its own protocol for that healing; you may find any given form helpful at different times in your life.
YOU ARE NO LONGER ALONE
In both counseling and psychotherapy you can expect to find a dedicated listener and partner in your search for concrete solutions or a more profound transformation.You are not alone any more.
Here is my new Reiki Fusion video. I’m very excited about this new video project and sharing it with you. It requires a Windows Media plug-in depending on your browser: Push the play button to start the video.
We are in the process of making videos that show an actual energy healing session and testimonials from some of my clients.What I want you to understand is that the session was not staged.When I met with Marie – the client who experienced the session – I told her that we won’t know what will happen in the session until we live it, and that we need to spontaneously let it develop as it will.That is exactly what happened.It was an amazing and powerful session, as you will see.
The testimonials were spontaneous too! I am grateful that these amazing folks spoke up, sharing their personal stories and the transformation they they allowed in the process.
March 13, 2007 You are purity of space; You are Grace, open and expansive, outside of the field
of human interaction. After spending so much time in the mix of relationships,
You, beach, shore, sand and light, provide an expanse within which I may soar.
Perspective is what I seek here; flight so that in my return I carry the wisdom
that will allow me to be the best I can be.
Your waters are sensual today, indigo blue velvet moving in slow motion. You
wear your cape, flowing and long with lace edges, as you embrace your lover, the
shore. Half moon as witness and at the same time golden braids of the sunlight
flow effortlessly along the folds. In this moment one wave rears up in
suspension the moment before return to the one all-encompassing sea. What a
peaceful sound. So gentle, the swishing sound of wave on shore. As though this
sound is the sound of your breath.
Undulating and rhythmical, you move endlessly, wave upon wave. The birds have
arrived! Not just the ever present seagull, but the red-winged blackbird. Your
song is so plaintive and tender, as though you are trying out your voice for
this first time. Calling out with longing and yearning. You trust enough to call
out. A piping plover swoops over head and banks a turn. All put together, it is
an orchestration of such beauty that I nearly cry out. What underlying structure
lies beneath this diversity of form?
Here it is. Another season, another year. The ice is melting, and the promise of
spring is in the air. The ice forms, then transforms. As soon as water forms
crystal, it moves away from that form to another. What it just was is no longer.
I don’t imagine that one form longs for the form that is now past. Not like us.
The mix of longing for past commingles with joy of now, and anticipation of what
is yet to come in us. This thing called Time that sees one beginning and one end
seems to be the nature of the reality that we inhabit. And yet, and yet.
The inlet has just a thin layer of ice in most places. Water flows out in tidal
ritual, some water seen, and some deep below the surface. Slowly you are warming
and melting. Two gulls cry out to each other, and the orchestra picks up again
with the tentative song of the red-winged blackbird. There they are, in the
reeds. One calls, another answers. It is random, yet ordered. Chaos, yet it
makes sense. I feel the connection.
Oreo and I walk on the beach nearly every day. Rain or shine, hot or cold. Today
I bundle up with hat and gloves. The wind is kicking up loose sand, and I angle
my way toward the lighthouses. Each step takes force; I guess the wind is up to
about 15 to 20 knots. The Long Island Sound is dotted with white caps, the dry
grass whipping. Each step takes me deeper into myself and away from the details
of my life. LOA. The Law of Attraction is a concept that keeps bombarding me
from all directions. E-mails, newspapers, television, movies. What is it really?
If I think it hard enough will my thoughts create the images in my mind? Do I
literally create my own world, like Don Miguel Ruiz writes about in his book,
The Four Agreements? If we imagine ourselves as victim, it seems true that we
draw abusers to us. Some people think big, and create a world of riches. I
ponder the relationship between our thoughts and the world we then inhabit.
ocean
A bit heady for 7:30 in the morning, so I bring myself back to the beach. Be
Here Now. The sky is a brilliant blue. It changes every day, and I am always
amazed how everything transforms so completely. The sky, the conformation of the
water to the land, the objects thrown up on the land. Years ago I used to walk
the beach and all I could see was garbage. I brought plastic bags and filled
them up with trash, trash, and more trash.
As I look ahead of me I see a rainbow glint of something embedded in the sand.
As I move in closer, I see it is a chunk of coal. Just a chunk of coal. Yet, it
is an incredibly beautiful object full of rainbows. Wow. That’s symbolism for
ya. Yet real. I think about how long it took the earth to create such a powerful
object. It contains so much energy, sitting inert, yet with possibilities. But
wait, where in the world did this come from? Did it accidentally drop off of a
ship? Did it fall from a barge, or did the ship sink carrying its cargo? A lone
piece of coal. I stick it in my pocket and then a thought hits me: Was this here
all along and I never saw it? I’ve walked this beach for years and I don’t
remember ever seeing coal. It occurs to me that this may be the only piece on
the beach. Or is it? I begin to scan the sand ahead and see another piece
glinting in the sun. A mystery. I stick the second one in my pocket planning to
add it the wood burning in my fireplace later in the morning. I imagine that
that is probably the end of it. How much can there be? As I turn around to the
other side of the peninsula, facing the inlet I think that this will be the end
of discovering coal. How would it get there? If a ship on the Sound dropped its
cargo, how could it skip over on the inlet side.
No, wait. what about the Law of Attraction? If I focus on that possibility,
could I discover it? If my eyes are closed to the possibility, why then I
certainly wouldn’t see it. Right? And there it is. One, two, three and more and
more. I have no more room in my pockets. Is this some kind of joke? I roll my
eyes upward. How could such improbable objects show up on the beach? My mind
didn’t create them. I just never saw them. That’s it. They were here all along,
and I just never focused on them. There are an infinite number of objects of all
kinds of the beach. What I see depends on my focus. Trash or treasure. What do I
want to see?
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