Lyme Into Lemonade

I think last time I blogged, we were going to push detox using Desbio Metal Detox and Mineral Rebalancing system.  We had 3 great days, and boom.  Crash.  John wasn't feeling all that great again, and reported pressure behind his eyeballs, dizziness, and weakness.  Eyeball pressure and migraines behind the eyeballs translates to one and only thing for me:  IRON, particularly the storage iron form of ferritin. My father had low ferritin the month before he passed away.  I have had low ferritin for at least 8 years.  My oldest son, Patrick, has had low ferritin at least for 3 years.  John has had low ferritin for at least 5 years.  It's a thing with us.  The only thing that has made my levels move in any significant fashion has been consuming betaine, acid pills that help the breakdown of foods in the stomach.  Problem is, I have to remember to take it with each meal, and when everyone else is sick and I'm juggling their numerous supplements, I forget to take my own. I me

I've been having a feeling that we have a heavy metal issue.  Call it mom's intuition.  Detoxamin was what we were using, but the last time, he was hit so hard by it with side effects... lethargy, moody, a hot mess.  I started looking into ACC (Andy Cutler Chelation), which is a way to detox heavy metals very slowly.  But, then I remembered that 2 years ago, I bought these expensive detox  and metals and rebalancing kits  from Desbio on our MN LLMD's recommendation.  Shortly after we bought that, we moved, and it has been "out of sight out of mind."  Until yesterday. I told John what I was thinking about metals, and he agreed that Detoxamin was too harsh.  He was willing to give these kits a go.  It has a 60-day schedule that includes the homeopathic detox drops, liposomal vitamin C, liposomal ALA, and liposomal magnesium.  Each day is laid out with what we need to do.  It's day 2.  And something's happening. Who. Is. This. Boy? John:  Hey mom,

I realized it has been a while since I've blogged.  Got caught up in the lack of schedule over the last month.  Things are fully back to normal for us Friday, as we go back to our homeschool co-op.  It is a God-sent for us, as it gives the kids a different offering of classes from what we do at home, and it also gives them a social outlet too.  For me, it has given me a change to get back to teaching, as I teach Algebra 1, 2 and Chemistry. So, what have we been up to?  John and I were off to the western coast of Florida for the last 10 days.  We were hoping to reboot him a bit in his healing.  I've come to the realization that the more time he spends in the sunshine, the better.  We discovered kayaking through mangrove tunnels - what a blast that is.  There used to be a freshwater lake off the coast of Lido Key.  Residents there had realized that this lake was a breeding ground for mosquitoes.  The Army Corps of Engineers came in and dredged these tunnels to link the freshwat