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Ha, LOL, what an apt illustration.
I grew up in Germany home country of Aldi), and I swear, the “cashiers” were a different breed of humans. I’m not going to Aldi often these days, so I haven’t noticed the trend to slowness.
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Well, there is one other bioweapon/accident to consider, which our medical establishment is still too embarrassed to take seriously, and that’s the myriad of tick-borne diseases, especially including Lyme Disease.
I just got a call this morning from a long-time Peak member this morning recounting their own long experience with finally getting to the bottom of their own ill-health.
Suprise! They are loaded with blood markers for tick diseases, including Borrelia, the spirochete bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
I do not walk lightly through the woods anymore because I’ve had Lyme, and I react really strongly to tick bites with big angry welts (at best) and I got Lyme again this year (at worst), and have already been on a 21-day course of doxycycline.
For those of us who spend time outside, here’s what we’re up against:
So it’s worth considering if you (a) live in a Lyme region and (b) spend time outside.
Not all tick bites that result in Lyme give the distinctive bullseye rash, and not all tick bites are even detected as some ticks are extremely small and might bite in an area where you might not even notice before they fill up and drop off.
Most docs are useless when it comes to Lyme’s disease as they don’t yet take it seriously nor do they order the proper tests, at least in part because a lot of insurance won’t cover the proper tests because…well, you know why.
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One thing I thought of… a lot of us here are reasonably smart, Chris is a really smart guy… if we can’t keep up with the complex system anymore and our thought processes are compromised whether its covid or stress or AI… what are the odds the human elites are? so either AI is now running this op…OR if the Elite humans still are…they are likely to lose control soon… its gotten to be way too complex of a system for any group of humans no matter how smart to control… the roller coaster has peaked and we are about to take a fast ride down.
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Ouch, sorry to hear.
What resources do you recommend to treat a (potential) early development of Lyme after tick bite ?
I’ve been catching ticks just from walking in the fields with tall grass, even “picking” some up while riding a zero-turn mower.
I pay more attention to it now, but I’m worried about small ticks in hard too see areas.
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FYI - Evie now makes her own moisturizer from beef tallow. In fact, from beef tallow grown on our own land…
Ingredients: Tallow.
Side effect: She smells vaguely like food.
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I have doxy on hand. If bitten I don’t screw around, I take it.
If you wait, as I did earlier this year, for the symptoms to show up it’s a 21-day course. If taken prophylactically (immediately upon noticing an embedded tick), it’s a 7 day course.
I also now take ivermectin bi-weekly during tick season because it seems to kill them if they try to embed…but I wasn’t early enough this year with that. The ticks came out early and strong this year. Don’t know why.
Note to self: start ivermectin and tick vigilance in February, especially if it’s been warm out.
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Thanks for that.
Where do you get doxy from ?
IVM has gotten easier to get, but I haven’t run across as many doxy sources.
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Absolutely. My PCP recommends a protocol of 50mg Zinc and Astragalus Herb (orally) and Redmond clay (topically), for all tick bites, but of course avoiding the bite in the first place is always goal #1.
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Also, we have no more aluminum anything in our kitchen.
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And where to get ivermectin too. Here in MA not easy
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Does that include aluminum foil or just pans and such
Sorry about the Lyme, Chris. My husband and I have both been through Lyme. The ticks sure have been plentiful this year!
After dealing with Lyme previously (this was about 12 years ago now), we follow herbalist Stephen Buhner’s research and protocols for getting rid of Lyme and other co-infections.
First, every person on the face of the planet should own a copy of Buhner’s book Healing Lyme (2nd edition). It’s available on Amazon, as well as his other amazing books, Herbal Antibiotics and Herbal Antivirals which I also highly recommend and use frequently.
Second, Buhner died last year, so his website doesn’t exist any more. However, you can also get a snapshot of at least some of his protocol on various sites. Here’s one of them…
https://lymeguide.info/buhner-protocol/
Also, regarding acute situations in which one has just been bitten, here’s what we do…
Pull the tick out completely…meaning all of it, using a quality tick puller, not leaving the head especially. Once completely out, clean with soap and water, and then drip some astragalus tincture on the bite mark. Astragalus helps to go down into the bite site and kill any bacteria that’s there.
Make sure you clean the tick puller with alcohol before putting it back where you keep it. It’s also a good idea to keep more than one tick puller around. We have pullers on our key rings (comes in handy if you’re on a hike or away from your house or vehicle), in our vehicles, and in our bathroom.
Then we drip more astragalus on the pad part of a band-aid and put the band-aid on. We usually change the band-aid (adding more astragalus to the pad part) 1-2 more times during the day, and do this for 3 days (astragalus to the pad part and changing band-aids 2-3 times per day).
[Edit: We used to drip the astragalus on the bite and then cover the bite mark with bentonite clay (making a paste from the clay mixed with a few drops of astragalus), and then keeping this on for 3 days. I believe this is what Buhner suggests. Along the way, I heard of the suggestion of using the astragalus on the pad of the band-aid approach and not bothering with the clay, so that’s what we do now. Just easier.]
We no longer take antibiotics for tick bites. I took a 3-month course in Lyme protocols a few years ago where I learned that antibiotics can act like a bomb to ticks (it says “incoming!” to them at this point), and they just ‘hide’. They may help initially, but perhaps are not really helping to get the bacteria out of the body long-term. It’s kind of like detoxing from spike proteins due to Covid or the jab. As we all know, antibiotics can really mess with your gut, so one needs to weigh that factor also.
This is just us and is NOT medical advice about the use of antibiotics with tick bites. Each person needs to decide for themselves whether or not to take antibiotics. Some people feel better if they take them.
After doing all of the initial tick bite stuff…astragalus, band-aids, etc…we take a dose of the homeopathic remedy Ledum palstre 200c…and then continue with additional doses for 3 days. This is not a Buhner protocol (he only deals with herbal medicine, not homeopathy), but something I’ve learned from my homeopathic studies.
Back to Buhner…he recommends using other herbal tinctures to rid the body of the bacteria…which includes Japanese knotweed (and others). I don’t know about anyone else, but there has been a PLETHORA of Japanese knotweed growing everywhere around us this year, more than any other year I’ve seen. To me, this is not surprising, as often the antidote to a condition appears increasingly to help remedy a situation such as an increase in ticks. Similar would be jewelweed often growing right next to poison ivy.
There are other threads and posts on PP regarding Lyme if anyone wants to do a quick Search on that. I’m sure there is other sage advice.
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Not advice…not saying I did this…but I’ve heard that some people order from India. Others buy it for their horses. Some pick up batches of it while on vacation in non-insane countries like Costa Rica.
Obviously nobody should do that. Clearly the right and legal thing to do is spend excessively going through the pill-mill system that the US, “freedom capital of the world!!!”, has imposed upon its tax-donkey wage-slaves.
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I will still use aluminum foil to cover steaks that are resting off the grill (but not touching really) but I no longer wrap food in close contact for storage and 100% never grill in foil pouches as some people do.
Again, for IVM, it’s all about the horses.
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My future horses will be SET ! 
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Here is something about ticks I forgot to mention. (Maybe, before covid and its impact on my IQ, I’d have remembered…)
I used to hunt snakes (catch and release) as a biology student with an emphasis on herpetology, and as a result spent many, many hours outdoors in tick-rich environments in Tennessee, a hotbed for Borrelia. We used mechanical barriers with a focus on the lower body since that is what comes into most contact with ticks: we’d duct tape our pants legs to our socks, and often wear knee-hi’s (a pantyhose type knee sock) underneath. And we’d check each other for ticks at the end of each foray into the woods: it is weird and chimp-like, but oh well.
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Folks, since this has gotten into medical areas, I have to say everybody needs to know about A Midwestern Doctor’s DMSO coverage.
Especially autoimmune disorders.
From a recent X thread:
I was recently sent this story of DMSO treating a longstanding debilitating autoimmune condition.
I started using DMSO topically two months ago. For 14yrs I’ve been suffering from an autoimmune disorder spondylitis. It’s non specific so on any given day something is inflamed. It can be one specific area for a day or a month and then overnight it will migrate somewhere different.
I’ve been on multiple biological medications over the years with varying success. They work until they don’t, for the past three years I’ve been on Cosentyx and it’s worked well for the most part. I get bloodwork done every work done every three months to check my inflammation markers. Where I get it done they monitor my CRP and it’s rated on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being an indication of an immune response so inflammation is sever. I usually get a reading of 9-12 so constant immune response and constant inflammation. This is with the Cosentyx.
Two months ago I decided to try DMSO on my knees. I knew my blood work was going to be coming up soon so I wanted to see if there was any change. Within an hour of applying 99.9% DMSO to my knees I could feel a difference. I was able to walk up and down steps one foot in front of the other instead of one step at a time. I was blown away. The effect lasted for about two days before I had to apply more. I then applied some to my lower back over my sciatic nerve area and then added CBD oil over it cause it did cause some itching.
The effect was more than I could have ever imagined. For the first time in 10yrs I slept through the night with no pain. I had my blood work done a couple weeks ago and my CRP level was 3. If I can repeat those results a few more times I will be considered in remission! It’s been the only change that I’ve made. I’m convinced the DMSO is responsible for the drastic changes.
And here’s the larger foundational series on DMSO:
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Spot on. I’m in eastern TN, ticks mostly crawl up your leg. They live in the grass, especially longer grass / weeds.
Traditionally, we expect ticks to “fall” from trees on you (which I guess is still a thing). I was never told as a kid that “ground attack” could be a thing.
I never wear shorts when working outside. Long pants by itself is already a good protection.
And I do check myself at the end of the day.
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