Saving Grace

During my lowest point, I was going through the motions… getting through the day… but it felt different than before because I had a sense of relief knowing there would eventually be an end to the suffering. Within that initial month of testing with the new functional medicine doctor, she started me on a mold protocol. It was probably the most intense protocol I’ve done, as I was taking 77 pills/tinctures/powders a day. Yes… 77. But clearing the toxic mold from my system was my saving grace. It changed everything.

This protocol lasted around 4–6 months, which brought me into about mid-2022, and it was the thing that turned my brain back on. I wasn’t at 100%, but some of the fog lifted and my mental focus improved. I remember one day, out of the blue, being able to sit in our office room upstairs for 8 straight hours fixing up my resume and LinkedIn profile. It was a miracle! Other symptoms improved too - there were fewer electric shocks throughout my body, some improvement in my overall pain, and the muscle weakness wasn’t 24/7 anymore. It was still there, but not constant. The numbness and tingling also felt a little less “alive” than before.

What I had fully blamed on Lyme disease turned out to also be this nasty mold toxicity. Doing that protocol probably gave me about a 35–40% improvement in my health overall at that time. I mean, my battery was flickering in and out 2% to begin with… so I still had a ways to go, but that was a huge leap forward.

This was the first time in about 3 ½ years that I felt any improvement or relief - like something was actually working. That boost was enough to keep me going, and ultimately saved me from ending my life.