Your body will kill both? Are you fond of jumping off bridges?
Years ago, I was teaching martial arts. OK. Many many years ago, I was teaching karate. If someone could only dedicate seven weeks to learn, I declined to teach them anything. You will just have a fantasy you know something about self-defense after ten hours. You will know nothing.
If the only thing left in your body was EITHER Babesia or Bartonella, might your body hold it in check? Possible. Slightly possible. Would I risk it? No. It is almost suicidal. Of course, if you have been undergoing treatment for a long time, it is okay to take a few weeks off. Are you totally burned out? Pilled to death? Veins hurt? I have4 been there in the 1990’s. So was my entire family.
Take two months off. That is better than leaving seriouis infection(s).
But that is different than saying I am moving on and ending treatment with one or two infections still in your body.
When you are first infected, the body attacks the infection. The infections have up to 26 ways of defeating your immune system. Right at this exact minute, you are covered in bacteria. A trillion? 100 trillion in your gut.
The point is, Lyme, Babesia, and Bartonella have ways to evade and beat your immune system. Tired of your doctor? Could you tell her why? Do you dislike the reply?
Could you get a second opinion? Sometimes, talking to someone like me from the comfort of your living room and hearing that you are receiving diligent care allows you to conclude your chapter with your physician. Or I might make a few suggestions. She might consider them. Or have a good reason you are not ready for that treatment.
Please follow these posts. 98% of my patients are failures of other “Lyme” experts. But some could have used me to augment a local doctor. Not always, but at times. I prefer you ADD healers, not fire them.
And I love it when other doctors handle one thing we don’t know, and they do it well. Do you have uveitis? Irregular heart rhythum? Do you have an infected bladder sphincter? From Lyme, Babesia, or the clearly most common, Bartonella, carried by 12 biting insects, not one.