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To: trussell
I had to stop feeding the son due to thyroid issues and they burned my thyroid with iodine radiation. My son has JRA, Lymes disease and is not generally healthy.

If your son has Lyme disease, that has absolutely nothing to do with your not breast feeding him. Your kid got infected somewhere, probably by a carrier tick. How would breast feeding have saved him from that? And I wouldn't be surprised if the JRA is a result of the Lyme disease. People with chronic Lyme disease are generally unhealthy - that's what the disease does. I hope you've gotten him to a Lyme-literate doctor.
66 posted on 11/15/2013 1:38:43 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

The JRA was before the lymes. Because of the JRA, he couldn’t fight the lymes with the antibiotics they gave him and it became permanent. Breast feeding could POSSIBLY have given him a stronger immune system and protected him from the JRA which I was told was caused by having strep throat that his father failed to treat him for.

As for a Lymes literate doctor, what should I look for in trying to find one that is better in treating that condition? I’m having trouble getting proper treatment for him, and he suffers terrible headaches and muscle pains!


67 posted on 11/15/2013 1:46:11 PM PST by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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