Healing Lyme: Austin’s Story

Summit Introduction 0:00

Hello. My name is Dr. Richard Horowitz, and I'm the co-host of the free online Healing From Lyme Disease Summit. June 4th to the 10th, 2024. During the Summit, you're going to learn about how to gather the tools to get your life back. As you hear from 40 to 50 of the world's experts in tick borne diseases. I would like to share with you one of 18 success stories of people who will be interviewed during the summit, who will highlight the safety and success of Dapsone Combination Therapy,

Austin's Lyme History and Symptoms 0:39

and the power of addressing all of the abnormalities on MSIDS map. This next story comes from Austin. As you'll hear, he was sick his entire life, as was his brother. Both are now in full remission. For several years after doing Dapsone Combination Therapy and addressing MSIDS variables. In the case of Austin, he was a professional athlete in college, also playing pro basketball. His MSIDS factors included immune deficiency and food allergies with leaky gut. Before seeing me, he had tried IV. antibiotics and vitamins, but never got back his health and never function.

That 100% of normal. He then fractured his back and this stress brought out his Lyme disease symptoms. He is now three and a half years in remission since doing Dapsone Combination Therapy and addressing MSIDS variables. My story is kind of unique. I've had I'm only 25 and I've had Lyme since. Honestly, I can remember since I was a little kid, my mom has it, and my my brother had it as well. and they all went to Dr. H. and so my symptoms, luckily enough, I wasn't as bad as my mom or, some of the people I've heard on this call.

so you guys are definitely inspirations for sure. but, you know, everyone's story, is relative. And so for me, I played basketball.

Basketball Career and Early Treatments 2:06

I played Division one and pro. so for me, you know, being sick and having symptoms doesn't really go hand in hand with playing a sport at a high level. So, growing up, you know, playing basketball, my main symptoms were just, immune deficiency things, so I would get sick a lot. I had stomach issues. really? I just was more, allergic to foods. So any kind of white flour, sugar, really anything other than whole natural foods? I couldn't really eat without getting pretty bad stomach pains and, you know, fatigue.

I was always tired, things like that. So, it just didn't go hand in hand with basketball and just being a young kid, you know, my friends would be out partying or having fun hanging out, and I couldn't go because I couldn't stay up late because it messed me up. The next day, my mom was much worse than me. I mean, I saw her, she had headaches and things like that. So, I didn't ever want it to get to that point. And luckily enough, you know, she, she found Dr. H and some other doctors when we were living in new Jersey, and, I did the whole thing.

Antibiotics, vitamins, IVs, all those, and through a lot of research and things like that, I definitely got my symptoms under control. And so they were manageable. you know, I never really had any story of where I couldn't function fully or couldn't play basketball, but it definitely I wasn't operating at 100%. And for where I wanted to get to, basketball wise, I had to,

Brother's Recovery and Dapsone Decision 3:34

so actually funny, funnily enough, my brother did the double-dose Dapsone protocol before me when, when we were both in college and he doesn't play sports or anything like that, but I watched it for him, and, he did the two month protocol, and he was completely fine. he kind of had the same symptoms as me, like when he was a little bit younger. He also had headaches. And, you know, some other, tough things that I can't remember off the top of my head, but I just know it was rough. And, the double-dose Dapsone protocol.

He was in complete remission afterwards. Doesn't take vitamins or pills anymore, and he's completely fine. So, I did the same thing. I got home, I actually broke my back playing basketball. My symptoms were under control for a while, and that stress, I think, kind of brought back my Lyme symptoms. so rather than doing the whole antibiotic vitamin thing, I saw what he did and talked to Dr. H and tried to double-dose Dapsone protocol. And I went on the Dapsone protocol. I want to say in 20, I'd say either the end of 2020 or the beginning of 21.

So yeah, it's been about three, three and a half years.

Dapsone Recovery and Remission 4:46

The symptoms I had were kind of more fatigue. I mean, I was doing rehab and full basketball workouts while on the double Dapsone, which I found out from Dr. H probably wasn't the best idea. But luckily enough, I didn't really have any. It hurts or bad symptoms. I would say the biggest thing was just fatigue and shortness of breath while I was working out and stuff, but I mean, I recommend it to to anyone who's sick, no matter what level of, symptoms or difficulty you're having. I'm in remission now.

I have no Lyme symptoms. I would say I'm 100%, better. So I definitely recommend the protocol. And Dr. H is definitely changed my life. So thank you. This success story, which highlights the safety and efficacy of Dapsone Combination Therapy and addressing MSIDS variables, is one among many that you'll hear about during the free online Healing From Lyme Disease Summit, June 4th to the 10th, 2024. You can learn more about these protocols and the MSIDS map in the journal Health Care in 2018, and in the International Journal of General Medicine in 2019.

Summit Resources and Closing Invitation 5:50

In Precision Medicine is part 1 and part 2. You can also learn about these protocols in my New York Times bestseller, Why Can't I Get Better? a national bestseller. How Can I Get Better? As well as all of the recent improvements in the Dapsone protocol to make it safer, more tolerable, and even more efficacious in treating Bartonella, which can be found at our last publication in the Journal Microorganisms, published in September 2023. So please join me, Dr. Richard Horowitz, at the free online Healing From Lyme Disease Summit, June 4th to the 10th, 2024, and get the tools that you need to get your life back.

I know you will get a lot out of this Summit, and I hope to see you there.