Posted by bleauberry on January 21, 2010, at 17:49:53
In reply to CFS! Lymes? CD? Cortisol fasting? Salty taste?, posted by Fivefires on January 21, 2010, at 13:57:57
I have never heard of the salty taste thing, so can't help you there.
Prednisone can do wonders to help CFS or MS patients feel very well. It is however a double edged sword, because in the long run it allows the disease to dig in deeper. There are high risks. If it is Lyme you are talking about, prednisone or cortisol enhancement weakens the immune system, and allows the bacteria to thrive even more than they do now. If it is any number of other infections, same situation.
The wound that won't heal is troubling. That indicates an already overwhelmed immune system.
Fasting for a cortisol test? I've never heard of that. The most accurate test I know of is the 4 sample in a day test. Not the 24 hour average, not a single sample, and not a provoked sample. Only the 4 samples in a day approach will show you what is happening and display the whole picture on a graph from morning to midnight.
I know very little of your case except for what you wrote in this thread. Based on that very little bit of info, the single best thing you could do right now is LDN (google search Low Dose Naltrexone).
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