Replies on Ticks: Fear and Loathing and Lyme

Min Pin Mama. Indeed the given name for the disease is Lyme but I'd now like to correct you in a word you used which is incorrect, ineffective, and wrong-thinking.
You say, "I have been battling Lyme, Babesia, & others for the past 8 years..." You don't "battle" any disease. No wonder you still have them. You have to look at things differently if you want to heal or cure anything. Disease is a message. You fight the message and you will aways lose. We don't want to suppress the symptoms, i.e. "battle" them. The symptoms are your body's way to bring itself back into homeostasis, however odd that may seem.
"Battling" the symptoms is what you are trying to do but the symptoms are not to be battled. They are to be noted and then worked with. In Homeopathy, you carefully note your symptoms so you may find a remedy that matches those symptoms. This is part and parcel of Homeopathy. Like cures like. Simple yet powerful and effective.

Also a long time Lyme sufferer, my dog and I both contracted Lyme disease when we lived in Cape Cod, MA. Ticks are rampant there, and you should never use your fingers to remove a tick. You need to grasp it as close to the skin as possible with tweezers and pull straight out. If you squeeze the tick you risk plunging infectious diseases into the vitim like squirting a turkey baster. Obviously, your knowledge on ticks and tick borne diseases is very limited.