Here is Part 2 of my Lyme healing story. It's where you will see that I’m not really getting "proper Lyme treatment," but yet, I start to find my healing path through all kinds of twists and turns.
At this point, I had just gotten an actual Lyme diagnosis and just finished a month of oral antibiotics with NO (or minimal) improvements. Now my gut was wrecked, I wasn’t “better” magically, and my well-meaning family doc turfed me off to specialists to help manage my symptoms...
Read on to hear how the next 'phase' of my journey went and what TWO MAIN PARTS changed my life forever.
Read more...Read on to hear how the next 'phase' of my journey went and what TWO MAIN PARTS changed my life forever.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and as such, I'm sharing parts of my own story throughout May.
Here's PART 1 of my Lyme (healing) story - starting at the very beginning including all the ups and downs I navigated as a kid who just kept getting sicker...
The summer before 7th grade I remember some tick bites after hiking in central PA where I live. No big deal back then - NO ONE had "Lyme" in mind at that time (over 20yrs ago). I was happily living my best pre-teen life, excelling academically, honing my athletic giftings and becoming accomplished in a couple of sports, and developing a quality social life with a variety of activities and interests. It was supposed to be a great season of my life.
Instead, it became a nightmare.
At a time in my life when I was supposed to be living my best life, dreaming of the future, and take on each day head-on, I was instead nearly bed-ridden, exhausted constantly, sleeping over 15hrs every single day, and diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
At the time, we didn’t yet know I actually have LYME eating away at my cellular function and energy levels. It was literally sucking the life out of me.
Lyme disease and coinfections can be a BEAST in terms of symptoms. Most people complain about crippling fatigue at one point or another.
But what’s going on exactly? And what can we do about it to get our explosive energy back?
Keep reading for PART 2 of this 2-part series!
Read more...Keep reading for PART 2 of this 2-part series!
Today I’m giving you Part 2 of my post-op recovery tips for Lyme Disease Warriors starting with one of my personal favorite tips. (If you recall, about a month ago I had shoulder surgery, and I’ve learned a few tactics for healing and recovering WELL along the way, even in the face of Lyme disease.)
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I’m not too proud to admit that sometimes the thought of reciting affirmations and “only thinking positive thoughts” makes me want to SCREAM. See, for a long time, this is what I thought constituted “mindset work,” and I was NOT here for it.
But I wanted to heal my Lyme.
Very soon into an intensive Lyme healing journey, I realized that my running from mindset work just WASN’T working.
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