Coiling for Lyme

healing process

  • Toxicity and Transitions

    I’ve been in Watsonville, CA for exactly 4 weeks. I love it here. I love living with my partner. I love the town and the beach and the farmers market and the local gym with a dry sauna. It’s taking… Continue reading

  • Leaving New York

    It’s been over a month since I’ve had the time and energy to write about coiling for lyme. It’s been a pretty busy period of my life. Despite my absence from recording my symptoms and experiments, I’ve continued to coil… Continue reading

  • Babesia relapse test

    I stopped coiling for Babesia in mid-January. I heard and read that I should expect a relapse in 3-4 months, but if I’m lucky the relapse might not happen for even longer. The idea is that Babesia has it’s own… Continue reading

  • NYC Aches and Pains

    I’m back in NYC and I can feel it. Last night, I cut my blog entry short because my arms felt weak and shaky. This morning I woke up with numbness followed by tingling in both arms down to the… Continue reading

  • Decompressing

    There’s been a lot going on since I last posted. I’ve been running beyond my energy level and I’ve been having a hard time slowing down enough to rest. Rest is certainly what I need at this point. The reunion… Continue reading

  • Missing Data

    It’s been more than 2 weeks since I last recorded notes on this experiment to cure myself of tick-borne illnesses. The hiatus started simply enough: my hands were really screwed up by the Bartonella treatment. Then my menstrual cycle started… Continue reading

  • A Pretty Good Bad Day

    Yesterday was a symptomatically bad day. I was super tired. The kind of tired that makes me want to lie down every time I sit up. My bones hurt. My muscles hurt. My digestive tract was irritated, from tummy to… Continue reading

  • Where is the infection?

    Back in early autumn, just as I was too scared to start my first coiling season in earnest, I spoke to a friend of mine about where and how much to coil. Like me, she was pretty sure she knew… Continue reading

  • Lyme Disease and Sex

    Not Feeling So Sexy When I first got really sick from Lyme Disease, sex was the farthest thing from my mind. The first year, when I was semi-paralyzed, lying on my bed, wondering what was wrong with me, I thought… Continue reading

  • Loosening up and making mistakes

    I miss eating. I love eating. Before I got sick, I was a vegetarian. I ate at the local Indian restaurants a few times a week. I ate tasty salads with tons of ingredients, including hard boiled eggs. I cooked… Continue reading