Coiling for Lyme

healing process

  • The joys of herxing

    I’ve now coiled for Lyme three times since August 13, or about 2 weeks. My plan heading into fall is to coil every week. It’s already getting scary. I don’t know how to make sure I’m detoxing fast enough. I’m… Continue reading

  • Opportunistic Infections

    I’ve been careful all along not to get sick with anything else. I know my immune system is running over capacity in order to keep the tick-borne infections in check. I do my best to keep my body running without… Continue reading

  • Candida? Take 2.

    The big news today is all about digestion. I’m continuing to work on the candida issue and I’m still trying to figure out food sensitivities. Candida First, on the candida front, I’ve increased my daily intake of 5 LAC to… Continue reading

  • When in Rome

    In March 2009, I did something that made no logical sense for my health but was a wonderful experience. I went with my mother, my sister, and 3 cousins to Italy. It was a nightmare for my body, but I… Continue reading

  • Chronic Pain and Lyme Disease

    Pain has been a consistent companion to me for many years, starting in earnest in 2001. Back then, it was wrist pain that shot up into my arms and neck. Even with all the pain, the hokey diagnosis, and the… Continue reading

  • A Touch of Humanity

    I’ve had countless medical tests since the Lyme Disease adventure started in earnest, never mind the tests for the mysterious problems in the years before that. The majority of tests were performed by perfectly nice, competent people who saw me… Continue reading

  • Hair and girly things

    In early summer 2008, I cut the back of my hair off. It was a very practical decision. I had terrible night sweats. I woke up with sopping wet hair night after night. It was unbearable to try to go… Continue reading

  • Catching up

    The wedding I went to on Sunday took place under a large L-shaped tent in a sloped upstate New York backyard. Rain poured down audibly and consistently all day. Everyone looked a little washed out, and the curly hair on… Continue reading

  • Having a life

    For a few days in a row, I’ve pretended to be something other than disabled by Lyme disease. In a certain way, this is exactly what I was hoping to do with my summer. I was with people. Saturday, I… Continue reading

  • Living to 100

    Oh to be 100 years old. How nice would that be? I went to the birthday party of Mrs. Nichols, who turned 100 earlier this week. She is still fully cognizant. She hates taking medicine and often discards what is… Continue reading