Coiling for Lyme

Herx reactions

  • Dreams and goals

    It’s been over 4 years since I had to stop working because of Lyme disease et alia. I spend a lot of time at home, a lot of time resting, a lot of time unable to do things I’d like… Continue reading

  • Rearranging my schedule

    As I increase the amount of time I coil, I need to do it in several sessions over the course of the day. This should be pretty simple, as I have a lot of unscheduled time. Of course the reason… Continue reading

  • Different kinds of tired

    I spent another day in bed. I tried to get up for yoga. I even showered, but I was too tired and achy to walk there (nevermind the class itself). There is a special thing that happens to people with… Continue reading

  • The Long Run

    Lyme disease requires a tremendous amount of patience. When I first got sick, it was my crisis.  For a while, I was the recipient of a lot of attention. Then life happens to everyone else while I’m stuck on the… Continue reading

  • Trade off

    I’m starting to think that all the fatigue over the years was from Babesia. I tried coiling extra last night. It worked like a charm. I’m setting a new course to coil daily for Babesia and to increase the length… Continue reading

  • Early to bed…

    One of the things I’ve been struggling with lately is fatigue. It’s killing me. The trick is to figure out what’s causing it, then see if I can manage it. Sometimes fatigue just has to be rested away. It got… Continue reading

  • Light Sensitivity

    One of my least favorite aspects of Lyme disease and Herxing is light sensitivity. Usually my eyeballs hurt a little as the light sensitivity starts. Then I accidentally expose myself to too much light, and BAM! a headache. These headaches… Continue reading

  • Brief

    I had a lot of computer activity this evening. I wrote an extremely long email (or two) to some friends and now my hands are pretty much done until tomorrow. Coiling I’m coiling for Babesia every day now. Partly I… Continue reading

  • Dry Skin

    Back when I was 27, I was at a weekend retreat with a friend who had minor skin break-outs, the kind I was starting to get. This was just under 1 year after I think I contracted Lyme disease, babesiosis… Continue reading

  • Hungry

    Last week, I read an article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about the low fat, high carbohydrate diet. In “Is Sugar Toxic?“, Gary Taubes looked critically at the evidence that was available in the 1980s when we all… Continue reading