Coiling for Lyme

using the coil machine

  • Talking Turkey

    This past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to go from where I am, which is better than I’ve been since I got sick, to healthy and capable of daily activity. In a lot of ways, I think… Continue reading

  • How do you know?

    A while back, maybe over the summer, I read an article in the New Yorker about Lyme Disease. In it, one of the patients who got interviewed said that she couldn’t be sure that the reason she was feeling better… Continue reading

  • Evolving Protocols

    Almost three years into coiling and almost 7 years into Lyme-caused disability, I am the master of slow and steady. I can do what I need to do without deadlines. I am willing to spend my energy on what will… Continue reading

  • Appetite Paradox

    Over the past several weeks, I’ve been eating whatever I want, or rather, whatever I’ve wished I could eat for the past six years. It seems like a dream, and it seems like a nightmare. What I’ve learned so far… Continue reading

  • Waking the Beast

    I intentionally overdid it over the weekend. I ate everything I wanted to, except for food containing eggs. I paid the price in suffering…but I woke the Lyme and made the Bartonella more active. So I consider it a triumph.… Continue reading

  • Behaving Badly

    It’s been a crazy week since I last posted a blog. I’ve been trying all sorts of things, intentionally, to get the Lyme bacteria to come out of hiding. My efforts have definitely paid off. I’ve been feeling awful for… Continue reading

  • Emboldened

    Today I’m reducing the number of supplements I take in an effort to let the Lyme bacteria wake up from their dormant form. It’s a big deal for me. Over the past few weeks, I’ve slowly been reducing the number… Continue reading

  • Into the Fire Swamp

    When I started having symptoms, but before I knew that I had an infection, I mostly tried to eat well, rest a lot, exercise when I could, manage my stress levels, and sought out an acupuncturist. This kept me going… Continue reading

  • Supplemental Information

    After the last post, when I was writing about reducing the amount of supplements I take, I started to get excited about the possibility of not having to take pills with every meal. What a difference that would be. With… Continue reading

  • Precarious Progress

    Over the past few weeks, while I was away from home and coiling, as well as when I returned, I discovered that my energy level has increased to almost normal levels. Almost. I have my hours of needing to sit… Continue reading