Coiling for Lyme

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  • Saturday

    Today was a classic Saturday with a cold. I was miserable again. I started out worse off than yesterday. The head cold was worse. The chills and sweats were worse. My throat and sinuses burned. My ears hurt and popped.… Continue reading

  • Miserable

    Chronic pain for 5 years? No problem. I’m a trooper. I fear it before it arrives, especially if I know it’s coming. But once it arrives, I treat myself tenderly, like a wounded warrior, and do my best to heal… Continue reading

  • Florinef

    One of the worst complications of the first three years of Lyme Disease was incredibly low blood pressure. It made my life miserable. I was nauseated and dizzy every time I stood up. I was tired and weak from that… Continue reading

  • UTIs and other antibiotic complications

    I went to the urologist today. The good news is that I don’t have any more kidney stones (or at least nothing shows up on the sonogram and x-ray I had in August). The bad news is that I have… Continue reading

  • Getting Serious

    I don’t really want to do this. As my acupuncture headache turned into a Herx headache this afternoon, I realized that I just don’t want to do this. What is “this”? This is my stepped up coiling protocol. It is… Continue reading

  • Diatomaceous Earth

    Little by little, I’m getting my protocol for autumn in order. I can feel myself slowing down. My priorities are getting more focused on my body and on catching up with my backlog. Less social time, more time resting and… Continue reading

  • Downshifting

    Last night was fabulous. I met people after Margaux’s play. A few liked the chapbook I laid out for her and might want my assistance. No hard asks or new projects. Just possibilities for the future. Meanwhile, I spent today… Continue reading

  • Black & Kinky

    For the past two nights, I’ve gone to see Black & Kinky Amongst Brown Waves a one woman show by Margaux Delotte-Bennett at WOW Cafe Theatre. It’s been fantastic. Margaux deals with racism and sexism in ways that are open… Continue reading

  • Juicing without carrots

    When your life is sweet, do you really need sweet foods? I was asking myself this question the day I discovered carrots have malvin in them. I’ve been eating them all along in small quantities only occasionally…until I started drinking… Continue reading

  • Friends vs Tasks

    My desk is a mess. I have a list as long as my arm of phone calls to make. I need to deal with my finances, my big stack of mail, emails to return, the dishes, and the list goes… Continue reading