Yesterday I did the new Bartonella midday coiling in addition to my regular coiling. I definitely had a reaction. Shortly after the midday coiling session, I went for a short bike ride. It is my second ride since I bought a bicycle in February. I needed to do something. I was so antsy and jittery. Having something to focus on (traffic, a part of the neighborhood I haven’t been to […]
I’ve read over and over that one of the symptoms of Lyme Disease is insomnia. That hasn’t been the case with me, although if you’d asked me this between 2008 and a few months ago, I would have thought it was. After coiling for separate tick borne illnesses, I’ve been able to parse out which infections cause which types of sleep problems for me. Lyme Disease: lots of sleep, too […]
The week before Thanksgiving, I did three things that forced me to pay attention to my musculoskeletal system: a workout, a massage and a Rolfing session. Beyond being sore, I felt very present in my body. It started with the workout (Saturday Nov. 17). This is the third one I’ve done since I started out in October. I tried doing 2 in 2 weeks and knocked myself out so totally […]
Sauna Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going to the dry sauna less frequently. The reason for the decrease is diarrhea and a desire not to increase the risk of dehydration. But something else has happened in the time that I’ve been going to the sauna less often: my Lyme symptoms and herxes have gotten more intense. Even the nightsweats from Babesia coiling are getting more frequent (2 per […]
The first time I saw a naturopath, he told me that when recovering from a chronic illness, as the body heals, one re-experiences all the symptoms in the reverse order of how they appeared when the chronic illness first set in. It was part of the homeopathic principle of healing from the inside out. As an illness progresses it goes deeper into the body. As the body heals it pushes […]
I took quite a detox bath today. It was 109 deg F (maybe 109.5). I got really hot. Really hot. I sweated in the tub. I didn’t last the full 20 minutes. Then I cut my cool-down shower short because I felt nauseated and like I needed to get off my feet. So I stepped out of the shower, attempted to dry off, put on a robe and lay down […]
After that very long meditation on Lyme and fertility yesterday, I found myself playing for several hours with my cousin’s two very young children. One is 8 months old, the other is just under 2 years old. I enjoyed them. I got down on the floor and hung out with them, letting them get used to me since we haven’t seen each other in quite a while. I joined them […]
Every now and then, my mother picks up fresh buffalo mozzarella imported from Italy. It has tons of calories (fat) and lots of protein. I’m not allergic to it the way I am with cow dairy. And it tastes like heaven. I went to Italy almost a year ago. I ate so well. I ate some things that I’m allergic to (and paid for it) and some things that cause […]
That title could easily be referring to the conditions of the roads in New York as the snow has melted and left behind a mess for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Alas, it is not. Kidney Stone follow-up I went to the urologist today. We had a chat about my bloodwork and urinalysis. They don’t match. Evidence for one problem is in my urine. Evidence for a different kind of problem […]
I was checking out my friend Craig’s blog today and found a post about f.lux. It is a program that changes the color temperature of a computer screen depending on the time of day. Craig and f.lux explain all the details of why this is helpful for human eyes. I decided to download it. Immediately, it was easier for me to look at the screen. I usually fiddle around with […]
Coiling for Lyme 