I’ve got a big Buddha belly today. Actually, this is day three of looking pregnant…again. It seems that as the Bartonella has flared up again, with all the symptoms I’ve been mentioning in the past several posts, the food sensitivities have returned. Bummer. I went out to eat on Friday night to a Mexican restaurant. I was very good about not eating tomatoes (though I did dip a chip or […]
The last few days have been quite something. I had two fun adventures on Friday and Saturday, with excellent culinary components. I’ve been experimenting to figure out if Babesia is behind my relapsing fatigue. And I’ve been trying to handle a new problem in my heels and ankles. Peachy Keen On Saturday, I went to a stone fruit orchard, called Andy’s Orchard, for an “open house”. Stone fruit is the […]
I’ve been mulling over my gut microbiology for the last month. It is amazing what a difference it has made to eat a variety of live cultures in fermented foods. My favorite, so far, is fermented cabbage (aka sauerkraut). The reason I started on the fermented cabbage is that I want to get rid of my food allergies. I’d like to be able to eat the full variety of vegetables […]
Since the last blog post, I had a few friends in town. One friend from NYC came for a week and we went out and did a lot of fun stuff: whale watching, visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium, eating deep fried artichokes, going to the beach and walking in the slough and lots more. Before she got here, I had planned to coil the regular amount while she was here: […]
If you asked me when I was 8 years old what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have enthusiastically replied, “Wonder Woman!” I used to watch Wonder Woman reruns and imagine that I, too, could have superhuman powers, extreme coordination, creative ability to solve immense problems under nearly impossible conditions, and be able to do it all in a cool outfit. That was back then. I […]
My best guess is that I got infected with Lyme Disease (and Babesia and maybe Bartonella) in spring 2001. It was a run in the local park in New Haven followed by a flu that no one else came down with. Then over the next several months, joint problems in my wrists, neurological problems in my arms and neck, a heart problem and gynecological problems. I think my initial exposure […]
I’ve just started up coiling again. I didn’t coil from December 13 to January 7. I stopped because I was traveling to the East Coast to see my family. It was also an experiment to see what happened when I didn’t coil. I learned a few things. Babesia When I stopped coiling, I knew I wasn’t at the end of the Babesia cycle. I was still getting occasional night sweats […]
While I’ve checked with people over the last two years about their experiences using a coil machine, there are times when I can tell I could benefit from meeting regularly with a group of people who are all trying to figure this out. For most of the past two years, I haven’t wanted such a group. I find it sometimes depressing and sometimes inspiring to be around other people who […]
This past week has been quite a trip. I had my sick days and more sick days. Only by Saturday did I feel more like a person than a week-long Halloween zombie. Smug I was feeling pretty bad the first half of the week. By Wednesday evening, after spending the entire day lying down, I pulled myself together and got into costume for the trick or treaters who would show […]
I drive myself crazy when I’m not feeling well. Half the time, I’m happy, excited even, that all the coiling is causing an increase in symptoms. I’m sure that it’s working, killing off tons of bacteria and getting me closer to the end of the period of my life when Lyme is a debilitating limitation. In those moments, I want to reach out to friends and family. I can focus […]
Coiling for Lyme 