food

  • Watermelon

    It’s summertime. Watermelon is in season. It’s juicy and delicious, especially when it’s just out of the refrigerator. So I cheated last night. Once I had the first piece, I figured I would have an allergic reaction later, so I… Continue reading

  • Hands

    It seems my Lyme Herx is still moving along the familiar pattern. First the headaches (light sensitivity, floaters, etc) come then they start to calm down. Then the spine pain with paraspinal muscles in a knot. Then the muscles calm… Continue reading

  • Finding Kombucha

    My sister and I did some errands today. It was the usual stuff that a mother and homeowner needs to purchase. One of the stores we went to was a grocery store that I went to the first day I… Continue reading

  • Good food

    My sister has a great love and knowledge of food. Whenever I get to spend time with her, my palate gets a major treat. Today was one amazing day in the world of food. It started with the farmer’s market… Continue reading

  • B-12

    When I got debilitated by Lyme disease and it’s co-infections in 2007, I was a vegetarian. The usual kind, I ate vegetables and grains, lots of tofu, cheese and eggs. I ate too many cookies and probably not enough protein.… Continue reading

  • Jaunty

    Summer is my best season. My body works best in warm weather. As long as I can breathe, which I can when the humidity isn’t excessive, I’m happy in the heat. It got pretty warm today, I think 86 deg.… Continue reading

  • Eating without Inflammation

    As I consider all I’ve been learning about Bartonella (and its digestive tract symptoms), I’m thinking about what I do and don’t eat to keep my body working and my infections at bay. When I first got sick, I had… Continue reading

  • Release

    My acupuncture treatment yesterday made a big difference. I slept well, even if sleep began later than I had hoped. Of course, the fact that the treatment worked was the reason I went to bed late. I also woke up… Continue reading

  • Skin Brushing

    One of the things I do almost every day to support my body’s detoxification process is skin brushing. Skin brushing is one of the cheap and easy ways to help release toxins through the skin. I first heard about it… 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