Coiling for Lyme

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  • Grown-up

    (Thursday’s Post) My mom and I drove back from Virginia to New York. Before we left, we went to pick up the rental car and a few snacks for the road. I knew where we were going. I was driving… 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

  • What it takes to be normal

    (This is Sunday’s post.) Two outings in the evening meant that I knew I couldn’t overdo it during the day. I watched my sister do a hundred things around the house, cooking, cleaning, childcare, phone calls, exercise. And I felt… 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

  • Comfort over style

    (This is Friday’s post.) I spent the afternoon at the Williamsburg Premium Outlets. It’s a sprawling parking lot broken up by islands of outlet stores. I was there for four hours, walking slowly past most stores and occasionally entering a… Continue reading

  • Slacking

    I’m watching an episode of Glee for the first time tonight. ‘nough said. Coiling Babesia, chest, 5 minutes; abdomen, 5 minutes; ilium, 1 minute each side; knees/elbows, 1 minute; shoulders, 15 seconds each Candida, abdomen, 10 minutes; chest, 2 minutes;… Continue reading

  • A good kind of tired

    I spent a lot of time with my nephew today. By the time dinner started, I was ready for bed. Alas, a coiling session and a blog later, I’ll be sleeping soundly. We went for two walks together this afternoon… Continue reading

  • Confusing Cycles

    I’ve spent time over the years trying to learn whatever the medical community seems to know about menstrual cycles and what happens when they aren’t regular. What I’ve heard over and over is that if a woman is going to… Continue reading

  • Building Triceps

    One of the pleasures of being with a three-month-old person is that he wants to be held a lot. I particularly like carrying him while walking around. As luck would have it, he likes me to walk around carrying him.… Continue reading

  • Kidney Conundrum

    When I first got the coil machine, it was in the midst of a struggle with kidney stones. Everyone knows they hurt. Seriously, it’s true. At the time, I wasn’t sure if it had passed or was still stuck somewhere… Continue reading