Coiling for Lyme

symptoms

Symptoms that occur during the coiling process.

  • Hurricanes and hip joints

    Hurricane Irene is blowing my way. I’m not sure she’ll make it all the way to NYC (or Atlantic City, where I’ll be staying with some friends this weekend). But I can feel her effects already. Outside my body, I… Continue reading

  • Lyme Disease Research Wish List

    Last night was pretty horrible. The worst pain was coming out of the left side of my lower spine (L3-L5 area) and shooting a burning sensation down my leg. It was all too familiar. It got me to thinking about… Continue reading

  • Next experiment with Welchol

    A few days ago I was thinking about Welchol and headaches. It has worked for me to take it when a Lyme Herx headache is coming on. Usually, the headache gets stopped in its tracks and after a night’s sleep… Continue reading

  • Chronic Pain and Lyme Disease

    Pain has been a consistent companion to me for many years, starting in earnest in 2001. Back then, it was wrist pain that shot up into my arms and neck. Even with all the pain, the hokey diagnosis, and the… Continue reading

  • A Touch of Humanity

    I’ve had countless medical tests since the Lyme Disease adventure started in earnest, never mind the tests for the mysterious problems in the years before that. The majority of tests were performed by perfectly nice, competent people who saw me… Continue reading

  • Slow down to remember what I know

    I know a lot. As I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve explained some of the things that I know make it easier to live with and recover from Lyme Disease. But sometimes I forget. I slowed down enough today to… Continue reading

  • Hair and girly things

    In early summer 2008, I cut the back of my hair off. It was a very practical decision. I had terrible night sweats. I woke up with sopping wet hair night after night. It was unbearable to try to go… Continue reading

  • Catching up

    The wedding I went to on Sunday took place under a large L-shaped tent in a sloped upstate New York backyard. Rain poured down audibly and consistently all day. Everyone looked a little washed out, and the curly hair on… Continue reading

  • Having a life

    For a few days in a row, I’ve pretended to be something other than disabled by Lyme disease. In a certain way, this is exactly what I was hoping to do with my summer. I was with people. Saturday, I… Continue reading

  • Living to 100

    Oh to be 100 years old. How nice would that be? I went to the birthday party of Mrs. Nichols, who turned 100 earlier this week. She is still fully cognizant. She hates taking medicine and often discards what is… Continue reading