Coiling for Lyme

symptoms

Symptoms that occur during the coiling process.

  • Friends are worth their weight in gold

    I got to hang out with two different friends today, one from high school and one from my earliest childhood. With the first one we took stock of how much our lives have progressed over the past year. For both… Continue reading

  • After Vacation Work Begins Again

    I had a fun conversation with a friend this evening about my trip to California. The trip overlapped perfectly with the hiatus in Lyme symptoms. So now that I’m back…I feel like crap. In some ways, it’s even worse because… Continue reading

  • Second Lyme Coiling Season Begins

    As the aches in my joints started increasing today, I knew it was time to start coiling for Lyme again. The plan is the same as I did for my first Lyme coiling season this fall: 5 days a week,… Continue reading

  • The Pendulum Swings Back

    Now that I’m back in NYC from my lovely vacation to SF and Watsonville, I have the usual problems that crop up when I’m coiling. Yup, back in NY with the symptoms I wish I could leave behind. Since I… Continue reading

  • Coiling Break

    As I mentioned in my last post, I had a two week planned break from coiling (Jan 13-25). I did my best guess of when to take a break based on a few factors: I was expecting to be done… Continue reading

  • The Symptoms Return in Reverse

    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… Continue reading

  • Baby got back

    Muscle atrophy is one of the long-term side effects of being partially immobilized for several years. Now that I’m starting to really walk again, and put effort into rebuilding my bones, the muscle tone is returning. Just before I got… Continue reading

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving was a week long for me. The best part of it was getting to spend time with my sister and her family. I had to balance coiling and resting time with the visit, so I was wistful about getting… Continue reading

  • Long Term Consequences: Bone Loss

    Buried in yesterday’s post was the news that I’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Yup, just when things are starting to look up, I discover a new problem that will take a long time to heal from. The good news is… Continue reading

  • Backlog

    The past two weeks have been a little different. I’ve been alternately doing more and falling flat on my face. Tonight, all I aim to do is fill in my lab notebook of coiling, treatments, and symptoms. It might be… Continue reading