Author: <span class="vcard">LymieGirl</span>
challenges, Happiness, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness
Lyme didn’t define me, it helped me evolve into who I meant to become…
As a person facing an extremely trying illness (Lyme Disease) I made sure my illness did not define me; instead I let it evolve me. My life took a huge turn, after i have became bedridden and fully dependent. I’ve started my own blog to share my struggles, to become […]
What Lyme took away from me and my family?
What Lyme took away from me and my family? I have known something was wrong with me for a long time. As this part of the story is similar for the majority of the Lyme community, I got diagnosed 9 years into my initial tick bite. I started my journey […]
challenges, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, Lyme Treatment, pain, Side effects of Lyme disease
Learn how you can manage the most crippling part of Lyme – Pain
Pain and Lyme Many of you fellow Lymeys already know the treatment of Lyme takes holistic approach. One cannot just treat one infection. Coinfections, secondary infections, viruses, allergies and any component that might effect the patient’s health has to be taken into consideration when deciding treatment plan for Lyme patients. […]
Detox, Detoxification, Immune System, Lyme Disease, Lyme Symptoms, Lyme Treatment
The Angel of Lyme Nightmare – Detoxification
You cannot rely on the natural detoxification process your body goes through, so there are options to support the process. You have to remove the toxins from your body as fast as possible, otherwise it gets reabsorbed into your body, instead of being eliminated. Many people get sicker after they start […]
Blood Panels, challenges, Cure, Detox, Fear, Friends, Lab Work, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, Lyme Symptoms, Lyme Treatment, pain, Support
The 8 Stages of Lyme Disease Every Lymey Goes Through
1- Dark Ages: Confusion and Doubt Phase You are confused you know you have multiple problems and you are going from doctor to doctor. Yet you come back home with generic diagnosis. Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Migraine and with prescriptions that is only trying to address your symptoms not the underlying issue. After […]
Blood Panels, Immune System, Lab Work, Lyme Disease, Lyme Symptoms
The Truth That Stares Us in The Face in Our Blood Panels
Being a Lymey caused me to gain so much knowledge in the medical field. The constant blood works, the research I do during all my sleepless nights, all the knowledge sharing during the interactions on online forums with other lymeys… The list just goes on. I am at a point […]
challenges, Friends, Love, Lyme Disease
It takes two to tango
It doesn’t take two to tango in my marriage. Having Lyme disease and being in chronic pain at every possible organ, tissue, muscle and nerve makes it impossible to have an equally weighed relationship. Many of my fellow Lymeys lose spouses, fiancées and boyfriends/girlfriends over this disease. Such a debilitating […]
Fear, Friends, Lyme, Lyme Disease, pain, Support
Avoiding words…
I stopped writing because I became afraid to face my emotions. When I write I let out my true feelings and these days I am not ready to face them. I feel very conflicted. Too much is going on. Then again which lymey doesn’t have too much going on in […]
challenges, Cure, Friends, Love, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, Side effects of Lyme disease, Support
The tears I won’t shed or admit that I do
I do not have a story to tell where my family or my friends turned their back on me. I must be one lucky gal that I am surrounded by people, who loves and adores me and who tries so hard to help my family. “You are a strong person!” […]
Home remedies from childhood!
In case I have not mentioned this before, I am Turkish. I come from a culture that has many traits that younger generation roll their eyes at. It is not easy to grow up in a Turkish household. Especially on the subject of eating. Unlike the generation today, we were […]