Category: Fear
Road trip
So we are on the road, to go to Virginia Beach. We are going to be hunting for homes. A house that is closer to my support system. Although I hate the idea of leaving Washington D.C., I look forward to moving back. I feel homesick. I need more familiar […]
Cure, Fear, Friends, Herx, Lyme, Lyme Symptoms, Lyme Treatment, Support
If the flowers bloom every spring
My life in seasons If my life was described in seasons, I can say I feel stuck in the middle of the winter right now. There is a snow storm and my only shelter is a tent. I am cold, wet, uncomfortable and distressed. I don’t know how long this […]
Cure, Fear, Friends, Herx, Lyme, Lyme Symptoms, Lyme Treatment
I don’t know what you see!
I know what I feel… …physically, when herxing. I can’t even lift my fingers. Pushing down the keys on my laptop actually hurts. I can’t get up while laying without the help of another person. Walking is extremely painful. My body is aching all around. My muscles feel very weak. […]
Still processing
It was not what I expected. In a weird way it was worse to talk to all the people in my life about my disease. I don’t have cancer, but it is not a simple cold virus either. I have to first explain what the disease is and what it […]
Good Cops Fighting Against Crime
The idea of telling my parents or my kids that I am sick makes my stomach fold into knots. I’ve decided to take my children out to dinner. It would be better to be outside the house when I break the news to them. How do you exactly tell your […]
I now know – It’s Lyme
Here goes nothing. I am at Panera bread treating myself to a sesame bagel and cream cheese with hot tea – my favorite. I just got poked in the arm one more time – a thing I need to get used to, I am assuming. Waiting to start eating, because […]