Tag: Lyme

Friends and Lyme

Friends and Lyme

I traveled to Virginia Beach on March 21st with the intention of returning to D.C. on March 24th. I was hoping this little trip would become the spring break getaway my children deserve. Was I wrong on that one! The day after I arrived in Virginia Beach I started to […]

Experiencing Herxheimer reaction For the First Time

Experiencing Herxheimer reaction For the First Time

I took my abart for the first time. After my AM dose I went to a dentist appointment, by the time I came back to my hotel room I was exhausted. I was hurting and weak. My kids were frustrated and wasn’t understanding why mommy couldn’t move, play or take […]

Still processing

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

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

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 […]