Category: Lyme Disease Awareness
Invisible Illness, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, Lyme Treatment, Misdiagnosis, Research, Suicide
The Great Imitator and The Consequences of Misdiagnosis
Lyme disease is often referred to as the Great Imitator. Depending on which system the organism invades the visible symptoms can be different from patient to patient. The individual could receive various diagnoses without consideration of an underlying cause for the appropriate treatment options. 72% of participants reported being diagnosed […]
Emotions, Invisible Illness, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, pain
Unzip My Skin
I want to unzip my skin and free my soul. Then, watch the empty pile of meat I leave behind, As I finally breathe for the first time. Light as a feather… That’s not an empty body on the ground, Just a pile of pain and suffering.
challenges, Friends, Happiness, Love, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness
Humbleness through illness
I have Lyme disease. I’m not here to raise awareness on how debilitating Lyme disease is, how little funding there is available for research or how doctors lack the necessary training to understand the complexity of what this illness is. Yes, Lyme disease is a pandemic people are suffering from […]
challenges, Cure, Lyme, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness, Lyme Treatment, road trip, Support
Breadcrumbs – Germany Adventure
Hi Everybody from St. Georg in Bad Aibling, Germany! Background I’ve started this adventure a while back. A group of friends have mentioned that in Germany they treat Lyme Disease using Hyperthermia (I will explain what this is later on). It was not until a friend gave me the courage […]
Fear, Immune System, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE A LYMEY CAN’T MAKE YOU SICK, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THEM SICK!!!!!
Public Service Announcement Lyme Disease cannot be contracted through casual contact. Hugging or shaking hands with a Lymey is completely safe. Even if you share a drink or food (not that we ever advise that you share food and drinks with anybody), you will be safe. Please be considerate and don’t […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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!” […]
challenges, Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Awareness
Daily life of a Lymey household
Problems of a Lymey doesn’t end with simple pain. The bigger side of the issue is the emotional pain we go through as a family. Staying strong throughout the process at times feel impossible. The list is endless, however I want to list a few things we go through everyday. […]