Category: pain
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, 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. […]
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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 […]
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, Lyme Disease, Lyme Treatment, pain, Side effects of Lyme disease
Pain
Funny fact pain is the one thing that is capable of strengthening your belief in the higher power. You feel helpless, cornered and not in control of what is happening to your body. The pain gets intensified by the level of helplessness you feel and when you reach that point […]
challenges, Cure, Fear, Lyme Disease, pain
Getting ready for my oral surgery
Tomorrow is the day. I will be getting 3 implants tomorrow. I’ve waited a long time for this. This a fairly simple, little bit painful surgery. As usual being a lymey, it doesn’t come to us that easy. See Lyme likes to attack my body wherever it is the weakest. […]
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4th of July – Knowing I’m not alone
Decided to have a 4th of July party at my home. In my event invite I told everybody to bring their food and beverages for obvious reasons. I was hoping to at least not to be alone during the wonderful fireworks, that is clearly visible from my patio that overlooks […]
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When it rains, it pours
I received the second set of test results for Toprak, my 5 year old boy. Unfortunately, the test results show that he also has Bartonella. I was hoping that besides the HHV6, he will not have any other issues. Bartonella is a co-infection of Lyme disease. It is a tick bourne […]
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1000 words I want to say, but I won’t
1000 Words I won’t say I want to talk about my disappointments, but I won’t. I am too embarrassed to say anything. Instead, I will talk about what my goals are. I want to talk about my expectations, but I won’t. I am too shy to say anything. Instead, I […]
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I’m working above my capacity and still falling apart
Some might think, what I am going through is just like Fibromyalgia – wide spread muscle pain. I can tell from my interactions with many, they are still not grasping it. I wish I could explain myself a little better. This is not something, I will walk it off. So […]