Life and Lyme

Muddling Through Life with Lyme Disease

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  • restless

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    I\’ve moved enough times that there is a rhythm to each move. There\’s the relief of deciding to sell the home and move. Then the flurry of activity necessary to get the house ready for selling. I had a head start on this house, because before COVID I had considered selling and got rid of…

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  • denial

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    I\’ve never particularly been one for self-denial. Not that kind! Jeez, people. The kind where I don\’t \’allow\’ myself to do things I might enjoy because I\’m chronically ill. There are several reasons for this, but the main one is that over time, I have come to feel guilty for still being sick and have…

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  • flabby

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    My mind, body and spirit have grown flabby from Lyme. I had good news from my doctor this week. I am, metaphorically, sprinting down the backstretch. Only I\’m not sprinting, I\’m lackadaisically strolling, the one pace Lyme allowed. This is supposed to be good news, and it is. I haven\’t figured out what it means…

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  • acceptance?

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    I fucking hate babesia. Babesia is one of my co-infections, a malaria-like parasite also called a \”piroplasm\”, whatever the fuck that is. It clouds my mind and saps my energy. I get angry and depressed for no reason. My eyes go wonky. All the normal boring crap, too, like fatigue and muscle aches and joint pain. For once,…

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  • almost

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    I have discovered recovery is more difficult than being ill. I am in the land of \”almost well\”, a state as close to purgatory as I can imagine. The difference between almost well and healthy is a sheer  mountain wall, technically difficult and requiring great strength. The difference between illness and almost well is a…

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