Life and Lyme

Muddling Through Life with Lyme Disease

Tag: marijuana

  • pot

    Since I have been on the subject of herbs, I might as well talk about my favorite herb. I have a long and complicated relationship with marijuana. Sometimes she\’s my bitch, and sometimes I am hers. Mostly it\’s a solid, happy union that makes us both happy.  Since legalization, I\’ve been able to choose what…

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  • dreaming

    I have had some vivid, amazing dreams lately. Animals visit me regularly in these dreams. So far, I\’ve had dreams with turtles, snakes, elephants, bees, cats, frogs, and dogs. At first, I just bored Katie with retellings of these dreams. Her advice was to look up the \’meaning\’ of the dreams. Well, I did. Let…

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  • mental

    I\’ve been thinking about suicide a lot lately. Wait, don\’t panic! Not in a real way, but in a Lyme way. There is a difference, and it is significant. Psychiatric problems from Lyme are well-documented and common. After all, there are, quite literally, bugs in your brain, wreaking havoc. So when I say I think about suicide,…

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  • deflate

    My favorite! I didn\’t think anyone noticed this particularly delightful symptom, but they do. It\’s when you feel pretty good—you\’re shopping for furniture or at a concert at Red Rocks, or just playing pickleball when WHAM! Deflate. I\’ve been thinking about exactly what happens, and how perceptive people can notice so quickly. I\’m a fairly…

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