Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a merry christmas! I remember loving Christmas and having energy to shop and bake for days. This year was so different from last year. It was excruciatingly painful walking around the mall. The days I had energy I took advantage of and enjoyed with my family. So I'm grateful for that, still sad but grateful for good days.

But anyways, I have come down with a cold about 3 days ago and it has made me feel like my Lyme disease is back on full throttle. My brothers have this cold too but they are able to continual normally with there days. While all I can focus on is being asleep. I can feel the knee pains, muscle aches, and my stiff neck gets worse (my stiff neck has come back this month after 4 months of being off of doxycycline) also I have a sore on my tongue that has been here for a week and not healing.

if you have a cold or flu with Lyme does it make it worse?

I'm literally so terrified with the way I feel. I stress and cry so much. I constantly fear I have other diseases..because of all the symptoms. I'm drifting apart from family and friends. I am not gaining my weight back and am pretty sick of everyone commenting on how skinny I've gotten. I just so desperately want help! I look in the mirror and see a sickly looking girl. I'm tired of this. What givesss

Grace,

So I was going to see an llmd here in dutchess county but my mom got laid off of her job so I am unable to go and see him. We are still searching for one that takes insurance. Blue cross blue shield. My doctors won't treat me for Lyme again cause now everyone they test for it it's negative. So to them "I don't have lyme" very ignorant and selfish of them not to treat me :(
I know my lyme is back because or the stiff neck and fatigue.


I've tested positive for lyme in the summer, and it was confirmed through Western blot testing.

MarchCat, try doing something called a "body scan" meditation (see Youtube). Yes, you will notice your symptoms, but you will move through them, and be able to sleep. Pay attention to your body without judging, and saying, "Oh, this is horrible!"

In order to sleep, you need to get out of your head/brain, which, of course, is where worrying take place. That's why going into your body is actually a good thing.

Margaret