Hello

Happy Holidays everyone,
I haven’t posted in a while. I am feeling much better, but not 100%. I think I know why some people don’t post when they feel better- they don’t want to jinx it, or just want to forget everything about that nightmare. (at least I do anyway). I can tell you my story, but I am the last person who should give advice. My story so far is, I got bit (could have been anytime (was a landscaper), but I remember a bad one behind my ear about 10 yrs ago), the symptoms came roaring in during a time of great stress, I saw a Lyme Dr, took 2 years of abx, (pills and IV), had a seizure, switched to herbs for 3 years, developed a bad all-over rash, stopped all meds on the orders of my skin dr, (interesting side note, she told me chronic Lyme was a “wastebasket disease” meaning people throw all their weird symptoms they have into one disease and call it Lyme? I didn’t argue, I was in too much misery): my rash finally subsided after 6 months, now I am not taking any meds or herbs, not eating any junk, meat, bread, or dairy. I still have vertigo, ataxia, and fatigue, but at least I am out of bed (bedridden for 5 years) I also had bad acid reflux into my throat, have scar tissue in there probably, and can’t talk too much. I don’t even walk on grass anymore; screw nature LOL. Maybe the strong meds knocked it back, and the herbs knocked it back more. Who knows. But I am always on guard for any relapse. I hope you all can get better, and have a better 2019!

Nice to hear again from you Serfr, and I'm so sorry you have gone through such misery, and to some extent I have experienced more or less of it, well likely less but I've been there, not having the energy to lift a glass or my head at times, and unreal fluctuations in severity and type of symptoms, it is no fun. I hope you make further strides into increased wellness. Yeah let's not jinx it by talking about how we are feeling well again. Well this wicked bug is the real jinx of all of us. But how to un-jinx everyone now lol :sadface ?? And I'm weak again, going to stupidly have some pie and ice cream now, and use the holidays as my excuse oh well. I know the strict diet helps, but I might have a few achy pained tired foggy days until New Years.

And I have a reasonable wariness and circumspection about wilderness, tall overgrown grass, nature and such now too.