How Are YOU? We smile and nod when people ask us how we are. If you are like a lot of people with chronic or neurological Lyme Disease, the thought of answering the question conjures up no end to excuses to answer with a polite, “I’m...
Plan If you are like most people, planning may slip now and again. You may have indulged in a bit of frivolity last month. The scale may need some adjusting. Maybe you have an unruly wardrobe. Or maybe nothing changed externally, but you can feel the...
I'm ready to die. Just because someone is ready to die, doesn't mean they want to. Conversely, just because someone wants to die, doesn't mean they are ready.When I say that I am ready to die, I mean I have come to terms with my regrets....
Let's get together. Lyme Disease is rough. The symptoms so variable, no one can keep track, the fatigue so debilitating, no one can rely on plans, and the isolation so intense, no healthy people can relate. Head Lyme Disease has taken so much from so many. Every...
Some people will certainly find the title offensive. Many people will immediately balk. Some will think of loved ones or acquaintances who were killed in an accident. Others know someone who died of an illness without warning. It's not completely true that nobody dies suddenly...
A friend was noticing new growth on plants is usually red. I agreed. This spring, as the sugar maples were starting to bud, the tiny buds were as vibrant as the leaves today. Premature babies are very red too. I had seen a photo of...
I have a love - hate relationship with food. I think a lot of Americans do. Life with Lyme Disease means we have to look at everything we do in life and think about how it will affect us in a day or three. Food...
Recreation is so important. It's in the top ten most important things to know. Number four of the ten commandments tells us to set aside one day per week to rest. This is after the pattern of creation itself. Recreation On the first day, God said, "Let...
I've been sick as long as I can remember. For so much of my life, doctors told me I was stressed. So, I pressed through. I went to work part-time, raised my children, kept the house, maintained my marriage, and managed to do a great...
Traveling with Lyme can be tough. Lymies have developed ways to manage symptoms ranging from brain fog to severe, migrating joint pain and everything in between. We could all use some travel tips for Lyme ease. Talking with others and in my experience, I developed...