Category Archives: helping yourself

Birthdays, Dosing, Healing & Psychic Abilities

Posted on September 6, 2015 by lymestorm

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be a year older…I’ll start my personal new year.  Just as many people do during the coming of the “official” new year, every year (usually starts about a month before my actual birthday) I … Continue reading →

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Stuck In Between

Posted on August 20, 2015 by lymestorm

I’m stuck. Some days its more like being trapped.  The last few months have been pretty much a living nightmare.  I’ve had so many set backs with treatment.  My body is worn out and my brain is a mess most … Continue reading →

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Death by Tick?

Posted on July 24, 2015 by lymestorm

I am sick. Very sick. Again. I keep hiding things that I shouldn’t be.  I’m not accurately communicating even when I try my hardest.  Today has been filled with lots of tears.  My plate and cup are overflowing with guilt … Continue reading →

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Psych Ward

Posted on July 12, 2015 by lymestorm

This is hard one for me and one I struggled with as to whether to discuss, but I promised myself I would be open and honest about my journey through my illness and treatment.  I needed some time to process … Continue reading →

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Deprived, Depraved, Depressed, Disheartened

Posted on June 13, 2015 by lymestorm

I haven’t been sleeping well again. And I haven’t been taking care of myself.  I’m falling into old patterns and trying to stop them.  I’m putting the needs/wants of others before my own health. I’m trying to establish and ENFORCE … Continue reading →

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Babesia – Its Back

Posted on May 21, 2015 by lymestorm

Its late for me to be writing.  I am swimming in the thoughts that have been brewing all day.  Even though my brain is ALWAYS worse at night than first thing in the morning, I’m getting it out (my iPad … Continue reading →

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Sick Individual

Posted on April 21, 2015 by lymestorm

I should be dead.  I SHOULD BE DEAD! But I’m still hear and still kicking and screaming and fighting with every single thing I have! I know in previous blogs I’ve expressed my affinity for the band Halestorm and I’ve … Continue reading →

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Reflection and Thanks

Posted on January 2, 2015 by lymestorm

A year ago today I was fighting the remainder of the flu.  I was working (Southern Patrol, my favorite.) I was still searching for the correct diagnosis. I was set in my routine. I was going about life the best … Continue reading →

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What No One Tells You About

Posted on December 10, 2014 by lymestorm

There are so many things I have learned over the course of the last year.  What I realize now is that there are a lot of things that no one tells you about treatment.  So here is my version of … Continue reading →

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System Failures and Money Matters

Posted on November 7, 2014 by lymestorm

I am battling several diseases all of which are capable of taking my life.  At my time of diagnosis (April 2014) I was told that I would have died within 12 months time had I not received medical intervention.  That … Continue reading →

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