Category Archives: Herx

All The Things Left Unsaid…

Posted on February 9, 2021 by lymestorm

This post will be different from the others I have written. It’s not just an update this time. It’s also a reflection and in a way, an apology. It’s been 2 years and almost 2 weeks since I arrived home … Continue reading →

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Babesia Blues

Posted on February 8, 2017 by lymestorm

I’ve been down in a dark hole for weeks now.  I just finished four months of Babesia treatment.  Four long, rough months.  While I haven’t been physically herxing the mental herxing has been nearly unbearable.  I’ve been all over the … Continue reading →

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Shakes and Emotions

Posted on September 26, 2016 by lymestorm

I finished dosing Friday and it took me longer to recover than usual. I missed most of a beautiful weekend because my body would not cooperate.  My fatigue was dictating my life again.  I wanted to stay awake and take … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Rising

Posted on May 4, 2016 by lymestorm

The last several months I haven’t been myself.  Too tired, too depressed, too suicidal to do anything. My days were taken minute by minute in a battle to survive the damage that my brain and body have endured. I found … Continue reading →

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Surviving the Setbacks

Posted on March 5, 2016 by lymestorm

I have been too tired, too exhausted to post anything for such a long time.  Treatment had not been going well and after talking to my doctor, I had an emergency appointment with my doctor at the beginning of last … Continue reading →

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Support

Posted on December 4, 2015 by lymestorm

Lyme disease (not to mention its coinfections) cannot be fought alone.  The old saying that “It takes a village to raise a child” is 100% applicable to tickborne illnesses.  Because in a way the road to health and remission requires … Continue reading →

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What Is Wrong With Me?

Posted on October 25, 2015 by lymestorm

What is wrong with me? That’s a question I get from just about everyone and one that I ask myself maybe too often.  I know my diseases.  I know them well.  After all, we’ve spent half of my life together … Continue reading →

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Dreams Come True – Halestorm

Posted on September 27, 2015 by lymestorm

I have 3 major dreams in life right now…to meet be in remission, to be a wife/mother and to meet the band Halestorm. (Of course I still wish and pray for a cure, but since Lyme is not even accepted … 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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Comfortable

Posted on November 19, 2014 by lymestorm

D.C. days are always long, stressful and utterly exhausting.  It’s not that I mind the appointment, well the test dosing is usually not fun, but I’m done test dosing new IV meds, but the combination of the appointment and the … Continue reading →

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