May 30The Decline Continues — but perhaps Hope??My number one symptom these days is dry mouth. I tested negative on both the Sjogren’s antibody test as well as the early Sjogren’s panel which goes back five years so most of my doctors don’t think I have it. It’s also a symptom of Pernicious Anemia which I was…Lyme Disease4 min read
May 102022 — Five Years Still In ThisIt’s been a crazy couple of years. I was originally diagnosed with what turned out to be very late stage congenital Lyme Disease and co-infections in February of 2017. Since then I’ve been diagnosed with a multiple of things including some autoimmune diseases. People with Lyme joke and say that…Lyme Disease4 min read
Feb 27, 2021Year 2It’s so crazy to think that in just a few short weeks it will be an entire year since we began our first COVID-19 quarantine. I thought the last four years were hell — Trump was elected in November of 2016 and as I previously wrote, I truly believe that…Wellness8 min read
Feb 1, 2021OMGWhat a year it’s been! It’s like groundhog’s day pretty much every day. Well it was until last Monday when we got to reopen. For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been an esthetician for 26 years and have owned my own business for 24 years. I’ve been in…Lyme Disease6 min read
Nov 3, 2020Shit’s Getting Real…Tomorrow is election day. What does this have to do with Lyme and my medical journey through hell the past going on four years? A lot actually. Prior to when I was diagnosed the middle of February 2017, I truly thought I was healthy. Yes I had weird things like…Lyme Disease8 min read
Aug 29, 2020The Beginning…The Beginning… How did I get here? I told you when I first began this blog just over two years ago that I’d be jumping around so forgive me if some of this is redundant. In retrospect I’ve been symptomatic most of my life. I had insomnia for the longest…Lyme Disease13 min read
Apr 30, 2020And the band played on…I don’t even know where to begin. For once in my adut life I’m truly speechless. I had taken some time off from writing as 1) I had a huge brain hit in January after some huge family stress hits, then as soon as I started getting better and got…Wellness2 min read
Oct 20, 2019Recovery Is Lonely…Three years ago I was living life. I thought I was healthy. Yes I was spending more and more time in bed after work and on my days off but I was also going through hell with my oldest, I had just gotten my life insurance license over the summer…Health6 min read
Sep 22, 2019It’s been a while…It’s almost three years since my immune system crashed and Lyme Disease took over my body and in many ways my life. It’s taken me nearly this long to understand that I’ll be dealing with this the rest of my life. …Health7 min read
Jun 2, 2019Lyme & CodependencyWhere do I even begin with this one? First a quick update. I continue to battle both Lyme and mold disease. My latest diagnoses? Some lovely disease called MARCoNS which is basically antibiotic resistant MRSA in my nose and sinus cavity — it’s probably been a breeding ground for years…Lyme Disease9 min read