UPDATE: These are NOT bites. I’ve been having a Mast Cell Activation Syndrome flare up. Mast Cells help your body respond to allergic issues by releasing things like histamine - mine are more active than they should be and tend to respond inappropriately. It’s been under control for a while, but lately, I’ve had some…
I’ve grown accustomed to feeling like crud. At the same time, I’m constantly reading that I should only think positive thoughts like “I am getting well”. The body has an amazing ability to heal itself and the mind has an amazing ability to convince the body that it is in fact recovering. But what happens…
Did you know that ADD isn’t an accepted diagnosis in the medical industry? Google it! See what you find. Lots of ADHD sites but little ADD specific info. That’s because they consider ADD to be ADHD with inattention. ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Most doctors look for the hyperactive component. For some people, they…
Working memory disfunction can one of my most frustrating symptoms. I used to be a master of switch tasking - I could have multiple projects going at once and flip back and forth between them as needed. There have been many times when just switching from one app on my phone to another causes me…
One of the questions on some doctors intake forms is “what activities are you unable to do because of your illness?” I always write the big things like kayaking and hiking, That really downplays how sick I am. And while these are things I do miss, they are not the things I miss the most.…
When I was 13, my grandfather had his first stroke, which left him paralyzed on the right side and unable to speak. My father has atrial-fibrillation (a-fib), which causes an irregular and fast heartbeat, along with chest pain. It can also cause strokes and heart failure (both of which he has also had several times…
One of the challenges with Lyme+ and HSP (Highly Sensitive People) can be sensitivity to light, sound, touch, & smell. Touch and smell I can usually avoid (especially at home), but light and sound is more difficult. My daughter is extreme HSP and often has to recluse to her room because the world is just…
Cervical Instability is when the ligaments in the neck are too loose. It literally feels like my neck isn’t strong enough to hold up my head. I went to Florida last summer to get prolotherapy - which is essentially injecting sugar water to force the body to flood the neck with healing cells, helping to…
Every full moon, pain and weakness increase and I feel just awful. Parasites are active during this phase - moving through the body and into the gut. We are going to start a protocol to try and reduce or eliminate parasites. My daughter is extremely sensitive so she is on reduced dosages over 52 days…
It's been nearly a decade since my "crash". I remember thinking I would return to "normal" within a few weeks. Back to work, back to life, back to ME. When weeks and then months came and went, I started thinking something was really wrong. I went to doctor after doctor expecting one of them to…
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