Since Lyme-N has cured us all, our lives are pretty normal and, like so many other people that are cured of Lyme, we kind of move on~ we have years of catching up to do.
I continue to improve. I actually feel incredibly good. It's very difficult for me not to compare my current health to my 'pre-Lyme" health- which would be like age 25 and earlier. I am 46 and coming out of years of illness, I guess I was thinking I would just bounce right back to how I was before Lyme. After all, my mom and dad are in excellent health and very active still. I know I would feel amazing if I had never had Lyme, but it left it's mark.
So, I have to compare now to how ill I was, how little I could do and how I wished to die in my sleep every day. My main complaints are more mental/ emotional. I have some mild anxiety/ OCD. I am sure it's PTSD from years of my body terrorizing me. I do still have some joint/ muscle pain. It is worse with low barometric pressure (rain is coming!) However, it's odd.... sometimes I have it really bad and sometimes not at all.
The past several weeks I haven't had any pain, even though it's winter and been rainy. I do take several supplements on and off still, depending on what I think is bothering me. Mostly vitamins, minerals, L-Lysine for my bells palsy/ facial nerve pain. I just started taking L-Glutamine again because I think I had leaky gut from the Acyclovir I was on (anti-viral for shingles. I had a nasty episode of those in September.... Same side of my face that always has pain and swelling.. )
Then I discovered the Acyclovir was causing all my unbearable liver pain that sent me to the ER and my doctor 3 different times over the past year (thank you Google) . It was also causing low potassium which led to severe chest pain, racing heart, palaptations, dangerously high blood pressure (something I have NEVER had!)... all the symptoms of a heart attack when I have no family history or personal history of heart issues.... I went in and got an EKG I was so scared. I didn't know at the time I had low potassium. In the end, I stopped taking the Acyclovir, and replaced it with L-Lysine for my nerve pain in my face, took potassium supplement RX, and I'm better. If I have a bout of Shingles, I'll have to take the Acyclovir, but it will only be for a short time. I'm taking liver detox pills now to help clear out all that crap.
I have decided to start exercising/ working out some. I have always hated that, but I want to look good, so.... there's no shortcut for me right now.
My sons and husband continue to enjoy great health. Hunter took over my dad's business and is running it on his own~ he's doing an excellent job and loves it. Colby worked as a welder for 7 months just out of high school building log truck trailers and just got hired on at the mill. It's an excellent job, pays well and he is going to begin a career path to become a millwright. So, I am thankful every day for the incredible future that we might never have known if not for Lyme-N. ~Thankful! Happy 2020!