What Do You Do or Take To Get You Through The Day?

These are some things I do to get through the day:

Advocare Spark Energy Drink: I've been drinking this for years ever since I worked for a Chiropractor that believes in natural healing. It gets me going for the day.

Emu Oil or Sombra: I use these two for my muscles, inflammed ribs and my stiff neck. I sometimes use the Emu Oil on my painful, stiff fingers. It works great at reducing inflammation.

B-12 Injections- Perferably Methylcobalamin since Lymies sometimes have trouble converting cyanocobalamin and hydroxocobalamin into Methylcobalamin.

Batherapy: I add this to my bath. It relaxes the muscles and temporarily relieves pain.

I also stretch when I can and take supplements that help boost the immune system.

What do you do to get you through the day?

i pray, and i play with my pups to keep my mind off the pain as much as i can.

On a good day, there is more than plenty to do to catch up with stuff from bad days (the few housekeeping things I'm still able to do, paying bills, etc.). On a bad day, I sometimes have to stay in bed most of the day. Watching tv or reading or playing games on my computer helps take my mind off of how lousy I'm feeling. Sometimes I use a heating pad or electric warming blanket to distract me from pain. Participation on this forum also helps because it gets me thinking about other things besides my own stuff. Sometimes listening to music can be helpful also.

My supplement list:
Milk Thistle - for my liver
Acute ViroReliever (homeopathic) - for my immune system
Acidophilus - to prevent yeast overgrowth
IV Iron - for anemia/energy levels

Take care,

Many shots of whiskey, plants that we're not supposed to mention on this site, and 2 packs of cigarettes a day...

OK, I'm just kidding....

I think I've got one little iota of an atom in my brain that still believes I will eventually be cured, that we all will eventually be cured... I think that's all that keeps me going, and my husband.

Wellllll.... since you asked~

I used to do as stutterbug said, then I went Jelaines' method (Tee hee!!)

For me, it's a lot less organized - I do as much as I can any given day - sometimes all I can do is zone out watching tv movies. I've learned that I can read & retain very

little most days - so unless I'm having a really good brain day, I read only what I call 'nonsense books' - doesn't matter what they are about - I'll never remember it anyway!!

All I'm doing right now is detoxing - rough enough for me!!! But each day is very different for me. I do what ever little things I can think of that might help with the worst of my sx at that time - since they now change by the hour most days!!!

Interesting what Thea said about the electric blankets - I've had trouble with electric blankets, heating pads (although I

still use this), microwaves, & most anything else of similar nature. I get t hat jittery feeling - plus a very distinctive buzzing

feeling all over, headaches --not very pleasant! I've noticed over the yrs that very few (actually I don't anyone) have talked

about experiencing these things with a direct connection to being around or using electric items.

Yankee and Phillies games

What do you mean mother natures child?

Nevermind, I know what you mean now, lol.

I am on a quest for inner peace. My mind races and my thoughts are disjointed as I contemplate a future of battling the bugs, so I've got my work cut out for me carving tranquility out of such a mindset. To that end I sprinkle my day with happy vignettes. I'll do a chore with the knowledge that when I have finished I will make a pot of decaf green tea in an antique teapot and drink it from my grandmother's rose-covered teacup, so delicate and translucent that it hardly seems capable of fulfilling its destiny. I'll run an errand knowing that when I return I will light a candle and soak my feet in lavender and epsom salts while reading a favorite book. I will drudge through foothills of paperwork knowing that when I finish I will curl up in a comfy chair and write for awhile, or sketch as the winsome notes of relaxing piano music wend their way into my consciousness. For every necessary hurdle I overcome there is a rejuvenating reward awaiting me. These lavish stolen moments are the diamonds of my day.

Rose

Smiles...

Rose

My days are starting to have some orderliness to them, now that I'm feeling better. I've returned to my part-time job (only 12 hours per week but that's all I was hired for anyway). I can now do some housework. I am back to doing shopping, but only small orders each time. I am setting up sellers' accounts on Amazon and Ebay to sell books and used clothing. That's very time consuming, so it's slow going.

Twice a week, I drive an hour to my LLMD for IV rocephin treatment. The rocephin takes about an hour to go in, so three to four hours are needed for the whole event.

I try to do stretching exercise every day and walk my dog for about a mile or so. I blog and do lyme research on the internet, although the research end is tapering off - my LLMD can do it for me :) Every evening (unless I feel too crappy) I sit in my portable infrared sauna and sweat for detoxing. I talk on the phone with my children often.

At bedtime, hubby, puppy and I settle in and he reads to me for awhile - hubby, that is. That started when my eyes were too bad to read for myself, but we both enjoy it. We've gone through a few books now and have good conversations. We pray and go to sleep.

But the whole day seems to be structured around eating and taking meds/supplements. That is bothersome, since some things must be taken alone, hours after eating, with food, yada, yada. You all know this drill.