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Posted 10/25/2010 10:10 PM (GMT 0)
AAAACK!!!

I know there are a couple of posts out there that had a question or two aimed at me smhair & now I can't find them!!! rolleyes

Please accept my most heart-felt apologies, I promise I am not picking & choosing which questions I answer!!!

Just having a major brain f@rt!!!! UGH! (We need to have a little guy who is slapping his forehead to put here!!)
Posted 10/25/2010 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
Ha if that's all u do, its nothin, I could tell some real embarassments, AHHH
Posted 10/26/2010 4:40 AM (GMT 0)
Trav...Am enjoying your posts and am so glad you're feeling better. I know you've posted this, but during your lyme journey, have you done any abx traditional treatment at all? I'm still trying to decide what might be best...but first, I have to figure out what I'm treating. So far I've figured out lyme, bart, EBV, and mercury toxicity. Then there is the fallout: hypothyroidism, adrenal fatigue (maybe exhaustion by now), probably pituitary problems, progesterone problems. If I can get all that addressed, I should have a sick sense of humor that matches yours...
Posted 10/26/2010 2:44 PM (GMT 0)
Ohhhh, Roses!!!
It's not that it's the only thing I have done, it's the only thing that I'll admit to right now!!! devil Giggle!!
I could actually embarrass not only myself, but a lot of others if I wasn't careful!!!! (snicker, snicker!!) tongue



Mamyou,
Thank you!! I am feeling better!!! As most everyone here knows, I've been ill for a while (but only really struggling with my health for the last ten years, though) - and it's been quite an experience!!! I truly felt like I was going to be 'stuck' being just ill enough to be a royal pain - no quality to my life. Using Kefir, dry skin brushing/detoxing, Acupuncture, Western herbs, Traditional & Modern Chinese Herbs have worked very well for me so far!!!

As far as 'traditional abx treatment' goes, I did 12 full months of Minocycline in 2007 under the watch of my one & only LLMD - Dr. Masters (RIP) - and boy!!! was that rough!

Are you doing anything for the adrenal fatigue?

I would absolutely love to have someone else to cut up with!!! turn yeah turn
My sick/dark sense of humor has sure gotten me through a whole big bunch of stuff!!!
Posted 10/26/2010 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
" I know there are a couple of posts out there that had a question or two aimed at me & now I can't find them!!! "

I run into this all the time, Trav; not only ?s for me, but ?s I asked someone else, and then I can't find that thread! Don't feel so guilty about it, there is a lot of room for forgiveness when it comes to lyme brains! LOL
Posted 10/26/2010 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Simela!!!
Most of the time if I ask a question on here & 'lose' it - it's because I've forgotten that I even asked a question!!! ;)
Posted 10/26/2010 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Me too, Trav, it happens all the time! I used to rely on my brain for EVERYTHING and I NEVER FORGOT anything--husband hated that LOL I used to bring up something that he did behind my back years ago--he always gets cought when he tries to hide something... He used to be amazed that I remembered everything to the last detail--even how the weather was outside etc, but not lately! I have to write everything down or I'd forget
Posted 10/26/2010 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
Oh man!! It's been years since I could remember details like that - current hubby hasn't ever experienced that with me.

I was doing okay with writing things down, until I started loosing the notes!!! Of course if I lost the note then I wouldn't have a clue as to what it was that I was trying to remember - so I would have a note telling me I had a note!!! WOW!! that really got confusing!!!
Posted 10/26/2010 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
I have a reputation for having a trail of Post-It notes following me all over the house...because my memory is only as good as the Post-It note it's written on...and if I lose the Post-It note, well, then I have no chance of remembering whatever was on that note. In fact, I use so many Post-It notes that I buy the huge pacakges of them at Costco... So Trav, you're in good company right here with the forgetting stuff and all that...

Take care,
Posted 10/27/2010 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Trav:
I have a notebook, now. My husband and I are both Statisticians, we went to the same school. He used to ask me ?s once in a while and although he has a lot more experience, I was able to help a lot of times. Now, I just blank out, I know I have a dumb look, I feel my face taking a scared look when he asks or tells me something that is work related, because I feel I won't be able to understand, and I don't. It is not an irrational fear, it is something that is going with my brain and I can't put together the pieces of info I am given. Of course, it is not something simple he is asking, otherwise he could figure it out himself.

I am so frustrated, that I block out even more, and that alone prevents me from following what he is saying. OTOH, I say things to him that I have to repeat over and over, because he is not paying attention. His job is very stressful, so maybe he leaves his brain at work LOL I used to watch TV, do my homework, and talk on the phone etc in the same time! Now I can't even follow a movie or talk on the phone without spacing out!
Posted 10/27/2010 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Simela,
I'm sorry to hear about the brain issues - I had to go through that for years -ICK! I'm only just now having more good brain days that bad brain days.

I still can have days like that - like yesterday & today!!! I thought last nights' dinner went well - until tonight, when I opened the oven to put a dish in there - - - - - I found the garlic bread I was going to serve hubby last nite - - - - completely burned! And I was thinking I was having a good brain day!!! (little guy slapping his head goes here!!)
Posted 10/28/2010 12:54 AM (GMT 0)
Traveler, ha ha, how unfortunate! Too bad you had to find that garlic bread!

Rose
Posted 10/28/2010 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Trav: Multitasking used to be a piece of cake for me, but now, even on my best days, I am having huge problems with cooking. Eg. I start the meat in the broiler (simple enough) and forget to start the rice, which takes about the same time. Burning yes, done that too.

Also, I forget to turn the stove on, and half an hour later, i wonder why the water is still not boiling! As it has been only 2 mo for me into treatement, I am having a lot of patience, and I am amuzing myself bec. I know who I was, and waiting for that person to come back!

Nevertheless, I am humble and I feel very fortunate that I can function (it is not easy, it is very hard, but I am able to) and feel so bad for those that are bedridden that I just pray I will AT LEAST stay at this level and not continue to go down.
Posted 10/28/2010 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
Glad you got a giggle out of that Rose!! Although today is the 3rd day in a row & I'm beginning to think enough is enough -- again!!

I do have to admit I kind of did this to myself this time, as I messed up & completely forgot to do my detox baths the last couple of weeks. shakehead I know that probably everyone who reads this will say to themselves "How do you forget to do detox baths for that long???"

Well, I only do my detox baths a couple of times a week, and we have been having a couple of busy weeks with the docs (mainly with hubby's docs), so I would be distracted & just didn't think of them. Yep, I know, I'm a Lymie brained goof!!

Anyway, I took a nice detox bath on Tues.....and paid for it yesterday.....and today. eyes Everything is swollen, even my eyes & it feels like I have an ice cube situated dead-centered in my brain. confused It's kinda a weird sensation. even my eyesight is being affected today. Brilliant of me.

I just got out of another detox bath - this one only lasted for 10 min. though - & I am feeling not quite so much like an over-filled balloon now. shakehead


Simela,
Ohhhh man!!! If you & I were ever together trying to cook a meal we would be in real trouble!!! shocked I feel like I have done a good job if I remember to turn off all the burners & the oven!!!

Of course I wish that you don't get "any worse" either. I have been bed-ridden - now that was scary to me, although not as scary as having seizures, but I think having heart issues would scare me the most.
Posted 10/28/2010 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
The cognitive sxs are the worst. I finally gave up and announced I could no longer work when I realized I had aphasia symptoms (language input/output problems): for my reports I knew conceptually what i wanted to say, but for the life of me I could not translate these internal concepts to written words.
I dont even have common logic capabilities. I finally realized I need to carry a calendar to keep track of...life. But I couldn't find one that would fit in my purse, so I gave up. It took me a week to recognize the utterly absurd lack of logic of this - suddenly having the brilliant "insight" that I simply needed to get a bigger purse!
Unfortunately I have always been rather forgetful, disorganized and with poor memory. So my husband is not very understanding about my daily "oops"es, thinking I'm just not being responsible and mindful.
My comfort comes from the fact that these symptoms wax and wane...meaning most of my brain is still there, just it gets overrun with toxins and swelling; when that subsides, hopefully I can regain most capabilities.
Posted 10/28/2010 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
Seekingbalance,
I am sorry to hear that your hubby doesn't get it. Unfortunately there are a lot of spouses who don't get it. I do have to agree that for me the cognitive sxs are harder for me to live with.

The good new is I believe you to be right, when our bodies are overrun with toxins, we have a lot more or a lot stronger symptoms. I know for me, when I am doing my dry skin brushing, detox baths, drinking plenty of water & such, my symptoms are a lot less.
Posted 11/2/2010 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
I will take up for Trav forgetting to detox here although My reasons for not detoxing were two-fold. A couple or three weeks ago I wasn't detoxing because I was back into a pretty good depression. Then I guess I FORGOT because I hadn't done them for a period of time (I really do miss my mind....). Late last week it struck me...I'M NOT DETOXING.....so I've started back. I can tell a difference.

This leads me to another point. I have been mostly MIA for awhile because I've had a nosedive. LLMD-in-training decided I was doing too well on my Cipro/Amoxicillin combination, so he put me on Doxy/Amoxicillin. Mistake. I lasted a few weeks on the Doxy only to find I had mentally, physically and emotionally deteriorated to a point that was starting to scare me..... Am now back on Cipro/Amoxicillin and have noticed I'm functioning better. Moral of this story: There are herxes and there are reactions. Mine, I'm almost certain, was a reaction. If you aren't doing well on a new abx, then tell your LLMD. Apparently one of the things my LLMD-in-training learned at the New Jersey Conference recently was "If a patient tells you something isn't working, then it probably isn't".... We're sick enough without subjecting ourselves to abx that isn't doing its job.

Rose - If you read this....Did you ever get your FIR sauna?????
Posted 11/2/2010 1:02 PM (GMT 0)
Mamyou,
I am sooo sorry to hear what happened!!! I was beginning to wonder about where you had gotten off to!!! I was a little concerned that you may have taken your brain out to play & forgot to put it back!! **wink, wink** Giggle!! Actually, I prefer to think that our Lymie brains are hanging out somewhere, most likely together... hiding from us!!! I'm pretty sure I haven't lost my mind, but it sure doesn't want to make itself known some days!! Giggle!!

So glad to hear that you have been able to re-start your detoxing!! One of the most frustrating things for me is that the worse I feel, the less I can remember what to do to help make myself feel better. If it's someone else, I can usually remember several different things that could help!!

Happy to have you back again, Mamyou!!
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