Update

I haven't posted in a while...BUT....This week I got a call from my LLMD's office...My blood test confirmed Lyme....So glad to have something in black and white....Even though my LLMD was going to treat me even the test was negative.

Aaaaand I got a call Friday that I got a new position that I interviewed for the week before last. Which means I was able to WALK OUT of the toxic environment I have been in for the past year. Yes...I literally walked out.....the minute I received confirmation that I landed a new position. I know it sounds irresponsible, but if you only knew what they put me through!! It was actually the more responsible thing for me to do for the sake of my health and sanity, which is exactly what I told them in my 2 page long resignation letter. lol. It's been a good week for this Lymie, even if I do feel a bit under the weather.

I will start antibiotics on May 9th. I just hope the herxing doesn't interfere with my new job. I will stock up on alka seltzer goald, charcoal...I need to revisit the detox forum I suppose.

Yay, on the positive lyme test. and..congratulations on your new position.

Here's a link to a website with a lot of detoxing suggestions:

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Some that I use:
- Alka Seltzer gold
- Activated Charcoal
- lots of water
- squeeze fresh lemon into some glasses of water
- epsom salt baths
- dry brushing before the baths
- light exercise
- occasionally lymph massages
- Nutramedix Pinella and Burbur
- liver support - Pekana apoHepat

Welcome to the club. I sent an email to my toxic job of 17 years. Didn't know that I was sick then, just knew that I couldn't go back one more time.

Hope your new job is a better fit for you! Detox, detox, detox!

Lovedeeply -

You are on a whole new track in your life. As you know, you're fortunate to have positive test results AND it also sounds like you have a good and insightful LLMD. But leaving that toxic environment was absolutely the first step in healing your body and I guarantee you, no magical treatment would be effective if you were fighting that awful environment every day. What a HUGE accomplishment for you already.

I had resigned from my old firm when a colleague, whose firm had been bought out by my firm (unbeknownst to me), talked me into staying and partnering with her to "fix stuff". Worst mistake I've ever made in my career. Those 5 years I spent in that environment were disastrous and I finally fled. Months after I was gone, those idiots had the balls to ask me to help them fix a few of the shockingly destructive messes they created for themselves (and subsequently blamed me for), which was the last straw for me. I wrote in an email (which I'm sure was "shared") in detail exactly how each of the leadership was ultimately responsible for the chaos that I had spent a lot of time and effort during my tenure warning them about, working my a** off to avoid, and for which I had offered successful solutions for that they rebuffed--over and over... I closed with "you're on your own" and here's my invoice for the time I spent responding to your request (which they actually paid). I never heard from them again.

One could argue it's not wise to burn bridges--no matter the circumstance. Sometimes, there are bridges that one never, ever needs to worry about crossing again. I'm happy to watch them implode from a distance.

Congratulations on your new position! Don't ever look back--a new life is ahead of you!

-p