How to recover from Lyme disease in one day: preliminary thoughts

OK.....maybe communicate with the spirochetes..... Trying to convince them that we can coexist
peacefully instead to be a war like Israel and Palestine.

Tabular14 said...
Stop thinking about it. Pretend all your symptoms are something else. Make a joke out of it. Continue to take healthy steps towards recovery, but learn to enjoy just going through the motions and letting go of the outcome. Practice zen for the sake of zen.

Keep your spirit tied to something else. Don't identify with the disease. **** Lyme disease. **** all these infections. Be angry: it's your right. You're a human being with a life, not an illness.

Make sure to fill every day with more love and humor than anger.

Instead of explaining IgG antibodies to the few friends you have left, talk about good things in life. Or funny things. Or weird things. Just don't get caught in a negative loop talking about your struggles. No one can even come close to understanding what it's like. Your silence on the matter says more about your strength and the depth of your struggles than a thousand words.

Wait, we're supposed to recover doing that? That's the way I lived my live for the last 30 years, except for this recent relapse. I had no proof until last year I had any kind of tick disease. I believed all the Drs. (Lose 40 lbs you'll be fine....there's nothing wrong with you, it's all in your head, you're fine. You have Fibromyalgia which isn't really a disease, get some sleep, exercise, you'll be fine). So I made every attempt to live my live as if I was fine and darn near killed myself doing it.

I only have 2 people in my life. My grown daughter and a male friend that has ended up helping me at home every day. My daughter is infected too, but had been convinced she has Fibro by her Drs. We talk to each other for the same kind of support you and I get here. My friend has to know so he knows what he needs to do to help me.

I understand what you're saying, but not everyone lives like you described. I've been around too many people that did, and I don't want to elicit the yawn factor out of anyone if I can help it.

Tabooli..funny post ..nice atttude.,welcome
july i dont think ,tabs was diminishing the struggle but how to make fun.at such a serious bs poliytcal thing..

my gf says shift you focus .but ally h book was like say im battling lyme instead of im sick with lyme..we knowbi coulda been stephrn hawking it twitching in corner.but we laugh very un pc .call them parakeet pirrahas instead of spirochetes .she implemented bloop therapy ala archer, when i am about to cry from herx or frustration in something that i used to do like shop ,change tire etc.turn without dizzyness ladalada .next to rocrphin and bvt it is the single most effective therapy.i wanna be a miracle...i want to helprothers .i was even thinking bout screen name ..im a blues player and have lyme but was thinking it would be cheap and temporary like kmart blue light specisl .like the midnight special shining her everloving light ..not so but mukuna .acceptance ,zanax ,treatment has helped. say it is the will of creator i suffer for her his glory.read why the lamb weeps from a quadrapeligic pov

When I wasn't feeling good, I'd call Mom. She had a way of taking something hard to get through and somehow have me laughing about it. Then we would get on a roll and things would get pretty silly. Always felt better after chatting with Mom.

Same with my Doctor, he gave me his personal text number. When I was in the hospital with a ruptured appendix and then C-diff, he would text the funniest things! He had me laughing so hard once, my stitches hurt.

Between Mom and my Doctor, the week in the hospital breezed by. Both knew what was exactly going on, but neither took pity on me. They kept me upbeat with a smile on my face.

That's how I try get through the rough times now. Two mantras keep me going...

Think happy thoughts and you can fly - Tinkerbell

Laughter is the best medicine - My Doctor

happyjo said...
Applying zen when you are hit with the flu or an infected tooth ache (the body over) is not exactly realistic. Folks come here to vent, as others outside of this arena do not understand.

But if you are saying that even during times of extreme body torture, to still take time to smell the flowers, then of course!

I'd add: "The unexamined life is not worth living."

Couldn't have worded it any better. Thanks Happyjo.