Who's still working?

Im a little over a year into therapy and am starting to take on a few projects (wedding )etc ...have you looked into bvt ? They saved my life i was making out my will last birthday and today am hosting a small party...

I worked all the way through my worst times but had to take days off here and there. Fortunately I have a desk job but do accounting and found that everything took so long for me to do and then I had to go back through and double check my work because of brain fog. I had some really hard times but I'm my only source of income and had no choice. I'm fortunate that I've been at my job for over 10 years so had a lot of time I could use and also had a good track record with not being out a lot. I was up front with my boss from day one and everyone at my office was very understanding of my illness. There were a few times that I had to leave in the middle of the day and have others cover my duties and my staff was great. I've probably had Lyme for about 20 years and didn't know that's what was wrong with me but then contracted Bartonella from a spider bite and that sent me down the hole for several years. It was up and down for a long time but I've evened out a lot and am feeling a lot better. I've started CBD oil and it's helping immensely even though I have a WHOLELOTTA stress in my life right now with family issues. Some days are harder than others. I had times that I literally could not get out of bed and had to fall onto the floor and lay there until I was so grossed out by the carpet (I hate carpet!) that I made my way onto my feet and stumbled into the kitchen for breakfast and supplements.

My life revolved around my treatment, illness, supplements, rest and eating right for years. I lost a lot of friends and had no social life at all because when I was not working, I was resting to go back to work so I could pay for my treatment and supplements.

We all have our own path in this illness and find strength we had no idea we had. No matter how sympathetic friends or family are, they cannot walk the path with you or have any understanding of the daily struggles.

I hope you can find something to do work wise from home and that this will pass for you soon.

Take care,

Jenny

bluelyme said...
Im a little over a year into therapy and am starting to take on a few projects (wedding )etc ...have you looked into bvt ? They saved my life i was making out my will last birthday and today am hosting a small party...

Bluelyme, is today your birthday??

If so, Happy Birthday!

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Kristenbee I had to join the world of the self employed after I was infected. I had always been a highly motivated person and when I was first infected I found that I could control what I did and my days that way, and still get income in. I was fortunate enough at the time to be renting a small home from my Mother, so my overhead wasn't too high. It probably also helped that I was still in my early 30's. Keep in mind I was never treated for Lyme.

I would periodically go into remission for a year or two, and then relapse. 7 years into the infection I managed to open a small retail store. I also picked up a pt time job with it, and then started to relapse again.


That time I got tested for Lyme, but was told it was a false positive.

I've had a series of remissions and relapses-and the times I could work for myself and times I couldn't.

As I've gotten older, and had things done like surgeries, I can't work any more at all, and probably won't again.

I work.

ChickNorris said...
I homeschool my three kids, think that counts. Kindergarten, 3rd and 5th grade. We work with my limitations. Thankfully they are an understanding crew.

Absolutely that counts! 😊

I had to turn down my dream job. Can't travel right now. I would have probably tried to push through it but my son is home for the year with Lyme so don't want to leave him alone anyway.

Girlie said...

bluelyme said...
Im a little over a year into therapy and am starting to take on a few projects (wedding )etc ...have you looked into bvt ? They saved my life i was making out my will last birthday and today am hosting a small party...

blue - projects? Are you a photographer?

thanks july yea 1 year gone to treatment ...i dusted off the ol gear have a wedding to shoot in march and am filming a little documentary also working on a lil software idea ...need $ like astro said as turns out my whole fam is needing treatment ...wish i was yolanda hadids kids

LymePickle said...
I worked through my whole treatment. For the first 3 months though I basically just sat back with my feet up in my office reading about how I can get better.

I want your job.

For the first 18 months of treatment I negotiated a four day work week. This helped me have a day off to get labs done, schedule appointments, and spread out weekend chores over 3 days instead of only 2. It helped a lot. As I showed some improvement I went back to work full time, and the 100% paycheck really helped.

I teach elementary school, but have a milder case than most here.

LymePickle said...
Girlie. - I finally figured out why I'm not getting well.

Leaky gut in combination with mercury toxicity.

I think you should look into it and if might have a major role in why you have stalled treatment.

It is a major issue, in Doctor Horowitz book he stresses how important it is for others to get well and how it's often a major road block in peoples treatments. Also i looked into others and some people got sick with just mercury toxicity amalgams and eating fish. But it stresses the immune system out.

I'm doing a gut renewal program now daily and fixing my gut from all the abx because nobody can get well with a damaged gut as all toxins excreted from the liver just get reabsorbed back into the body. Then I'm gonna do a mercury detox with Dr.Chris Slades method, he has revolutionized detox. If mercury is in the body all the detox enzymes get mucked up with mercury and are rendered useless, in turn the body's ability to detox other compunds becomes severely impaired. This has been an issue for me for some time and before I even got sick with these infections. I was already very tired and somewhat toxic. Then after proper mercury detox the immune system gets exponentially stronger against the microbes. I'm gonna focus on that. Besides his mercury detox system is revolutionary and he found a way to detox mercury without the use of harsh chelators. And a way that I can do at home.

Keep us updated on this, Lymepickle!

Yes, it could be Mercury that is my issue...but I think treating all the three B's is more of a priority for me.
I believe that Dr. J...as well as Dr. H treat the three B's.

I am going to look into focussing on Babs for a few months soon.
See how I feel.

LymePickle - was that Dr. Slade, or Dr. Shade? I was trying to look it up. Do you happen to have a link?