Lyme Life Monday -After Christmas

I know very few people who have truly relaxing Christmas traditions. Most are a flurry of activity. Parties, pastries, and plenty of ‘off diet’ foods. We splurge at Christmas time. The holidays are very often self indulgent. Sure there are gifts and the giving is...

Lyme Life – Learning to Live

Lyme has taught me much about life. Long before I had a diagnosis, there were lessons about how to manage life with a body that doesn’t cooperate. I guess they are some pretty universal truths. So, I’ll share a few with you. I think a...

Lyme Life – Assault

Most everyone gets colds every once in a while. When I get colds, it hits me a bit differently than the people around me. When my children were little and they got a cold, I would get really, down-for-the-count sick. I never understood it. All...

The Lyme Life -Losing my Vision

Some people are sure to get tired of me talking or writing about the Lyme life. It is amazing though, how specific symptoms associated with Lyme are actually just a concentrated example of issues that happen in anyone’s life. My vision has been failing for...

My Puppy has Lyme

She and I were diagnosed around the same time. Her little heart is taxed, her hair has fallen out in patches, she has had obvious pain. The dogs sleep in the basement, their comfy spots are interchangeable; in various states of cushion. When I have...

How to deal with Loss & Pain of Lyme Disease

Loss and pain comes in many ways. It could be a car crash, or a sudden illness, or a fire, or a bad investment. It could be a court case or a job loss. It could be a relationship that breaks up. It could be...

Are You an Armchair Activist?

My husband entered the living room and asked what I was doing. “Armchair activism!” I said. I’d just responded to a post that said we should not call women “hard cases” because abortion should be freely available for anyone and everyone, and not only those who...

Coming Out of the Deep Dark Pit

I’m a fake sometimes. I lie often. Most days, I just want to go to sleep and never wake up. I stopped writing about the deep pit of #Lyme Life, but I’m still struggling. When people ask me how I’m doing, I dodge the question...

I Talk Too Much

Not all the time, but sometimes, I definitely talk too much. It could be in meetings or when I do lessons, I forget the importance of conversation. It’s not that I don’t care what others have to say, I just get distracted. I might jump...

When the World is Upside-Down

If you are anything  like me, you spend time on social media. That’s when it seems most that the world is upside-down. I care deeply for people and have joined numerous groups that evoke strong feelings. From adult survivors of child sexual abuse to human...