Yearly Archives: 2015

awake-in-the-middle-of-the-night — What are you doing in the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Lyme Warrior)? Oh, the middle of the night, the middle of the night. Curse the pain, worry, fear and loneliness in the middle of the night. Among the varied and scary symptoms with the onset of my Lyme, […]

What are you doing in the Wee Small Hours of ...

23 Oct, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

motorcycle-rider-accident — I don’t want to get into the nuts and bolts of the helmet argument here, but let’s just say that I believe that it increases your opportunity for survival. It ups the chances of success if something happens. Its an extra insurance clause that give you more cushion – its […]

Are you Wearing a Helmet (after Lyme)?

22 Oct, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

cure_lyme_disease_distressed_cube_mug-r07cdce10910841c6afa590da3f1bb3f4_x7jg5_8byvr_324 — This remains the question of the century for one fighting Lyme disease. A question I get asked all the time by other Lyme warriors and family and friends. So, I will get out my culmination of knowledge and information from my doctors and research and put it together for you […]

Can I Ever Be Cured of Lyme Disease?

20 Oct, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

War Room — Since the diagnosis and my battle with Lyme disease began, everything I look at and perceive in the world around me is seen through a new lens. So, it was with a movie this past week. My husband and I on a long overdue date night, went to see War […]

Are We At WAR?

19 Oct, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

Eternal question: is the glass half-full or half-empty? — All of a sudden you are reacting to foods or external allergens more sensitively than you ever have. You used to be able to eat eggs, you used to be able to eat broccoli, you used to be able to pet the cat, why can’t you now? Imagine that all […]

How full is your cup?

8 Oct, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

walking-cane_000004481134medium — I’ve compared Lyme disease many times to getting in a huge car wreck. You can recover, but your physical body will never be the same again. I don’t know where you are in your journey and fight with Lyme, but we are 4 years past ground zero. We are out […]

Has Lyme left you with a “limp”?

24 Sep, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

healthy-eating-photo — I cheat on my diet, I admit it, but four years ago I never thought it possible. Four years ago in the height of my chronic Lyme disease battle for my life, I couldn’t even eat fresh eggs from the chickens in our backyard. My body would only tolerate organic […]

Things I Will Never Eat AGAIN

1 Sep, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

CCSVI – Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency is a condition that in the last four years has been discovered to be associated with Multiple Schelorisis (MS) by Dr. Paulo Zamboni in 2008 after 10 years of research. It is so new; they are not sure what causes it and how to […]

Understanding CCSVI – Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insuffciency

28 Aug, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

This is an excerpt from my book Surviving Lyme: I would find the best, most qualified Lyme doctor using natural treatments I can find. I would then find a local doctor of natural bent that could support this long distance treatment and that I could use for quick short term checkups. […]

What kind of Lyme doctor am I looking for?

27 Aug, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

EndangeredSpecies — I like my kids. I like hanging out with my kids. I like the wildly funny with no point stories they tell. I like things they like. I miss them when they are gone. I admit that I dread school starting because it is toooo quiet in the house. But […]

Are you becoming an Endangered Species?

21 Aug, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis