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  Date / Time: 11/10/2009 2:56 AM UTC

  What having Lyme Disease has taught me

  1. A relationship with God means walking with him along the same path, not walking towards or away. Psalm 23
  
  2. I am complete the way I am right now today. Mess and all. Nothing needs to be added or taken away. No altering needs to be done.
  
  3. Lyme is my teacher and not my enemy. It teaches me the depth of pain that others go through. Compassion, empathy, sympathy. It motivates me to help others. To yell loudly for those who can't.
  
  4. My purpose in life is beyond sickness, roles, what others say, Its to help others with what I've been given.
  
  5. Acceptance of Lyme doesn't not mean I love it.  It just means I understand its a part of my life and not ALL of it. It does mean I will cry, scream, yell, get angry, depressed but I will work through this by being open, honest and real.
  
  6. My son will be a more compassionate person because of my Lyme. It will not hurt him as long as I don't let it take me over.
  
  7. I have a life and Lyme is a part of it and not all of it.
  
  8. There will always be people who understand and help me through my illness and those who just don't have the ability to do so. I have to accept that.
  
  9. There is no magic pill. Only layers that can be peeled off over time through hard work.
  
  10. Taking pills, seeds, muscular shots, heat packs, hot baths, are need to keep me healthy and everyone needs some type of health regimine whether they are sick or not to be healthy and keep it that way. Its all about self discipline and self control. Everyone has to learn this lesson even me. But I'm not alone.
  
  11. Humility is the key to every situation I find myself in. Anger gets me nowhere.
  
  12. I have good days and bad days. I am grateful for the good ones and I try to accept the help offered on the bad ones.
  
  13. I had to get sick to value my health.
  • Tags:
  • experience
  • Lyme
  • Disease
  • learn
  • mature
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• Date / Time: 11/10/2009 2:51 AM UTC

  When will you see me? A poem about the impact of Lyme on me.

   When Will You See Me?
  

  
  
  
  Will you see me when I enter a store and I am unable to navigate the aisles because they keep moving back and forth,
  
  Will you see me when you stare at the rash on my face and keep asking "how are you feeling" "you poor thing",
  
  Will you see me when I tell you I feel like giving up and talk about the end of my world,
  
  Will you see me when I am struggling to clean my house and my hands are shaking and my legs are locking,
  
  Will you see me when I am forgetting my fleeting thoughts, slurring my speech, and using the wrong tense verbs,
  
  Will you see me when my eye is twitching, my lips in numb and stuck in place, and my legs kick the dashboard of the car for no reason,
  
  Will you see me when I take my drugs eight times a day and ask am I drinking the recommended amount of water,
  
  Will you see me when I say I want more kids the doctors keep telling me I need to wait until I am better,
  
  Will you see me when I am alone in the dark crying and wishing I could be completely normal again,
  
  Will you see me when I roll up my pant leg and stab myself once again with a needle and give myself an intermuscular injection of B12 and then put the needle in my personal sharps container,
  
  Will you see the pain in my eyes, hear the heart ache of my soul, and understand my loss and disappointment,
  
  I was just wondering when will you see me, not Lyme, depression, anger, loss, sickness, rashes, weakness, fatigue, vertigo, tinnitus, depletion, memory loss,
  
  When will you see the real me, the one inside the broken down body
  
  The person who wants to be normal, dance, sing, run, play, jump, eat anything, sleeps deeply,
  
  When will you see me?
  
  I know we all have times that we want people to see the true depth of our struggles. Sometimes we just want to be seen and heard and not fixed. This poem is a way for me to let out all the dark stuff that I carry around at times and let it go.
  
  by Angbet
  For more poems and stories go to my blog: 
  http://overcominglyme.blogspot.com/
  
  • Tags:
  • lyme
  • disease
  • poem
  • loss
  • impact
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• Original Air Date: 11/7/2009 6:00 PM UTC

  First Episode with Special Guest

  First Episode with special guest Connie Strasheim, author of the book, "Insights Into Lyme Disease". It is a comprehensive resource, written from the perspective of thirteen Lyme disease experts, including eight Lyme-literate medical doctors (MD’s), two naturopathic doctors (ND’s), a “heilpraktiker” (or healing practitioner, as the German title translates into English) and one chiropractor and nutritionist. The training and education of the experts encompasses a broad range of disciplines, but most use a combination of allopathic, naturopathic, complementary and alternative medicine in their practices. Whatever their background, however, all are experienced in treating chronic Lyme disease. The book includes each practitioner’s anti-microbial and detoxification protocols, as well as their recommended supportive treatments for the body. It also provides their perspectives on the challenges and roadblocks to healing. This is a direst quote from Connie's Blog.
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  • Tags:
  • lyme disease
  • treatment
  • patients
  • doctors
  • protocols
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