October 2, 2004

"Well it looks like you have Lyme, after all"

I've been on the internet quite a bit since I got sick seven years ago. It's a good place to do research - especially of you can't leave home. I have a good understanding of many illnesses that I thought I had. I've thought I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for over 3 years. I've kept notes in a war torn journal. Very few complete sentences - short phrases, notes, stars, arrows, medications, ideas, lists, lab results, questions, doctor?s visits and orders.

It has been 4 months, May 20, 2004, since my doctor said, "Well it looks like you have Lyme after all." I don't remember why, but my doctor just got a bug (pun intended) to do a Western Blot test. It came back "very positive". My jaw dropped and I just stared at him. I couldn't take it in for a moment or two. I had to brace myself and leaned on the examining table. Because of this little bug and its bazillion friends taking up residence in my cells I have lost my previously normal life. I have lost my job, my paycheck, my health insurance, my health, my ability to leave the house for more than a few hours, my ability to play with my wonderful tornado of a 3-year-old grandson, my ability to go to a concert or the beach with my husband.

Posted by Laureen on October 2, 2004 1:14 PM