Blech. Just woke up from a nap with an asthma attack, and my sinuses and ear hurt. Why can't my respiratory system just work the way it's supposed to?

it takes a while for the crash to happen, like my subconscious stays on alert for a month or two afterwards, just in case more trauma happens. THEN I hit the wall.

Ahahahaha. Yes, I am very familiar with this sort of pattern.

Whooo, I had a (not-really-a-surprise) SA, meara, and Plei visit! And they brought me Candy Cane Jo-Jos!

(Pete, after they had left: "Do you want me to take the rest of those to D&D tomorrow?"

Me, clutching the box to my bosom: "Nooooo! I am putting them in the freezer. They are MY JO-JOS.")

My goodness, Jilli! What a testament to your strength of will that you have been able to function at ALL with both E-B AND Lyme. Gracious. That would put lesser mortals down.

I'm going to give the fungi perfecti preparation a try and can highly recommend Wellness Formula by Source Naturals. It is the one supplement my local health food store runs out of. It really helped me last winter and given that I'm now, post-pneumonia, I'll be looking to it for support this year!

What a testament to your strength of will that you have been able to function at ALL with both E-B AND Lyme. Gracious. That would put lesser mortals down.

I just assumed that everyone else always felt run down, borderline exhausted, and creaky, so there was no point fussing about it. (When I told my doctor that, she honest-to-God facepalmed.)

I just assumed that everyone else always felt run down, borderline exhausted, and creaky, so there was no point fussing about it.

I've certainly done this with other things in my life. When you think about it, unless you had a reason to question your assumptions, why would you?

That is what is amazing about any world (or internal) view, once you get an appreciation of alternatives, it can blow your mind. You mean I don't HAVE to be tired/miserable/etc. all the time? Whoddathunkit!?

Have you read What Dreams May Come? One of the things that sticks with me most about Hell was the idea that all this stuff is awful or non-functional and the person whose Hell it is just accepts it as the way things are.

Jilli, I'm just going to put this out there and then step away from the conversation - I think you need a second opinion.

This NEJM article sums it up pretty well: [link]

I agree with Jessica. My cousin (slayer) and I knew someone who died from Lyme disease. We're pretty familiar with the disease and what you've described doesn't sound like what Vern went through with the disease (he was military reserves and caught it from a tick when he was in Colorado, iirc).

Thanks for the article, Jessica--I've read several things similar, but didn't have a great link.

I am always tired and creaky! But I think it has to do with not sleeping well. Though apparently my mom has fibromyalgia (in addition to both parents having sleep apnea), who knew? I should get them to write down a medical history...but it's already a pain to fill out at the doctor!