That’s all I could come up with today:) Well…happy Valentine’s Day you lovely people! Big plans? Small ones? Whose gotten into trouble by forgetting your loved one? Better make it up quick or there’ll be trouble I say! Big trouble!
For all you party poopers, if you don’t care to celebrate Valentine’s Day- here I include myself-go and celebrate something else, but do celebrate life and stop being a party pooper. Life is better among friends, laughter, good food and great stories! So go out and at least take a walk, it’s sunny -sort of- and listen to the birds, watch the flower buds spring to life and remember life’s beautiful:)
Like many Lyme warriors, I’ve gained a certain amount of my health. A certain. I want the rest. I want to be COMPLETELY healthy, not semi. I am aging, so I have to keep those aging issues everyone deals with in account, and learn every day to be patient. But I’m getting impatient with this last mile or so of this race. The neurological issues I’m still struggling with, are they from menopause, aging or Neuro Lyme? Or all three? I’d like to believe that I can recover fully but as of now reality still keeps me in a neurological disadvantage; if I walk too long my left leg refuses to lift and I start to stumble over myself, I forget and also remember, my attention span is the length of a gold fish, I’m moody and irritable with boring people, I have high anxiety leaving my house. Odd contrast to my original personality. I can’t look people in the eye while talking without felling strong nausea waves hit my gut followed by high levels of agitation. Another odd contrast to my original personality.
What’s going on? Was I better at hiding or ignoring these details in the past? Or is my mind deteriorating? I think it’s a bit of both.
“While the CDC reported 427,000 new cases in 2017 based on surveillance criteria, actual numbers on clinical diagnosis put that number at well over one million. It is now well accepted that 10 to 20 % of these cases go on to become chronic illness, and these numbers don’t even include those people who become chronically ill without ever witnessing a tick attachment or a bull’s-eye rash. In other words hundreds of thousands of people develop a chronic illness every year with Lyme disease.“-Recovery from Lyme Disease, an Integrative Medicine Guide to Diagnosing and Treating Tick-Borne Illness, by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD
I just got his book from Amazon today and I do hope to find the answers that have evaded me this far. I’m a little confused at times as to certain treatments for chronic Lyme disease and multiple co-infections since due to its complicated essence. I hope this book will reveal the answers I’m looking for. I’ll let you know if it does.
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Nu imi vine sa cred. Nu ne vine sa credem. Durerea e ca ieri de mare. Ne e dor enorm de ea. Dar cand imi aduc aminte ca nu mai are dureri pe acest pamant mi se mai amelioreaza durerea. Stiind ca suferinta ei sa terminat si acuma e cu Domnul, imi aduce mangaiere in suflet dar tot mi-e dor de ea si vreau sa-o vad, sa vorbim, sa dezbatem unele lucruri, sa-i aud glasul, sa-mi dea un sfat, sa radem, sa glumim, sa cantam si multe altele.
Nu sunt singura in aceasta suparare. Fratii, surorile, tata, surorile mamei si fratii ei, prietenele si cei ce au cunoscut-o simt la fel. O vad in vis des, tot timpul imi zambeste, rareori vorbeste, niciodata nu ma lasa sa o ating. Diferite dimensiuni, diferite lumi, asta de aici si cea de dincolo.
O simt pe mama in pasarele care ciripesc in jur, in pasarea colibri care viziteaza curtea noastra zilnic. Vorbesc cu ea cand smulg buruienile in curte, sau fac mancare. Mai ma uit la un video, mai ascult o inregistrare audio.
Pentru toti care v-ati pierdut mamele, inteleg durerea si golul. Dar ii multumesc lui Dumnezeu ca am avut privilegiu sa le avem o perioada de timp in vietile noastre, si sa invatam multe lucruri importante de la ele.
Pentru cei care inca-o aveti in viata pe mama, da-tii telefon daca sunte-ti departe, spune-tii ca o iubiti, ajutati-o si imbarbatati-o, si aduce-tii aminte cat de pretioasa este. Nici o mama nu-i perfecta, precum nici noi nu suntem ca si copii, dar iubirea unei mame e adanca, si de multe ori am vazut iubirea lui Dumnezeu fata de mine mai degraba prin exemplu mamei decat orice orator bun de la amvon.
Pentru cei care trece-ti prin suferinta covidului, precum majoritatea din familia noastra trece acuma-frati si surori- ma rog ca Bunul Dumnezeu sa va intareasca sistemul imun si sa trece-ti cu bine si peste asta.
You’re more curios of why I can’t sleep? The past 2 nights I’ve been waking up at 3am only to stare or read for three hours about all sorts of things and this morning I came across this Glymphatic system. Who knew? In the quietness of the night I seem to remember all sorts of things I’m suppose to or should be doing in my life. So I make mental lists I know for sure I’ll forget in the morning, and when necessary – like right now- I write some things down.
A newly discovered system,-since 2013- “for waste clearance in the central nervous system (CNS) of vertebrates.” according to Wikipedia. A lymphatic system really that does the work of a garbage truck but for the brain and spinal cord. How cool is that!
It seems important and I should really get back to sleep so it can wash my brain clear of any toxins! Good night. Don’t think so.
So I stare and thing how much I miss reading these true stories this lady used to write on WordPress but she’s no longer part of this community. Realizing that half- and I really mean half!- of my brain, more precisely the right hemisphere is tingly again, a sort of soft tingle as if spiders are walking ever so gently and slow over my hair, I no longer panic. Go to sleep Carmen! Did I tell you about my dental work I had done two weeks ago equivalent to a dental surgery? No? That’s because it’s boring. Go to sleep!
I do want a brain toxic wash by this new glymphatic system, but apparently not bad enough to fall asleep, so I stare, read and play games on my iPhone. The fever is gone, at last, but tomorrow it may return. We’ll see. It usually comes in the evening and that means another night half slept. Hopefully free of spider crawling sensations;)
Yesterday, at 3 am, I was looking, spying really, for any night thieves trying to break our car window. Right, I didn’t tell you about that either. That’s because living in Seattle makes this sort of occurrence a norm. That’s why we arm ourselves and have a private chat with these night shoppers. So yep, I was hoping they would stop by so I can show them my new toy I bought for Christmas, just for them! Isn’t that nice of me? But they didn’t come so I went to bed.
Am I fighting something? Who isn’t these days?
5:50 am. I remember seeing 3:13am soon after I woke up this morning. It’s foggy and the boats are honking. I should go to sleep. Right? But the city bus just drove by, most likely empty again, as it usually is, and an involuntary tear rolls down my face most likely from staring at my cellphone as I write this down. I should go to sleep. But it’s almost light outside! I should wake up! Not really. Good night. So I finally fall asleep.
Weird, this article it was so much funnier at 5:30 am. Now it seems boring. Good day!
Perkins Lane, Magnolia, Jan. 8th 2021 For those of you that haven’t seen my previous post, yesterday around 2pm lots of police and ambulance activity close to our house brought my curious self out to see the reason behind such excitement. A mud slide hit a house on Perkins Lane, Magnolia, Seattle, and pushed it off its foundation. It’s not the first, in a massive landslide in ’96 that took out five homes and the road- https://www.urbnlivn.com/2017/10/05/trip-perkins-lane/ A man and a woman are alright, admitted but in good conditions. One of their dog died and the other one is missing. Due to heavy rains, snow and winds the land, already considered dangerous slid and caused another disaster. I’m really sorry for the owner, a bummer way to start this year and we keep them in our prayers. Stay safe and talk to you soon! God Bless:)
It’s 2:40 pm here in Magnolia, Seattle, and about 30-35 minutes ago I began hearing lots of police and ambulance activity from my bedroom, but only when the helicopter arrived- 15-20 minutes into the whole thing- I became curious and took a walk to see the reason. The video I took is from Magnolia Bulevard Road and the house that slid off the foundation can not be seen from up where I was. Perkins Lane where the house is semi-located now, is a wealthy neighborhood of waterfront homes and while out there trying to see what was going on I smelled smoke. Later on, while interviewed by Fox 13 News- I may be on the 4,5 or 10pm news, we’ll see- I could smell natural gas as well. The helicopter who I can still hear from my room, is still hovering over the area and I believe it’s Kiro 7 news. There has been heavy rains the past week and very strong winds last night, plus with the snow we just had for a week may have contributed to this disaster for one family. I’m really sorry they’re going through this and we send our prayers for them.
We’ve made it into the editing step, a tedious process, but Chet has some talents up his sleeve:) Lots of detailed work, thousands of decisions, countless hours starting at the computer, but we are moving along on our documentary “Beating Lyme”. Thank you for your patience:)
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