Life with Lyme Series: Brandi — ‘Mission to Remission‘
In this edition of Life with Lyme Series, our featured guest is Brandi — Mission to Remission. Brandi bravely shares a glimpse into her personal struggles of living with Chronic Lyme and tick-borne diseases; a familiar journey that too many…
Life with Lyme Series: Carol — Plans Change
Welcome to the first installment of a new series to the blog: Life with Lyme, featuring guest posts written by friends and fellow Lyme disease fighters + survivors — sharing snapshots from within their world — living with Lyme and…
Lyme Disease — Patient Plead with a Side of Rant
Experiencing various levels of Lyme late one night, I shared segments of the following reflections with Twitterland. Thoughts and feelings simply needing to be released. Emotions completely relatable to many. Too many. Lyme Disease Plead with a Side of Rant…
Treatment Conundrum: Finding Balance When Living with Late-Stage Lyme and Chronic Disease
To Treat or Not to Treat? That is the Question. One of Many. If Treatment, What Modality? How Long to Treat? What if You’re Not Getting Better…??? For patients fighting long-term illness, questions and concerns regarding treatment(s) may always be…
Illness and Healing — Finding Joy in the Journey
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. —Archimedes Short, straight distances between points A and B rarely apply to daily life. Well, except for math. And architecture. Oh, and infrastructure. Art. Sports. Nature… Okay, so straight lines,…
Healing 2.0 – Peptides. Exosomes. And Hope.
What a journey — this gig of trying to regain one’s health. Pesky layers of illness. Layers and layers. Debilitating. Life-altering. Complicated. Frustrating. And at times, stratospherically overwhelming. That’s a lot of overwhelmingness! Totally been cramping my “sassy” style. Here’s…
18 Months Post Stem Cells – The Here and Now of My Healing Journey
18 Months Post SVF Stem Cells Wow! Time sure flies when you’re having fun. Wait. What? Oh, I see what I did. Silly me. I typed the phrase we’re all familiar with. Muscle memory inside this noggin of mine must…
Ten Months Post Stem Cells – A Snapshot Into My Lyme Disease Healing Journey
Time has a tendency to pass more quickly than you realize, especially when your days and nights meld together. It’s been several months since my last update, not for lack of intent. I’ve started a handful of posts, but missed…
Stem Cells – Week 10 – My Lyme Disease Healing Journey
STEM CELLS UPDATE: 10 WEEKS DOWN! Ten weeks! Wow! I am a little uncertain how I feel about this stemmiversary. There are times when it seems as though the past few months have flown by, then moments when I…
Post Stem Cell Therapy – Week Six – My Healing Journey
Post SVF Stem Cells – Six Week Update: Since my last Blathering, I have experienced a combination of up and down days. I’m elated to share, my down days have been nothing comparable to pre-stem cell therapy. What a blessing…
