*Originally published 3/9/17*
I’ve found the cure for Lyme disease and his name is Braxton Jayce Kelley, also known as my 2 month old nephew. Whenever I’m exhausted or in pain, snuggling my nephew seems to make it all go away!
I started this year off a little bit better than I left 2016. I have been feeling pretty good. I have more energy and I am able to bounce back quicker than in the past. My only complaints are cognitive issues and sleep troubles, but since my Lyme doctor appointment last week, things have been better.
My doctor and I decided it was time to take a break from antibiotics, since it seemed that I had plateaued in the past few weeks. Also, my stomach needs a break as I’ve been losing weight and vomiting from all the medications I was on. While at the appointment, my doctor introduced us to a new protocol called Life Wave. Life Wave consists of these patches that you place at certain points on the body and they affect the body’s energy sources. I have been using the patches since last Monday and I have already seen a huge improvement.
Before the appointment, I had been having a lot of cognitive issues, joint pain, stomach pain, and insomnia. The first night I used the patches I feel asleep before midnight which had not happened in months (I was usually up until 3:30-4:00 a.m.). I also now have more energy during the day- this past weekend I was up at 7:30 to babysit my cousin and made it through the whole day without crashing, which never used to happen. I don’t notice my pain as much since I started using Life Wave, and if I do have pain, I just put a patch on and within minutes it’s gone. This isn’t an ad, I genuinely feel better with this stuff.
I also have been feeling better since I got myself an infrared sauna. After my birthday, I decided to treat myself to my very own infrared sauna. Last fall I started going to a spa with a sauna and I loved it! Part of my issue is that I have a gene mutation that makes it hard for me to detox, so when the spirochetes die, they have no way of leaving my body. Well, the sauna changes that. I crank the heat up, put on some music and sweat. As I’m sweating out the toxins I start to feel better. I feel a wave of energy come over me and usually that energy and good feeling lasts until the next time. I also have been able to exercise more. Even if I’m not having the best day, I try to exercise because it makes me feel better mentally to know that I’m accomplishing something.
Along with helping me from a physical standpoint, the patches and sauna have been helping my brain function. Right before the semester started I had a minor freak out. I was signed up to take two classes on campus and one online, but i figured out that it would have been too much work for me to handle, along with nannying Braxton and still not feeling 100%. So I dropped one class and now I’m taking English 102 on campus and Health online and that is plenty of work for me. I get waves of feeling overwhelmed, especially on my bad days, but I’ve been powering through it. I just finished my midterms and I have A’s in both classes, so I am confident I made the right decision in dropping that one class.
In my English class we have a final research paper and I am doing mine on Chronic Lyme Disease. I love having the opportunity to spread awareness, but I’m also learning more about my disease too. While doing research yesterday, I started getting upset reading some articles. These articles were saying exactly what I have been saying for the past five years: that there is not enough knowledge on Lyme, that the testing for Lyme is inaccurate, yet there was one small difference- these articles were written thirty years ago. In the 80’s people knew of these issues yet we are still fighting for them today! How does that happen? How is it thirty years later and people are still getting sick, not getting the right treatment and still being told their disease in not real? This is insane. People are getting sicker and sicker- I feel like every week I see another warrior has passed from this horrible disease.
It blows my mind that the medical world can still turn a blind eye to this atrocity. Lyme Disease Awareness month is a month and a half away and I’m ready to spread awareness and make a difference.
We have a team in the Loudon Lyme walk on May 7th again, and would love to have you join us! So join "Cassidy’s Crew" as we walk for those who suffer and have lost the fight, or please consider donating to this amazing cause. Once again, it is time to #BiteBack!
http://www.active.com/ashburn-va/running/distance-running-races/loudoun-lyme-5k-10k-1k-and-virtual-races-2017
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