Tag: #disease
You know that feeling when you walk into a room, and you can’t remember why you walked in? Now imagine that feeling, but instead of a room, it’s a doctor’s office, and instead of forgetting why you walked in, you have no idea why… Continue Reading “The Great Medical Mystery: A Tale of Seven Doctors”
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Category: chronic illness, Doctor Visits, Lyme disease SymptomsTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #lymedisease, #LymediseaseAwarenessMonth, #Lymelookslikethis, #readbetweenthelyme, #spoonies, advocacy, chronic illness, cognitive issues neuro lyme, coping, diagnosis, doctor, doctors, EBV, fatigue, fibromyalgia, headache, health, humor, lyme, Lyme disease, Lyme symptoms, Lyme treatment
Overall, I’ve been happily semi- cautious about my health since this past summer. I mean, yes, I’m still chronically ill, but less on the ill side, I think. JIC, since I haven’t mentioned it much, my situation briefly is: a decade ago after 3+… Continue Reading “Creeping In”
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Category: chronic illness, Lyme disease Symptoms, The PresentTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #lymedisease, #Lymelookslikethis, #readbetweenthelyme, acceptance, bacteria, chronic lyme, chronic lyme disease, cognitive issues neuro lyme, cognitive problems, coping, health, lyme, Lyme symptoms, memory loss, neuro lyme, self care, word loss, work, working
Things change
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Category: chronic illness, The PresentTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #readbetweenthelyme, #spoonies, chronic, chronic conditions, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, chronic symptoms, Colorado, coping, health, life
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I’m supposed to be asleep already. With my doctor appointment early tomorrow in downtown Houston, I tried going to bed early this evening. I was actually sleepy about 8:30.….but that time has passed, and I’m not sure why my brain is on. And I… Continue Reading “Sleep eludes me”
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Category: chronic illness, Doctor Visits, TreatmentTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #readbetweenthelyme, chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, doctors, health, Lyme disease, sleep issues
So, today I’m definitely feeling the impact of being back at work full-time. I thought I was doing pretty bada$$ until I woke up this morning (more like tried to!) Yep. But I made it! I’m really trying not to over think and stress… Continue Reading “Taking a breath”
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Category: chronic illness, CopingTags: #chronicillness, #disease, coping, gratitude, health, illness, school, self care, self talk, Teacher, work, worry
I was able to return to work today after a medical leave of 5 weeks. And while I am glad, I’ve been very anxious about it. I guess because I got so worn down and in such a chronic fatigue flare (plus reactivated EBV),… Continue Reading “Back”
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Category: The Present, WorkTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #spoonies, acceptance, anxiety, chronic conditions, chronic disease, chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, coping, EBV, fatigue, gratitude, health, work
I am ANGRY about my illness! Don’t Read This if You Are Grateful for Your Illness Here’s one from the archives. As of today, it’s been 8 years and about 7 months since I officially started this chronic illness journey. I still feel what… Continue Reading “Don’t Read This if You Are Grateful for Your Illness”
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Category: chronic illness, CopingTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #livingwithlyme, chronic disease, chronic fatigue, chronic symptoms, coping, frustration, strength
Posted on September 8, 2021
by Read Between the Lyme
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Why is it still hitting 97 degrees as the high every dang day (heat index like 107) with no end in sight? Oh, right. Texas in September. That is all. More to come about chronic illness and work, but I just can’t mentally be… Continue Reading “Hotter Than H E Double Hockey Sticks”
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I always have these big plans for summer…many I don’t accomplish. This summer, I didn’t make any lists for myself. I had such a tough time with my health and work this past spring semester, I just couldn’t muster even excitement about summer. However,… Continue Reading “Wait, What?”
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Category: The PresentTags: #chronicillness, #chroniclymedisease, #disease, #livingwithlyme, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, fatigue, symptoms, teaching, work, working
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