Well, I've done it again
...been AWOL for a while that is. I'm still struggling with Lyme disease. Both the disease itself and trying to get my doctor to grasp that just because I keep testing negative, does not mean that I don't have Lyme disease. Fortunately, on my last blood test, an additional Lyme band showed up, so that's something and my doc has finally decided that I should take a month of Doxycycline. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is now recommending that doctors go less by test results and more by symptoms in trying to diagnose people, because false negatives (and positives) are so common.
So: evidently, I have late-stage Lyme, which has by now wrecked my left knee completely. Oh well, it was going to need a replacement anyway. But the complete exhaustion was/is the worst part, I think. At least, after a few days of Doxy, that has lessened. But I have now lost almost a year and a half of my life to this. Grrrr.
That, plus the death of Evan, which I did write about, has kind of knocked the props out from under me. I have been knitting a lot - that was about the only activity I could do - and I'm still plugging along sporadically on the current story, but I decided to skip Holmistice this year; I just couldn't face coming up with something else creative and no-one was going to ask for a story about - well, that would be telling. .
I missed an important anniversary last month, which I am going to post about, but I think I'll leave that for tomorrow. To coin a phrase, I'll be back.
How are all of you?
So: evidently, I have late-stage Lyme, which has by now wrecked my left knee completely. Oh well, it was going to need a replacement anyway. But the complete exhaustion was/is the worst part, I think. At least, after a few days of Doxy, that has lessened. But I have now lost almost a year and a half of my life to this. Grrrr.
That, plus the death of Evan, which I did write about, has kind of knocked the props out from under me. I have been knitting a lot - that was about the only activity I could do - and I'm still plugging along sporadically on the current story, but I decided to skip Holmistice this year; I just couldn't face coming up with something else creative and no-one was going to ask for a story about - well, that would be telling. .
I missed an important anniversary last month, which I am going to post about, but I think I'll leave that for tomorrow. To coin a phrase, I'll be back.
How are all of you?