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Posted by Green Darkness (Member # 985) on :

Lyme is really getting to me lately.
How can I cope?

Posted by lyme_suz (Member # 7628) on :

Lately, diversion has been a help. (I can easily think and talk lyme day and night.)

I like to read, so I have gotton back into literature. I am reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky.
Chance to go to Russia for a while.

Also, whatever body part or system that is hurting I tell myself and anyone who will listen (my kids, anyway) that for ex. my ankle is killing me and that is because the lyme is being killed off there and it is getting better. Kind of embarrassed writing it out, but it works for me.

Better days are coming,
Susan

Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :

Hi there Green Darkness,

I'm sorry that you're not doing well. Me too.

This is what I do. Since I don't have cable (to far from the road) I rent comedies or anything like 'Lord of the Rings' to not think about my problems for awhile.

It takes me away from the pain and what ever else I'm dealing with for awhile.

I used to go to a 12 step program too and something I heard which helped me was to make a gratitude list.

I try to think of the things I'm grateful for. When I remember those things I realize life could be worse without them.

Believe it or not, one of the things I'm grateful for is my huge black lab, Rocky.

Even though he's clumsy and about knocks me over, he's great company and very sympathetic.

Anyways, hang in there and am sending up prayers for you. [group hug]

Posted by lymeout (Member # 8045) on :

These are great ideas, especially the 12-step meetings and the lab! One of the LLMD's mentioned in a presentation that he recommends Alanon to all chronically ill patients. The 12 steps apply to anyone dealing with problems over which they have limited control and therefore, must look to a higher power. If you are not spiritual person, that higher power can be the fellowship of a group in a similar situation.
And DOGS can bring comfort when no one and nothing else can. When my daughter first got sick, she begged for a black lab puppy. We already had one dog and two cats, but couldn't say no. Then my son brought home an abandoned beagle. We now live in a zoo, but we are never without entertainment or a snuggle buddy for comfort.