I cannot believe I have not visited Lymenet for about 4 years !
I felt a little guilty not coming here to see if I could offer help or support but I also needed to take a break from everything lyme if any of you can relate to what I mean by that ?!
It was consuming so much of my life that I felt I needed some perspective & balance & not focus on this darn disease all the time .
I think it helped me though I missed all the regulars here & want to say thank you to everyone who supported me & gave advice & generally made my journey so much easier !
I will try to check in now @ least once a week to keep up with things here.
I am so much better now than I was when first here , thankfully !
I am not completely out of the woods but I can function much better & do not feel so disabled by the lyme anymore but rather have learned to live with it & maintain .
I do still have flares that usually all follow a time period where I overdo things physically and / or have been under a lot of stress emotionally .
I initially had a year and 1/2 of oral ABX then could not stand this anymore & sought out alternative approaches .
I still am in the process of balancing & healing & most likely will be for the rest of my life but for me , the turning point was addressing all the imbalances in my body & strengthening my immune system as naturally as possible .
I have a new set of " things " going on which I will post about under the medical questions forum but for now I want to say thanks & hello again & hope everyone here is progressing positively ! Never lose hope !
**edited for easier reading**
[ 05-05-2016, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Karensky ]
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Welcome back to Lyme Net! Thanks for sharing your absence story with everyone.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
It's good to see you again, Karen! So happy that you are doing better! Thanks for checking in!
Posted by Karensky (Member # 21350) on :
Thank you for the welcome back !
It is great to see your familiar names here still helping !
I hope you have been progressing in a positive fashion & feeling
better & enjoying life !
You are a terrific support team & I have recommended this site
to a few people over the years that have asked me for direction.