RZR
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I feel all I do is research lyme, LLMDs, protocols, and cures. If I am not researching, I am nauseated, fatigued, or so depressed I can't get out of bed.
How do you not let this horrible disease consume your life?
I feel like I took my health for granted before. I will never be guilty of that again. It is true...if you have your health, you have everything!
-------------------- Tick bite May 2009 Diagnosed June 2009 Posts: 2329 | From SouthEast | Registered: Jun 2009
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It consumed my life, too. How could it not? I was too sick to do anything ... I even needed someone to take care of me. There was no time or energy for anything else.
I did get better and I go without thinking about Lyme. Of course, since I moderate this board and have continued to post since I've been well, I think about it some, but not as my own illness anymore. I no longer read all about it, research it, etc.
Now I will read about detoxification, diet, exercise, etc., but it's in the context of wanting to stay well.
Hang in there, as you get well, your interests will change.
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I can't agree with you more, I do or feel the same thing you do.
Its a dirty bs disease.
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RZR
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I try not to talk about it so much.
My sister had the nerve to tell me today that sometimes you can make yourself sick by believing you are. She is lucky I didn't knock her head off! LOL!
-------------------- Tick bite May 2009 Diagnosed June 2009 Posts: 2329 | From SouthEast | Registered: Jun 2009
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I can totally relate. I do the same thing because I feel that I am still at a stage where I need more information. I try to recognize when it starts becoming an obsession. At some point I have to walk away and trust that things will work out.
I also can't believe how much I took my health for granted. At least people around me are starting to realize how low lucky they are to have their health. If that is my purpose for going through this then so be it. I hope that I will one day have my health back.
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