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Late night/Early morning contemplation

6/28/2015

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Hey readers,

Long time, no legitimate post. I'm really sorry about that--things have been a roller coaster lately with pain, emotions, and [insert assorted other symptoms here]. We just returned home last night after spending two weeks in a hotel 5.5 hours away in order to receive two consecutive weeks of various treatments at my Godsend of a doctor's office. I plan on covering those extended later, either in a post on this main blog page or on my treatment blog page (or both), but I'll briefly mention the list of therapies with which we were fortunate enough to proceed:

  • Every day (M-F) of the two weeks I had Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation Therapy (UVBI, also referred to as photoilluminescence or the Douglas protocol)
  • Every M, W, F of the two weeks I also got the good ol' Myers cocktail infusions after the UVBI (a Lymie favorite, as I'm sure many of you know)
  • Every T-Th of the two weeks I received the Patricia Kane (PK) protocol after the UVBI (PK protocol is a series of 4 slow IV pushes specifically designed to help neurological detox and to boost neurotransmitters)
  • Three times during the two weeks I also received micro current therapy

But like I said, more on those at a later date when I'm able to give the topic the time it deserves.

Tonight, I just wanted to share something on my mind at this late/early hour. This was initially just a jumbled, unformed, relentlessly nagging thought, but as is often the case, the more I mulled it over, the more I felt the urge to form a complete, coherent statement that communicates my thought process so I could quickly share it here. I'll be typing the thought in quote form below, and I'll also be posting an image containing the thought-as-quote on the images tab of my encouragement page at some point.

"I am not these illnesses. But these illnesses are a major part of my life right now, so I accept them for what they are and try to live my life to the best of my potential at any given moment, not in spite of them, but coexisting in harmony with them. Accepting reality and finding a way to be at peace with whatever circumstances I face does not mean I've reconciled myself to this current life forever. On the contrary, it's proven to be one of the biggest catalysts for the healing I know is yet to come."

-Copyright Becca Doss (@LymeisLame) 2015

Now, I know this thought is hardly a novel one, and I've even talked with others about this concept before, but this is the first time I've put it in these exact words. For some reason, stating the above in this particular way is making it a more tangible truth for me, and it's my hope that at least one of you may also be encouraged and/or feel this truth more fully in your life. Even if you struggle to accept the curve balls life throws at you, take heart that a hard day, month, year, decade, or [insert period of time here], does not mean you are destined to live a hard life. And even though we are all guaranteed hardships of some kind at some point in life (it's part of living in this broken world), please know that the number one best weapon you can have in your arsenal for combatting hardships is finding a way to accept, be at peace with, and find ways to maintain a positive perspective, while at the same time allowing yourself to feel the wide spectrum of emotions that come with living this life.

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God bless each and every one of you,



Becca

1 Comment
Dana
7/22/2015 11:53:59 am

Hey dear! First off, I laughed out loud - no, a legit LOL but an internet LOL - when I read this:
"On the days I'm physically able, I sit in bed and work on a jigsaw puzzle or do some coloring in the "adult coloring books" (meaning intricate designs, nothing risqué, I assure you) I have."
I was recently looking at colouring books for adults on Amazon; there's a really cool city one.

I just binge-back-read your posts, so some time has gone by since your big two week treatment. I hope things turn the corner sooner rather than later, it sounds so difficult. You're strong though, if you can make it through Centre econ you can make it through anything. ;) And I'm sure being out of the hotel and back home is soothing. Soon your good days will outnumber your bad, I know it!

Even though you are, unfortunately, a UK fan, I did think of you when I was watching some basketball highlights earlier. One of the best players in the WNBA also has lyme disease. She had to miss a significant portion of the season last summer from it, time in college, and is also an advocate of research and awareness. Thought you might be interested in reading about it/her:

http://espn.go.com/chicago/story/_/id/11827185/elena-delle-donne-chicago-sky-promote-lyme-disease-awareness

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140620/sports/140629800/

As a point of distraction, since we've both gone off Facebook (you officially, me with the lazy option)... how creepy is Facebook as an app/website. I don't know if you get these since you deactivated, but I keep getting regular emails about "it's been x amount of days since you last logged in" and "such and such has happened since you last logged in y days ago". In a fit of over-dramatics... I feel like the Stasi (East German secret police) is keeping track of Facebook usage and they're bored by the lack of activity. Or they're the Stage Five (Four?) Clinger meme from months ago.

If you're up to it let me know how you're doing. No stress, no rush, really. If you're having a good enough day to get online there are more pressing things to do, like Buzzfeed (oh man, Buzzfeed...). Keep being you girl and stay strong (unless you want to cry, because honestly, sometimes you just need to cry it all out). xxx

Nope, I forgot something. Are you still into Doctor Who? I saw a phone box dressed up like a Tardis. My friends who are fans freaked right out, so apparently that is something cool for Doctor Who fans...? I've never seen an episode (I know, I know, probably a waste of an American living in Britain... OH, so I've repatriated back to the US within the last few days because... I'm a doctor now. HA. Funny right?! We used to be sitting in Ren Poetry finishing up our homework with minutes to go before class started...).

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