It's a beautiful Saturday morning here in Georgia! About a cool 70 degrees and sunny! I think I might open a few windows and let the stank out! Ahhh yes...that's nice. Today is June 2nd which means we have officially entered into Birthday week. It's a tradition in our family to celebrate not just the day but the week. Well it's a tradition between me and my mom! Her birthday just passed. She spent her birthday week in Charleston and Myrtle Beach with daddy. Not bad at all! Speaking of my parents, they both came over last night since Chris had to go to work. Dad hung up all the clean laundry that my wonderful husband worked sooo hard on for the past 2 days! Yes there was a LOT! Then daddy vacuumed the house...quite thoroughly. He moved everything...even the recliner and the area rug in the living room. Oh yeah, and he tore the couch apart and vacuumed IT. Then he completely cleaned out the vacuum. It had to be filthy after that workout! Then they bathed the baby and wore him plum out he went right to sleep when his head hit the pillow! Praise God! :) Then they made me a warm foot bath for my terribly aching feet. Ahhhh...I heart my mommy and daddy! Mom spent the night and most of the morning here. Dad will be back tonight. I have an awesome family!
As I was laying in bed last night I was thinking about my next blog. I really need to have a little recorder next to the bed as I do some of my best writing in my head at night. Well I think it's good. You know how when you're half asleep and your thoughts seem so logical and rational as you drift off to sleep. Then when you wake up and recall those thoughts you're like what was I thinking?!?! No, no I can't march into the school and slap that little boy for being mean to my baby boy! Clearly my synapsis weren't firing correctly! Ya that sometimes happens to me too...quite often. But sometimes I lay in bed wide awake and come up with some good ideas but my body is just too exhausted to get up and write them down. Oh well. I do remember thinking how when I get up in the morning Chris always asks me how I am. I always answer, "fine". He knows I'm lying of course. I just get tired of complaining, of explaining the aches. He eventually gets it out of me other ways. He is the smartest man alive you know. Anyhow, I thought I hate to be here, blogging about negative things. I don't want to bring people down. I always want to be positive. But then I thought if I do that who am I helping??? Me?? Well not really...I'll just need to see an actual therapist instead of just blogging. :) You??? Nooooo, because then am I really educating you on this disease? Am I giving you the tools to understand and the ability to pass on this information to someone who may desperately need it? I have heard from a few people that have read this blog already who have lost loved ones that think it may have been due to undiagnosed Lyme Disease. That truly breaks my heart. I know that God never gives us more than we can handle. Even Chris said to me the other day, "I wonder if this was all God's plan. My change in careers...to become a Respiratory Therapist...to be in the medical field...to marry you...all so that when this time came I would be here to help you." Ahhh yes. I think he is right! And he is indeed the man God wants him to be I am sure! He is very, very good to me!
So I don't want you to think I get on here just to complain. I get on here to blog for my sanity, to share my life, in hopes that I will touch someone's life. I feel like it is our job now to tell people about Lyme Disease. Noone told us about it. We had to find it ourselves. Not even one doctor NOT ONE, ever mentioned it! Lyme needs a voice. I can be loud. Just ask my kids. So I will always be honest here. Because who knows who reads this? It could be that one person who has the same symptoms I do who had no idea about Lyme Disease just like me.
So this is me today. I had read online about this symptom in Lyme that some people have. It seemed that it occurred more in people that had this disease for several years. I was hopeful it wouldn't affect me. Oh grasshopper, how wrong you were! The soles of my feet are on fire and they hurt, hurt, hurt. It hurts to walk. So I walk on my tippy toes. Which in turn makes my calves hurt. Sigh. I'm thinking maybe it's from all the toxins in my body??? The doc says that as the spirochetes are killed off by the antibiotic they will release toxins. This is why it is important to detox during treatment. I am taking supplement and drinking lots of water with fresh lime slices in it to help with it. I'm hoping Epsom salt baths will help too. Anyone with any detox ideas feel free to suggest away! Other than that, that is the only NEW symptom I guess. I still have the headache, stomach is just awful, total body aches, fatigue, sore throat, chest pain, shortness of breath, and Lord don't touch me! It feels like my nerves are on the OUTSIDE of my body. Like long hairs and when you touch me, you're grabbing these fine hairs and pulling them out by the roots! Oh I hate that! This has to be one of the worst symptoms! Chris doesn't quite understand it. I hate it because I just want to cuddle up to him because I feel bad but my body just won't let me. Aarrgghhh. So that's me today!
Other than that...Brayden is his usual wild self! Kaitlin is visiting the other half of her family in Wisconsin. We miss her although I'm sure she is having fun!
Chris and I apparently are undercover farmers! We put in 5 raised beds this spring. We collected our first harvest this week! Oh yes we did! Two green peppers, about 15 green beans and 10 peas! Enough for a FEAST! There are lots of tomatoes. I can't wait until they ripen so we can have toasted tomato sandwiches. Yummmmmy! The cucumbers are coming along...almost there. The cauliflower is quite tall but no sign of anything yet. Interesting. We also have carrots, green onions, lettuce, red peppers and jalapenos. Everything for the makings of a nice salsa!
Back to my birthday...:) We are planning on having a luncheoun celebration at the On the Border on Pleasant Hill Road at 11am on Tuesday, June 5th. If you're around, we would love to see you and thank you in person for your support, prayers, and well wishes!
Here's a link to our Facebook Group Page if you haven't been there yet...
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/274086509356429/
And our Fundraiser which ends on my Birthday....
http://www.giveforward.com/helpjenfightlymedisease
Thanks for the prayers!
Xoxoxo
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