Week 11: Hoping To Get Back To Where I Was Before

I felt pretty good when I got back from Germany initially. I was just really tired, but my pain was better (not gone but better) and I had a little more energy than normal. Then about a month ago I got an upper respiratory infection and it all seemed to go downhill from there. After trying to let my body fight it on its own with the help of natural remedies, Dr. Michael suggested I do a course of antibiotics. So I was battling a terrible cough, on a nebulizer 4 times a day, no voice, a sore throat, congestion, and the list goes on.

My upper respiratory infection is finally gone, but about three weeks ago my pain came back and has been pretty bad. I’m having numbness and shooting pain again, my fatigue is bad; I’m sleeping about 12-13 hours a day. Intense weight gain. I’m having headaches and my emotions are all over the place. I was on Prozac before going to Germany, which is something extremely personal to share, but some Lyme patients, like me, are on similar medications to help with symptoms and as someone who works within the mental health profession I find great value in medications like this.

Dr. Michael asked me to come off of my Prozac (being on this medication was something i kept pretty private) while I was in Germany. I have been super emotional, but he reminded me that I have had a lot going on and it was normal for me to be slightly more emotional. Right now though I feel a little emotionally unstable. Dr. Michael wants me to try a few other things before I go back on it. We will see how that goes.

I will be returning to my masters program in a week and unfortunately, I am not where I want to be healing wise, but I’m hoping it will get better.

I am a little worried about this because I will now have to take away some of the time allotted towards resting and healing and use it to focus on school and my internship. My life is going to get really busy very soon with school and I’m hoping this will not interfere with my healing.

This seems to be a long ebb within the ebb and flow of the stem cell healing process and I’m really hoping it starts to get better. I have found a naturopath close by to help me monitor things along with Dr. Michael. I got blood drawn to check my thyroid and other levels this week and I will meet with my doctor in Maine to go over the results that I will then review with Dr. Michael.

Don’t get me wrong, I am still hoping for the best and I believe in the decision I made to be treated by Dr. Michael, but keeping this in mind can sometimes be difficult when you are having these symptoms race through you!

Tyler and I enjoyed our Christmas and New Years with our pups and our family here in Maine. It’s been extremely cold with the windchill hitting below 0 most days. Thankfully it will be in the 30s this week, which we are pretty excited about!

With all that being said, I will be a little busy these next few weeks with the start of school on the 15th, the start of my internship on the 29th and as i continue to plan out wedding. I will try my best to keep you guys in the loop as I go along! Wish me luck!!

With love,

Abby