November, 2017
Fast Forward to the present
Over two years since the toxic tick bite...
Have no choice but to listen to what my body is telling me...
Reached the threshold again...
And out of work for a week:
Three ocular ocular migraines (OMs) in five days -
That's never happened before...
So thankful for the supportive new administrator at the school,
And the farmers at the farm...
Missed four days at the school and two at the farm.
Thank god/dess for the holiday and PD days,
And that I wasn't scheduled more on the farm.
Made some notes:
"Day 12 since it all began -
With waxing full moon on Thursday and Friday -
And two of the three OMs on those two days:
Don't think that's coincidence.
Consider the power and pull that the moon has on full ocean bodies of water -
And we're made up primarily of fluids.
**Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.
According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158:
The brain and heart are composed of 73% water,
And the lungs are about 83%water.Dec 2, 2016**
IN A NUTSHELL:
~Distorted vision: bright geometric patterns in line of sight -
When wears off feels like a hangover, and vision still wiggly;
~SUNNY!!!!
Day after day after day after day...;
~R. drove to CT and back for nephew's baby shower;
~Strain of job
(program not outlined:
No job descriptions for the new TLC program employees,
Or behavior plans for the students,
Constant visual strain of correcting many,
Many pages for the classroom teacher
And daily changes of classroom assistance expectations -
Often with little to no notice);
~Visited ailing life partner of my mom -
Who then died,
And so back to CT again following weekend for his memorial service;
~Continued hypersensitivity to light and sound;
~General middle body fatigue at some point in the days,
Tho keep on truckin'...
TREATMENT
~Tapered Prednisone prescribed at Urgent Care walk-in clinic
On Day 5 for six days...
Didn't really help...
Might have exacerbated it? Hard to tell.
Did seem to help almost two years ago...
When Dx with 'static migraine'
(didn't have this before Lyme)
~Epsom Salt baths
~Hot bags on head
~Listened to Christmas music :)
~Rested.... really hard to do that... cause have so much to get done...
~Couldn't take ibuprofen cause on the steroids...
~Shiatsu - heavenly Shiatsu....
~Day 12 -
Bella Donna (nightshade) homeopathy
(Thank you, Cheryl Pino) -
Five TINY pellets -
Nano particles of 'like-on-like' -
Have to be careful not to take too much
Or can 'prove' the illness... (makes it worse)
~Ibuprofen once off of the steroids...
(Use minimally, but helps with the inflammatory nature of Lyme)
~Vocal toning
(To change the overactive brain waves to less active...
From Alpha and Beta to Delta and Theta:
Just looked these up cause couldn't remember which were which...
And the fastest ones are actually listed as Gamma waves....
Hmmmmm....
Wonder if things have changed in my brain,
Post-Lyme,
With an increase of Gamma brain waves...???
Maybe is why light and sound can be so bothersome.
Does the change in my neural connections,
Re: the global white spots on my brain MRIs,
Somehow affect or increase gamma brain wave activity?)
~Walking -
(Wasn't getting enough exercise)
~ And back to the gym a couple of times last week
~Went back to the farm for two more shifts,
And gave my notice...
(But will help fill in one shift that's not covered -
Least I can do for people who covered my shifts...
Hadn't realized that the farm was open until Christmas...
Worked only until Columbus Day weekend last year at another farm...)
~ Best days are those that are cloudy,
But with a barometric pressure that isn't too much either...
~ Best days are those without a lot of screen time...
So maybe this blog will be much less frequent.
~ Best days don't have a lot of visual strain,
Or cognitive strain...
Trying to figure out how to simplify more....
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...
Off to get a tree today. :)
