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Yay for winning season!
Here is the latest update and a side note . . .
Physical Health:
Today is my last day of the Lyme treatment for now. I completed 21 treatment days of 50% of the full dosage with only 1 day off between treatment days. Yay! We had an appointment last night with my main doctor (functional medicine chiropractor) to discuss next steps. None of us believe that we are done treating Lyme or Lyme co-infections. I continue to experience a type of pain that, for me, usually indicates bacterial overgrowth, but we are going to move on for now and probably return to certain parts of the healing plan at a later date. We are skipping a few steps in the tentative plan to begin the treatment protocol for mold toxicity.
Here is a reminder of the tentative plan for healing and the parts that have been completed (click on image to make it bigger):
My doctor knows that if he doesn’t mandate rest days, I would jump right into the next treatment protocol. So, he has instructed me to take 1 week off from treatment after today, and to then begin treatment for mold toxicity.
My doctor usually prescribes a couple of protocols to treat mold toxicity, but since I am a “special” case, he is only having me add in one treatment protocol at a time. He doesn’t think my body can handle more than 1 at a time for now. The tentative plan is for me to start at 5% of the full dosage, work my way up to 50% of the full dosage, and then decrease days between treatment days (similar to how we completed the initial Lyme protocol for the last 2.5 months). If my body allows me to go above the 50% dosage mark, then I can certainly do that. But, he is not sure if my body will even allow the 50% dosage, so we are going to be flexible as always. This part of the healing journey will likely be especially hard on my body.
The goal is to slowly work my way up and complete 28 treatment days of at least 50% of the full dosage with 0 or 1 days between treatment days. This will take at least 3 months if everything goes perfectly as planned. (By the way, I am not sure if any part of my health journey over the last 20+ years has gone perfectly as planned, but there is always a chance. 🤣)
The doctor/patient relationship with my doctor has improved significantly since we first met him almost 1 year ago. For the last year, we have believed that he has the knowledge and experience we currently need, but it is almost like he needed to see if we were truly serious about healing before he jumped completely in. I don’t think he probably sees a lot of patients (and spouses) who are as serious as we are about healing. My husband and I have been very intentional about trying to build a solid relationship with him, and being intentional has paid off. We know that we don’t have much time to waste on this healing journey, so we are grateful for this doctor and this opportunity to be in our winning season.
Emotional Health:
I have been doing a great job of both rising to the challenge and stepping down to preserve my strength. I am reacting to the events in a healthy way (up, down, and all around) and moving through the feelings as I feel them. I am so proud of myself for the work I have done, and continue to do, in this area.
A Side Note:
I have had a few people compliment me on my communications skills lately, and I appreciate the kindness. While I can hold my own in both written communication and public speaking from years of being a teacher, I am a math person at heart. I was a math teacher before I taught gifted education, so my background is in math and not English. The fact that some of you think I am good at writing catches me off guard at times. Receiving compliments about my writing is totally unexpected and also very much appreciated. Your kindness helps me worry less about the grammar mistakes in my blog posts. 🤣
Sometimes, I am afraid that my writing sounds like this:
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So, thank you to those of you who have been very kind in your encouragement along the way. I appreciate it more than you know!
Brutal. The many unknowns on the healing journey.
Beautiful. Conquering another step in the healing journey. A healthy doctor/patient relationship. Rising to the challenge and preserving my strength. Kindness and encouragement about my communication skills. Being in our winning season.
Just another day of . . . This Brutiful Life: The Brutal & Beautiful Moments of My Life.
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