Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through the bite of the blacklegged tick.
We're guessing it happened when I was very young, because I have been suffering the SEVERE symptoms for years.
If you catch it early, it doesn't do much damage, but it has done a lot of neurological damage to me since I have probably had it for years.
One of my major symptoms is memory loss, such as forgetting how to spell simple words, forgetting people's names I see every day, pretty much not remembering much at all! They are called "brain fogs". I feel like my brain freezes and I can't control it and and there is nothing I can do about it. It's an absolutely horrible feeling.
Other big symptoms include extreme fatigue, thyroid issues (my weight gain), joint & muscle pain, unable to hold my chiropractic adjustments which causes extreme pain, fainting, chills, fever, a general ill feeling, constant headaches, stiff neck, palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, constant hunger, numbness, tingling, speech difficulty, decreased concentration, troubles sleeping, vision issues, and more.
I've suffered with these symptoms for YEARS. I had my brain checked for tumors, my heart checked, my blood checked, and they never thought to check me for Lymes Disease.
I guess somehow it is all part of God's plan. What is honestly the most difficult for me is how all of these symptoms effect my relationship with Ryan. That poor guy has to put up with grumpy me that is putting up with all of those symptoms above. I think anyone would be grumpy if they had all of those symptoms though. And the weight gain has definitely made me depressed. Especially when I'm 12 days away from my wedding and no where near the weight I want to be at even though I've been trying for months to lose weight and making tons of great changes in my diet.
I'm not trying to have a pitty party for myself, I just really need to vent and I really need prayer. Because of the weight gain and all of these symptoms, I honestly feel disgusted with myself at the end of each day. Like it's my fault. I know it's not, and it's probably the devil feeding me those lies, but it sure works. I'm dreading getting into my wedding dress and I'm praying that my symptoms back off on my wedding day.
But enough about that... So how do I "fix" this? Well... I'll have Lymes Disease forever. But it can be treated.
Antibotics are the way most people go, but it doesn't work and it is horrible for your body. My doctors gave me a nice list of supplements that I will need to take for about a year to start feeling better and unfortunately, my symptoms will get worse before they get better. I don't want to get worse right before my wedding, so I will probably start taking these supplements in June.
It's going to be kind of costly for the amount of supplements I need to take, but they are all natural, and they are just going to be building up everything that the parasites have been tearing down.
So the main reason I wrote this was to educate you a little on Lymes Disease, let you know how I'm feeling, and ask for prayer! For prayers for me to feel beautiful on my wedding day despite my extra weight, for my symptoms to stay away on my wedding day and honeymoon, and for the treatments not to hurt me too much as the symptoms start getting worse.
Just pray that God does a miraculous healing to my body and that I will feel better even quicker then they say I will and that my symptoms won't get worse.
Thank you so much for caring about me and reading this. I hope you learned a little and hopefully if you or your kids ever start having similar symptoms you can catch it early so that they don't have to suffer the major damage. Only 25% of people actually have the big, red rash, so look for the signs.
Let me know if you need any prayers as well!
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