Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Yay! I have Lyme!

The phone rang on December 24, 1996. My new doctor was on the other end.
"You tested positive for Lyme and Epstein Barr virus.You also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and borderline Fibromyalgia."

Yay! I have Lyme! Finally, I was proven right after over ten years of begging doctors to test me. Years of bringing them articles on Lyme, Epstein Barr and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...you know that "yuppy disease."

I actually cried tears of joy. A diagnosis means an end to my years of misery with fatigue, pain, brain fog, tremors, migraines, confusion, joint and muscle pain,etc. This means an end to all these debilitating symptoms. I can get on with my life, resume my running, biking, hiking, social life... and get back to work.

Dr. W, "I'll put you on a round of antibiotics and that'll knock it right out."
Me: "Yes...yes...yes...great!"

Little did I know, the journey was really about to begin.

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