Maintaining Positiveness

Greetings to all. I know it has been a good minute since I last posted. What a summer I have had. Best in a long long time. We traveled, celebrated birthdays, kids went on vacations with friends, and just spent quality time together. I now have 2 sophomores, 2 jr highers, and 1 in intermediate.  No more elementary. It's super bitter sweet for me.

Lyme Problems

When I last wrote I was scheduled for removal of my left thyroid. It was a very simple surgery. I did walk like Frankenstein for about two weeks, but my recovery went way better than expected. I spent most of May taking it as easy as possible. A challenge when you have 5 kids and it's the last month of the school year. Two weeks after my surgery we had a crawfish boil for close friends and family. My husband and I also went out of town to Messina Hof Vineyard for the weekend. It was perfect.

Louis Pasteur's doors that now adorn the entrance
to the B&B at Messina Hof Vineyard

As I healed and started to feel better, I slowly started to exercise again. I started walking, then running and walking, got back into the weight room at the gym. Now I'm up to 1 hour workouts sometimes longer 5-6 times a week!! I could barely walk last year and now I'm running. Amazing.  I thank my Jesus everyday for the blessing of health he has poured down on me. It has allowed me to thoroughly enjoy my family and friends.









I have noticed over the past week maybe a bit of a relapse. Brain fog seems to be setting back in. I'm hoping it is because I haven't been sleeping all that well.  I'm tired all day and when I lay down at night I'm wide awake. Some nights only getting 2-3 hours of sleep.  Not good for a body that is fighting a disease and slowly winning.  I have started taking melatonin at night and last night added Chamomile. I slept wonderfully.

Thyroid scar healed beautifully. 

Every day I dig a little deeper into putting natural things into my body, eating cleaner, taking care of myself.  I know how gloomy and doomy having Lyme can be.  Lack of support, lack of proper treatment, awareness, etc. It's so key to surround yourself with positive thoughts and people during your fight. I'm very blessed to have a super great support system.









I know this is crazy, but we are returning to the cruise ship we were stranded on in a few weeks. I am super excited. A few weeks after that I head back to my LLMD. Our last conversation was on the phone. It went well. There's only so much you can discuss on a phone visit. I'm hoping for a "remission" prognosis. We will see.

Lil pic I like to show off showing the change I've made
and the progress that has come in just 6 months.