For many, the winter season and all of its holiday joy is the most anticipated time of the year. Children look forward to brightly wrapped presents under the tree, the school break, and the first few snowfalls. Others look forward to the opportunity to spend some time with loved ones while taking part in cherished […]
A day in the life of a Lymie is vastly different from that of the “average,” healthy individual. Even among Chronic Lyme sufferers, there is a spectrum of symptoms and experiences. Sharing these experiences helps us find common ground in similarities, and understanding in differences. Is Chronic Lyme Real? Most people have no idea […]
Rachel is a traveling wedding and elopement photographer from La Crescent, Minnesota. In 2018, she was diagnosed with two typical Lyme co-infections, Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis, but she wasn’t diagnosed with Lyme until May 2019. Working From Home Luckily, with Rachel’s chosen profession, she gets to spend most days working from home. When she does […]
Lyme is no respecter of persons. It doesn’t care whether you’ve been taking care of yourself, or if you have children. It doesn’t care about your financial situation or worry about whether you’ll be able to pay your medical bills. Don’t bother showing it a list of all your hopes and dreams. It doesn’t care. […]
Laura was in the middle of her masters degree when Lyme hit. She was 23, single, and a full-time student at the University of Minnesota. Her masters degree would have been in Environmental Health with a concentration in infectious diseases. School Struggles She was sick for about 8 months before she finally had to […]
We’ve incorporated some of the suggestions from our LymeNow community into this playlist! Follow us on Instagram to learn how YOU can submit song picks for dealing with Lyme disease. Her Diamond- Rob Thomas Favorite lyric: And she says, oh/ I can’t take no more/ Her tears like diamonds on the floor A heartbreaking […]
How can I support someone living with Lyme disease? Whether you’re a friend, a family member, or significant other of someone with a chronic illness, you may have asked yourself this exact question. Offering chronic illness support can be a difficult task because not only does it require a lot of effort, it is quite […]
Lyme can get complicated, so to keep your life simple, we searched the internet to bring you the best of Lyme Twitter. This is Lyme in 280 characters AKA the top 10 Tweets about Lyme disease: 1. I’m never looking at poppyseed muffins the same. 2. “Houston, we’ve had a problem!” 3. […]
Everyone hates getting sick. Unless you consider the “perks” of a raspy voice, sleeping in all day, and flavored medicine worth all the pain, exhaustion, and inconvenience that come with illness. Regardless of where you stand, imagine being sick everyday with no end in sight. Going to work doesn’t sound too bad now? When […]
Amy’s husband, Ryan, is one of the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from chronic Lyme disease, a debilitating chronic illness. The road has been difficult, to say the least. Even though Amy is not the one in chronic pain, the pain she feels as she watches her husband lose his will to live […]
