by FD Gifford | Sep 26, 2020 | Lyme Journal
My Personal Chronic Illness Journal – 20200926 – The challenges of living with Lyme disease Some times the shit just gets too real. Its 5am, my heart monitor lit up as I’m lying awake in bed. Not sure what woke me up. Was it a dream, a noise, the...
by FD Gifford | Sep 26, 2020 | Lyme Journal
Living with Lyme – Journal Entry 09262020 – Some times the shit just gets too real. Its 5am, my heart monitor lit up as I’m lying awake in bed. Not sure what woke me up. Was it a dream, a noise, the fact that my left shoulder and upper arm are...
by FD Gifford | Jun 21, 2020 | Lyme Journal
Wellness With Lyme – My Personal Chronic Illness Journal – 20200621 – Its June 21st, the longest day of the year and hot here in NC. But what is really important for me, is today is the second day in a round that I have been able to take both of my...
by FD Gifford | Oct 12, 2019 | Lyme Journal
My Personal Chronic Illness Journal – 20191012 – Until the DNA test came back, I didn’t know how lucky I was to not get Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The DNA showed I had Ehrlichia which is carried by the Lone Star Tick. This means I have chronic...
by FD Gifford | Sep 1, 2018 | Lyme Journal
My Personal Chronic Illness Journal — Entry 20180900 My new doctor seems to be practicing medicine. Unlike any other doctor I have experienced before. I know that sounds stupid because until I now, I thought all doctors were the same. They are smart. Attended medical...
by FD Gifford | May 3, 2018 | Lyme Journal
My Personal Chronic Illness Journal – 20180503 – We moved to North Carolina, in summer of 2017, to escape the tick infested Island of Martha’s Vineyard. By November, we experience a new reality about life with our Lyme disease. Although we have felt...
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