Reinbeau
Deeply Rooted
I got home last Saturday from a week in the hospital. My sister forced me to go the previous Saturday and thank goodness she did. Not that my husband wasn't paying attention, but I'm really good at telling him what I'm going to do - he knew I was sick but was getting nowhere with me, poor guy.
Some of you know I've not been right for awhile. Turns out I've got advanced Lyme Disease, developed meningitis and darn near died that weekend. My brain was swelling and I couldn't realize how bad I was. I've spent a week on my back in bed getting all kinds of IV meds for numerous infections, the critical one was the meningitis, the worst long term is the Lyme. I've got A PICC line and will have visiting nurses teaching me how to give myself IV meds for the next three weeks. Hopefully they can do something about it, I am bummed to think of the long term effects of the Lyme.
I'll be around now for awhile, housebound, basically, can't teach, I don't know what I'll be able to do in the garden,we'll see...
Please, take Lyme Disease seriously. Many of my neighbors have it - there are a lot of deer around here. Those little ticks are insidious, they only have to be on you for a day, and you barely notice them sometimes. I had the shingles, but it turns out that the Lyme rash brought out the shingles, so they masked the true diagnosis. I hope none of you ever have to deal with this. Wear long pants, tuck your pants into your socks, wear long sleeves as much as you can, and inspect yourself, or have someone do it for you, if you've been in the woods.
Some of you know I've not been right for awhile. Turns out I've got advanced Lyme Disease, developed meningitis and darn near died that weekend. My brain was swelling and I couldn't realize how bad I was. I've spent a week on my back in bed getting all kinds of IV meds for numerous infections, the critical one was the meningitis, the worst long term is the Lyme. I've got A PICC line and will have visiting nurses teaching me how to give myself IV meds for the next three weeks. Hopefully they can do something about it, I am bummed to think of the long term effects of the Lyme.
I'll be around now for awhile, housebound, basically, can't teach, I don't know what I'll be able to do in the garden,we'll see...
Please, take Lyme Disease seriously. Many of my neighbors have it - there are a lot of deer around here. Those little ticks are insidious, they only have to be on you for a day, and you barely notice them sometimes. I had the shingles, but it turns out that the Lyme rash brought out the shingles, so they masked the true diagnosis. I hope none of you ever have to deal with this. Wear long pants, tuck your pants into your socks, wear long sleeves as much as you can, and inspect yourself, or have someone do it for you, if you've been in the woods.