Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Imagine Lyme

Imagine having never seen a tick or rash.

Imagine the foods you love suddenly causing you to become ill.

Imagine you can't sleep, but you're so exhausted, for multiple nights on end.

Imagine you can't sleep from pain so distressing(10/10) that it feels like someone is stabbing you with a knife and no pain medications help.

Imagine your heart beats so hard you feel as if you have to catch your breath and you weren't running a race, you were sitting.

Imagine you've suddenly forgotten your name and after you finally remember, you can't say it out loud.

Imagine gas/stomach pains so severe it feels like a grapefruit moving through a straw.

Imagine you've never had issues talking in your life before, but now you can't stop stuttering.

Imagine somewhere you've driven every day and now you can't remember how to get there.

Imagine that your stomach is on fire.

Imagine that your joints feel swollen, look swollen, and you're 30.

Imagine that these are just a small handful of hundreds of possible symptoms with varying severity for people who suffer from Lyme disease.

Imagine that a doctor tells you to avoid Mexican food.

Imagine that you've told a doctor all these symptoms, and he tells you it's an ulcer. Repeat visits he prescribes continued doses of said ulcer medication when it has never helped.

Imagine that someone tells you that Lyme is no big deal.

Imagine that it gets worse.

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