Conflabbit.

A high school original. Don't judge me too hard.

I don't really like today, just so you all know. I don't like going to doctors. I have five of them and they like to see me but I don't like to see them.

Saw ENT doctor today. New plan: CT scan. Polyps didn't go away and so now we are going to do more investigating on that count and see what kind of surgery plans we come up with. He knows my sinuses are screwed up by my MRI, so now we will really get to see what he is working with. Dude doesn't know show season is coming up though, and I refuse to sit out the whole season with a surgified nose. Not happening.

Another fine doctor. Ink print from a carving I did on a rubber slab.

Also, I was looking for more insight for the lyme deal. So far, the amoxicillan has done nada. So back on my evil nemesis. Doxycycline. If it is working correctly, I should get extra sick. It is called a herxheimer reaction to all of the bacteria dying in my body. They say the spirochetes like to hide in the body and that is why it turns into a chronic thing. Also, unlike most bacteria, it feeds off of magnesium and NOT iron. Soooo, need to start supplementing that. Maybe it will help with the heart palps and muscle twitching.

And a goat painting?

This is such a damn controversial disease. There are a lot of doctors who don't believe in Chronic Lyme Disease. I can understand why. It mimics diseases like ALS, Lupus, Multiple Sclerosis, etc. People who get treated right away get better without issue. I want to know why soooo many people, who finally get tested for Lyme after ruling out everything else and come back positive, have all of these horrible symptoms and yet, doctors don't think there is any connection. Even though they keep testing and testing and can't find anything else. There are studies done showing the spirochete bacteria surviving over and over again even after long term antibiotics. Here is a crap ton of abstracts from some of the recent studies.

Throwing it in here for funsies. Because I hope my hands will allow me to do a colored pencil drawing soon.

Doctors don't really know how to treat this, so a lot of them ignore it. There are no guidelines. "Lymies", as we affectionately call ourselves, are stuck going from one doctor to the next because most of them don't believe in Chronic Lyme. The western blot test is inaccurate 40% of the time. ELISA testing is not any better. One thing that hinders us is our appearance from the outside. We don't look all that sick. People have a hard time believing that you are sick. Trust me, if I could let you take my body for the day, you might understand what this is like. Oh yeah, and I can pass it to my future children via placenta or breast milk. There are some studies now showing it can be sexually transmitted too.

When husband used to race motocross. After 9 hospital visits, I said "no".

So, I don't know what happened to my post. I was originally going to post about my dogs after seeing Carly's post on her cute pup. Whoops! Don't worry folks. I am not quitting. I've got clinics and shows planned. And I have friends who are great inhaler holders/photographers/water supply/health meters who will tell me NO when I should be done. Everyone should have one.

Just look how cute they are. They look the same!

And don't spill your entire dinner on the floor before it is even finished, or you will get really pissed off and end up with a post like this. Now I am going to go eat a pickle because they are zero calories and I like the zest.