welcome change

The passing of time becomes strangely distorted when one is sick.

Each uncomfortable hour unbearably long. But each day stealthily flies by, blurring into the next. I'm surprised to see that nearly a month has passed since my last update.

We both got through another round of treatment since then.

Doxy, Mycobutin, & Ceftin for me.
Mepron, Doxy, Artemisinin, & Zithromax for him.

We make quite the pair, downing our cocktails of meds and supplements each morning and night :)

Flagyl (a particularly potent drug) made Thanksgiving weekend rather miserable. No turkey for us. We're thankful for our sweet family members who were so understanding and accommodating when we had to lie low.

Two days after finishing our individual rounds, we both crashed hard. Sunday and Monday were awful. Crushing fatigue for Spencer. All of my symptoms greatly amplified - so, so miserable and weak, sleeping all day, insanely severe nerve pain, etc. It was strange to have such a delayed/extended die-off reaction.

All in all, despite the rough time with Flagyl (is there not a rough time with that drug?) and our crash afterwards, we both handled our individual rounds of treatment better than previous rounds.

This is encouraging :) I had horrible days, but I also had days that weren't so horrible - notably more than in prior rounds. This is good change.

This Monday (12/6), I began another round of abx. I was pretty miserable for the first couple days, but thankfully Wednesday and Thursday were fairly "good" for me. Sweet relief.

My symptoms are really flaring this weekend. Lots of nerve pain.

Spencer is still on holiday from his Babesia treatment. He'll start another round this Monday. Between work, taking care of me, and going through treatment, he's been stretched pretty thin. But he continues to press on and has such a great attitude. What a blessing he is to me!

...Stay tuned for an unexpected and exciting development in our treatment journey...