Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Another Sleepless Night
Another sleepless night I spend staring at the ceiling. I am so tired, but I can't seem to get to sleep. There is a heaviness in my chest-- I don't know what it means, but I know that I can't ignore it. I know that something is missing. How long will it take me to find it? Or have I lost it forever?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm Back!
I have not posted since the spring. It has been a very hectic summer for me in a not so hectic way. That probably makes little sense, but I will briefly explain what I am talking about. (Yes, this is briefly)
In August of 2010 I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease. I was placed on a normal 30-day regimen of antibiotics. I counted myself lucky because, while I had pestering symptoms, I was not paralyzed like some of the more severe cases. I am a distance runner for Marist College as you can see in my about me, so all of this was happening amidst my summer training for my freshman cross-country season. While I did not feel my best, I was in phenomenal shape that summer going into the season. Unfortunately, I did not run…but that there were other things going on at the time.
Anyway, I thought I had put the Lyme's Disease behind me. After months of not feeling like myself even after being treated, I went to an Infectious Disease specialist and I was diagnosed with Ehrlichiosis in July of 2011. Ehrlichiosis is another tick-bourne disease, so I either was infected with both in 2010 or each at a separate time. I was placed on another 30-day regimen of antibiotics. Luckily, I was able to train and compete in Cross-Country for Marist in the fall of 2011. I did not feel like I was myself, but I felt a lot better than I had been so I focused on that.
Once winter break came around, we started doing some light workouts at home to train from Indoor Track. I was training normally, struggling while doing so, but following the schedule and getting the workouts in. Then one day, I headed outside to run an easy, short thirty-minutes. I could not even finish the run because I felt so weak. Omitting the tedious and whiney details of my affliction this past winter and spring, I'm going to move on to the summer. I began pestering all of my doctors, starting in the spring. They all ran blood tests and said that nothing was wrong with me, so I began researching Lyme's Specialists. There is much controversy over LD specialists since there is dispute about Chronic Lyme's being a real issue. This was really my last resort after I had tired out all of my options. I just wanted an answer. All the while my running was hot and cold.
After sleeping my sleeping my summer away, finally getting in to see the LD specialist, and having a gamete of tests done, I was prescribed 4 antibiotics to start treatment before waiting for specifics from the testing because the doctor had such a strong feeling that Lyme's was still lingering in my system. Needless to say, my body did not react well. They destroyed my stomach and I got sick off and on. I could not do anything and I felt even worse. They say you feel worse before you feel better; this was the reaction I was supposed to have. So, I was on three rounds of those antibiotics (90 days).
That explains why I have not been posting at all since last spring. My ass was being kicked pretty badly by antibiotics. I am hoping that I am on the road to feeling better now so expect the posts to begin again!
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison
In August of 2010 I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease. I was placed on a normal 30-day regimen of antibiotics. I counted myself lucky because, while I had pestering symptoms, I was not paralyzed like some of the more severe cases. I am a distance runner for Marist College as you can see in my about me, so all of this was happening amidst my summer training for my freshman cross-country season. While I did not feel my best, I was in phenomenal shape that summer going into the season. Unfortunately, I did not run…but that there were other things going on at the time.
Anyway, I thought I had put the Lyme's Disease behind me. After months of not feeling like myself even after being treated, I went to an Infectious Disease specialist and I was diagnosed with Ehrlichiosis in July of 2011. Ehrlichiosis is another tick-bourne disease, so I either was infected with both in 2010 or each at a separate time. I was placed on another 30-day regimen of antibiotics. Luckily, I was able to train and compete in Cross-Country for Marist in the fall of 2011. I did not feel like I was myself, but I felt a lot better than I had been so I focused on that.
Once winter break came around, we started doing some light workouts at home to train from Indoor Track. I was training normally, struggling while doing so, but following the schedule and getting the workouts in. Then one day, I headed outside to run an easy, short thirty-minutes. I could not even finish the run because I felt so weak. Omitting the tedious and whiney details of my affliction this past winter and spring, I'm going to move on to the summer. I began pestering all of my doctors, starting in the spring. They all ran blood tests and said that nothing was wrong with me, so I began researching Lyme's Specialists. There is much controversy over LD specialists since there is dispute about Chronic Lyme's being a real issue. This was really my last resort after I had tired out all of my options. I just wanted an answer. All the while my running was hot and cold.
After sleeping my sleeping my summer away, finally getting in to see the LD specialist, and having a gamete of tests done, I was prescribed 4 antibiotics to start treatment before waiting for specifics from the testing because the doctor had such a strong feeling that Lyme's was still lingering in my system. Needless to say, my body did not react well. They destroyed my stomach and I got sick off and on. I could not do anything and I felt even worse. They say you feel worse before you feel better; this was the reaction I was supposed to have. So, I was on three rounds of those antibiotics (90 days).
That explains why I have not been posting at all since last spring. My ass was being kicked pretty badly by antibiotics. I am hoping that I am on the road to feeling better now so expect the posts to begin again!
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas A. Edison
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