I have struggled with lyme disease for over a decade.  I have been treated for chronic lyme since 2006.  Although I have been the person who rides at 5th level dressage, backpacked, kayaked, & mtn biked, I have seen many days where doing a load of laundry was equivalent to climbing Everest - despite fighting hard. But today I have great news!!!!  I now bike 3 miles to work.  I had been struggling to get...

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Well here's some more of my notes on how I'm doing in my fight against lyme...   Jul 2010: Started riding twice a month.  Balance damage is the worst thing I have to over come.  For you riders out there:  I can't do an up 2 down 2 exercise while trotting more that a few times, and its baaaad. Having been a 5th level dressage rider, it is encouraging when my instructor says, "Well I...

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Living with and trying to heal from lyme is a long road.  Successful treatment can seem like one long plateau, with setbacks.  So it's important to take notes.  I am a lousy patient - I always think I know better, and have to find out the hard way that I don't.   So here are my notes on my progress for better or for worse.  Maybe some one will find use for this.   I...

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