We have landed and found dinner and the hotel. The Bellamy Brothers tour bus was outside in the morning. Here's a few photos of yesterday through 9 am.
I realized it has been a while since I've blogged. Got caught up in the lack of schedule over the last month. Things are fully back to normal for us Friday, as we go back to our homeschool co-op. It is a God-sent for us, as it gives the kids a different offering of classes from what we do at home, and it also gives them a social outlet too. For me, it has given me a change to get back to teaching, as I teach Algebra 1, 2 and Chemistry. So, what have we been up to? John and I were off to the western coast of Florida for the last 10 days. We were hoping to reboot him a bit in his healing. I've come to the realization that the more time he spends in the sunshine, the better. We discovered kayaking through mangrove tunnels - what a blast that is. There used to be a freshwater lake off the coast of Lido Key. Residents there had realized that this lake was a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The Army Corps of Engineers came in ...
It's been a while since I have blogged. As much as things have changed, much has remained the same. John is continuing to have very hard days. He's very tired and has roving joint pain still. We ran blood work and found low vitamin D again and low iron. His thyroid looks good, so it's just the nutrient deficiencies and the Lyme issues. The constant fatigue is tough to deal with, so he decided to take a hockey break. He handled it better than I did, as I cried on and off for days. It wasn't that he isn't playing hockey... it's the fact that he even had to choose to give up something he loves. We read in our local Lyme support group on Facebook that someone had cancelled an appointment with our doctor, so I tried to take the appointment 11 minutes after I saw the cancellation. Nope. Taken. That quickly. But, there was another slot, Tuesday at 9. It took me 2 hrs 10 min to get to the clinic during rush hour. ...
Today, some of our new additions to supplements came. While not all items from Buhner protocol have arrived, some did, and since John had a rough morning, I was ready to try them. The things we added today are: SAM-e: this is supposed to help all kinds of symptoms, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, and fibromyalgia. L-acetyl carnitine: this supports the mitochondria, which are our energy producing factories on the cellular level. It is thought to give energy specifically to brain cells. Tryptophan: heard of it before? It's the amino acid that is responsible for making you sleepy from Thanksgiving turkey. Tryptophan is required to make melatonin and serotonin. In this case, we are hoping for a boost in his feel good hormones. Some prefer 5-HTP as it's further broken down, and we've used that in the past too. If tryptophan doesn't work, we will swap it out for 5-HTP, which currently resides in my supplement graveyard. CoQ10,...
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