About this Blog

~Hi, my name is Courtney. I was a full time college student, starting to be a dancer, and used to work with kids part time, living on my own until my illness disabled me.
~I became sick in 2005. I created this blog in the summer of 2006 to record my "headache" diary and to see if anyone finds it interesting.
~12/2006 I lost my job then after, failed a year of college.
~2/2007 Dx Lyme Disease with Bartonella: prescribed 8 months of oral antibiotics. I'm not even sure if I ever had the Lyme Disease.
~11/2007 The doctor took me off medicines while I was still improving but not fully recovered.
~6/2008 Dx Chiari I Malformation by a neurosurgeon in Beverly Hills.
~8/2008 Decompression and Lamenectomy helped 80% of my problems.
~2/2009 Dx Hypermobility by an Orthopedic Surgeon/School Doc: Started PT, dancing, going to school and working.
~6/2009 Started working full time as an Infant-Toddler teacher, which requires lifting. Dancing part time, maybe I'll finish school eventually...lol
~12/2009 Dx Chronic Sinusitis: Stopped dancing due to constant infections.
~2/2010 Sinus Surgery & complication: Severe Epistaxis: Became severely anemic.
~3/2010: Dx Ehlers Danlos Syndrome: by Geneticist
~4/2011: Switched jobs, now work at a Pre-K teacher for 3 and 4 year olds. Less lifting!
~5/2011: Started PT and exercising again

Saturday, November 03, 2007

pretty much better from Lyme Healthboards.net

just wanted to say i was infected for 1 1/2 years with lyme and bartonella (only the bartonella was confirmed by tests) found a lyme doctor in february and was treated with oral antibiotics for 8 months. we have stopped the antibiotics and i am rehabilitating myself. i plan on doing another protocol just to wipe it out entirely. i cannot do the things i used to do yet but i'm not really sure i want to. i hope this brings you hope. i'm not fully better but i can function.

another thing i didnt realize i would have a problem with is Post traumatic stress from the whole thing. im young and right before i got really sick my grandma almost died from cancer. so that really traumatized me being sick myself. anyways i'm seeing a health psychologist who specializes in trauma as well. its great but i had still feeling lousy emotionally.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Abuddog. I am sorry that your grandma has cancer. I hope she is okay.

I am so glad you are improving! I hope you continue to improve.

You are right that this can cause post traumatic stress syndrome. People dealing with these illnesses usually go through so much prior, during, and after being diagnosed and treated.

Keep us posted on how you are doing okay?

Courtney said...

i just wanted to say again cuz i didnt mention it before that I'm at 85% where 100% is back to normal again.

Anonymous said...

Hi Abuddog. Do you feel you have been treated long enough? It is my understanding that most Lyme doctors treat until a person is symptom free plus at least two months longer.

Eight months is really not that long of treatment when you were infected for a year and a half. Just be very vigilant of your symptoms.

Courtney said...

no i dont think i was. but i am feeling a whole lot better. doc thinks i had bartonella infection which is gone and now i have mercury toxicity. i'm not sure. ill trust him until i get my results of the toxicity and if i'm not then im gonna go to a doc to do the marshall protocol to get rid of anything else in my way.

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