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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2005-12-06 03:36 pm
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Amy Tan says this better than I can right now

http://www.amytan.net/LymeDisease.aspx

I found this reassuring, by the way. I didn't know her hallucinations were triggered by the steroids. I've been dealing with frozen shoulder, and was afraid I'd need steroids--but one injection is not like taking oral steroids, even if I need one. So, back to the exercises...
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[identity profile] madspark.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Scary stuff...

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Even scarier--90% of new cases are not reported. And Lyme doctors think that estimate is on the light side...

[identity profile] ulitave.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I've taken oral steroids for asthma, and hallucinations are part of the package. Higher dosages act like truth serum - ask me anything and I'll spill my guts in a rather non-ulitave fashion. 2nd Ex once got me to name ever woman I'd ever slept with. yikes

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2005-12-06 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Higher dosages act like truth serum -

Wow. So why don't we just use this with terrorists, and skip the torture? This sounds better than sodium pentathol...

[identity profile] ulitave.livejournal.com 2005-12-07 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
the stuff IS torture. the truth serum bit is just an added bonus.

[identity profile] incandragon.livejournal.com 2005-12-07 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yow. I'm proud of her and her husband for getting through it. It's good that Lyme now has a "celebrity" voice.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2005-12-07 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
They're calling themselves the Lyme Literati. Ginger jokes that I'm starting up the local Literati. (Too true--I know way too many writers with Lyme/CFIDS/Fibro...)

[identity profile] silona.livejournal.com 2005-12-08 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
it is strange at this point.

how many and how effected.

very frustating.

hugs

ps i'm have a meeting of my editors on the 12th at 8pm interested?

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2005-12-14 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hi, there--

I didn't get this in time. I was in Oklahoma until about 8 that night! How did it go? Are things starting to move?

I would be happy to help, but am aware that I am easily distracted and hyper-focused at the same time. So not sure where my best contribution will be. Rumor has it I go to 2x a week for shots next week. Hope it's an improvement--hands unhappy.

Making cinnamon walnuts is probably one place of contribution... ;^)
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