Just keep in mind Lyme is always with us once we get it... kind of like the chicken pox... and if we get stressed or sick or anything that lowers are immune system, it will rear its ugly head (except it would be shingles then -- which I have because my immune system has been so ruined from the Lyme it can't keep it at bay like a healthy body would) Even the full moon has me in more pain than normal... and it's important to treat everything that comes with Lyme not just the Lyme itself. Anyone who thinks they are suffering from Lyme should get a full virus panel because chances are you have quite a few of them. I've never met a Lyme person who didn't. I've also never met a Lyme person who didn't have Candida. If you eat a meal, feel bloated and like the food is sitting in your belly, you most likely have Candida. Lyme will teach you all about healing and how many facets there are to healing. It's certainly not as easy as taking an antibiotic and it being gone. We're dealing with a bug that has been able to dig into our brains and literally trick our immune system into not working anymore and allowing everything bad to flourish inside us and chances are it's been going on for quite some time since most people don't catch it for years later... it's serious stuff but if you put the effort into healing, you can come out stronger than ever.
It's a horrible disease and it doesn't help we've cut down so much land for the wild animals so they're coming into out areas more and dropping their bugs in our yards then our animals bring them in to us. It's kind of hard to find a tiny tick on a sheltie too, eh?
At least your on a coast with doctors who will be familiar to you. I'm on the west coast so not as easy here.
I can relate on the medicine front, too. We don't use antibiotics but our herbs, supplements, chiropractor, acupuncture, yoga for myself, and doctor visits (and ND and also therapist -- vital to learn to let go of stress in order to heal any disease) easily total $1,000 a month. My doctor stresses the importance of eating all organic as people with diseases like this have very weak detox pathways so we just can't handle a lot and that's very expensive, too! We do it all without insurance as well so it's very costly being sick!
Best of luck
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