Faith, Life, and Lessons

Greetings from the trenches of illness! Believe it or not, I'm feeling shockingly well considering all that my poor body is taking. About two weeks ago, my doctor took me off all antibiotics because my blood tests from the week showed that I had elevated liver enzymes, meaning my liver is damaged. Not surprising, given all the meds I'd been throwing at it. However, my blood test didn't show any improvement in my liver last week, which was concerning. They did further tests and found out that on top of the Lyme, I also have mono and strep. Apparently my immune system is so low right now that I should be wearing one of those assembly line medical masks. Not happening. Unfortunately, despite all the infection I apparently am harboring, we have to be super careful with antibiotics to get rid of even the strep because, again, my liver is already damaged. It's a cluster. Nonetheless, I actually feel pretty fine. In fact, I'm legitimately happy. It's true. I think a lo

Hi. I’m not really sure where to start, so I suppose I’ll just start with a Spark Notes™  version: This past April while I was studying for finals, I was lying out on the grass because I like to feel like I’m connected to the Earth. I got a bunch of bug bites on my back but wasn’t worried about it. A week later, I pulled what I thought was a scab off my back; I realized it was a tick whenever it started squirming in my fingers. I squished it and my own blood came out (unnecessary information, but I want you to feel the horror). Because I was flying out to Madrid the next day, I didn’t have time to worry about my little tag-along. However, once in Spain, I started getting bizarre leg spasms, backaches, headaches etc. I feared Lyme disease based on my Google searches, but it was super unproductive when I went to a doctor over there. I eventually convinced myself those were all symptoms of being in a new country with a new diet etc. Still, I got tested when I finally got back to Nashvill