Focused at Fifty

"LYME"  So here I am, the lucky recipient of a tick borne disease with the curious name of Lyme Disease. It's been a helluva crazy last two weeks but I want to tell my story. My body at this point, feels damaged, injured. Not beyond the sense of repair, but things are now definitely different and I will have to live with it and whatever transpires after treatment. I was angry in the beginning at the incompetency of my medical diagnosis. Now I am getting empowered to get through this phase of treatment. People are extremely sympathetic and have been nothing but supportive. Some have not,  with the misunderstanding that I "appear" fine when they see me. But then they are not privy to the pain of my joints and the intense wave of exhaustion and fatigue which can strike at anytime and be debilitating. Or the fogs ... the brain fogs which hamper your concentration and memory. I hope this blog serves as an education of sorts on what one with a bad case of Lym