Many of us are struggling to put one foot in front of the other. I have talked to some people who are in a very dark place - places I am familiar with and have struggled through myself. Don't give up. We need you. You are loved! You are strong! You are a warrior! You are not alone! And for the record I am not on the other side of this Lyme disease yet yet either - but I am here to link arms with anyone who is willing, so that we might all make it across this dangerous and rising flood of Lyme and other Tick borne diseases ... We don't want to see anyone else go un-diagnosed year after year right?
I am also here to offer you some hope. Today is the anniversary - of my having gone 16 months without a hospitalization or ambulance ride. This is the longest I have gone since 2005. I have changed my diet and started using Juice Plus+ which I highly recommend for anyone suffering from chronic illness. Please do yourself a favor and contact me so I can send you some more information - it has been a catalyst to great changes in my life with Lyme and is also now allowing me to work from home as an independent contractor, health coach and blogger. I urge you to explore this with me but I am only trying to educate and inspire you to live your best life yet. This is not a sales pitch - I am offering you the opportunity to improve your health and wealth because that is my mission in life now. I am here when you want to talk my friends! Email me at healthandwealthaves@gmail.com or send me a message on Facebook.
What a difference a year of nutrition makes in the battle against Tick Borne Diseases. my quality of life has improved an enormous amount from when I couldn't go more then a month without numerous devastating symptoms and sicknesses plaguing me for over a decade. Doctors say these symptoms can be caused by Lyme, or by a plethora of other illnesses and conditions, which is not helpful as a diagnostic response to ongoing symptoms and sickness. My doctor said that my dietary changes are the cause of my healing and call me a walking miracle.
We are not there yet my friends - as you know! And when we as a society don't look for chronic Lyme per se, we lump all unusual symptoms into poor categorizations. Either "see someone for your mental health" or "see a specialist" (aka: It's not my field of expertise or area of the body). Great! So helpful!
It's a lot for anyone to deal with. But we do a better job of coping and healing when we link arms and walk this minefield together. That I promise.
I cannot tell you why we have to fight to be heard or why we have to wait for the rest of the world to hear our cries - I do know the day is coming when we will be recognized and will receive the kind of attention and care we need! I look back on my life pre-Lyme vs today and there is no comparison! However, I do know I am strong enough to beat this. I know that in my heart - in the very fiber of my being! I am stronger than this!
I have struggled for years and the struggle continues in the present day. It's a struggle that includes my housing, finances, health coverage, transportation, money, bills; broken phones & laptops & tablets & various other items that help me run a business; it's all a struggle but I am fighting and encourage you to do the same. YOU are not broken - you may be bruised, beaten down, feeling brittle - and much more - I know. But never allow yourself to be broken. You have to tell yourself regularly that you are worth fighting for and that you have come so far already that you aren't going to quit now.
Year after year - nobody wants to be a burden. I want to be a blessing and be the best for myself, for my family, for you, for the future of Lyme & humanity.Still carry that desire to fit in with me from my teens I guess, I bet many of us do ~ but I now care as much about doing myself proud and being the kind of woman others look up to as I do about pleasing others! That is a step in the right direction.
And I am finally spending time on this need to be more then my medical condition. I didn't have a grand plan when I started my blog or my business or most of the things I am working on regularly in my current life. I just had a need, an instinct, and some people come into my life who loved me with my illness, and all of my flaws even, I didn't see it at first because I had gotten so used to being alone during my hardest battles. It's normal for the very ill to seek solitude or even to be left behind in their hours of need - both happen regularly but the day I said to myself - this is no way to live and I am going to try something else after all these years was both the best and worst day of my life because it meant, and still means, a ton of hard work on my mentality, on my fears, on my foods and on building or re-building friendships and relationships. It's exhausting yes, however, it is the most rewarding "treatment" I have tried yet in terms of giving me back some small piece of my old self, of the person I always was but had lost sight of long ago in the battle against this crazy bacteria.
I am that kind of woman. I am strong, I am unique. I am powerful and no lack of funds is going to dim this bright bulb. I encourage you to join me and start giving yourself the applause you deserve. You may not have "won" but you have not lost yet either. Another round? Sure! You can manage; you can fight; you will not be defeated! Won't you join me and be a warrior? Warriors never give up! Look to the future - wait for the dawn that brings light and hope for Lyme victims everywhere. It's coming! Until then stand tall, be proud and fight! And take care of yourself physically, mentally and spiritually - nobody will do it for you.
As always I wish you a happy, healthy and healing day. Thank you for supporting each other and for supporting me. You are always welcome here at the corner BETWEEN HEALTH AND WEALTH AVENUES! Happy to have you! Y'all come back now ya hear?
Peace, Audrey
