Follow up on Dec. 4th post, dealing with death

     I really went through a lot of herxing the week my father died, as well as a very close friend of mine. Double whammy. I had symptoms I have not had since herxing them out a couple of years ago. This included that 'stretched like a strummed elastic' feeling throughout my body, heaviness of my limbs, headaches, brain fog, etc.. You know them all. I declared that I would not change my treatment protocol because I 'knew' it was stress related and was sure it would go away when the stress declined. I am so proud of myself! I think I have learned a thing or two during this long trial. My symptoms did resolve after I got a hold of myself and have not returned. This is a pleasure for me to say. I have to come to grips with the fact I will always have some left over neurological symptoms under certain conditions. This is a little hard to adjust to, as I never know when something traumatic will occur. I wish I could say symptoms will never occur again, but as all long term Lymies will tell you, you can get it under control, be 90% your old self, and then Wham, something brings it on. ugh. This makes it hard to work, make long term plans which include an over abundance of activity, or travel for an extended period of time. So, it is not all good, but it is tolerable and manageable. As long as I know the symptoms will not last, I'm happy.    :)