Apparently, I don’t!

I went out for lunch with a coworker a few days ago. When my food arrived, I tasted the hamburger and it was really strange because I could feel it in my mouth but it didn’t taste like much of anything. Then I tasted one of my sweet potato fries and it tasted the exact same – like nothing. I asked my coworker to taste it because I was sure something was wrong with the food. Nope, tasted fine to him.

So what in the heck is going on?!

I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that things weren’t as flavorful now that I think about it. But this was the first time it was like I was eating air. Since then, I’ve noticed I can only taste the salt on food and I can taste a little bit of flavor in my protein shakes. Other than that, it all tastes the same.

Do you know how completely uninterested you are in food when it all tastes the same? I basically don’t care if I eat AT ALL now.

So when I went to see the NP today, I mentioned it to her and she flippantly said oh yeah, that’s a side effect of the medication. It may come back after you stop it. If it does, it could take a few months. May come back? If it does?

Have I mentioned how much I HATE this stupid disease and everything that surrounds it?!

Then she told me that my bartonella test came back negative. I wasn’t really surprised because many other Lyme patients have told me in the past week that the possibility it will show up, particularly on antibiotics, is not good. It’s one of those that is usually clinically diagnosed. And she’ll never treat me for it without a lab result.

We went over my symptoms and the fact that the neurological ones are still hanging around and she said it looks more and more like I’m going to go for the full 12 weeks. And she seemed irritated by that. She told me to expect that my insurance will quit paying very soon. Thanks for all the encouragement….

After today, I never have to see the NP again (hopefully) and can just see the doctor. So there’s my bright spot for the day because there isn’t another one.