The NP called me this morning and said all of my blood work was normal except for my thyroid. She only measured TSH but my doctor who manages that will never adjust my medications just based on that number. She wants me to drop my dosage but I told her I would talk to him about it.

So normal labs – my WBC was even on the low end. The good news is liver and kidney enzymes still look good, although a little higher than last time they were checked. That’s one thing that’s been consistent – with the exception of TSH, my labs have always been perfectly in range.

So she said that only leaves one option for all of this – the herbal medications. Maybe the fever was some kind of viral thing since it was basically just a day long thing. But the rash is something different. Of course, it could be part of a herx and that’s the tricky part. What’s a herx and what’s an allergic reaction?

Last night, my head felt very strange. But not brain fog or even typical Lyme brain as I call it. It was more the feeling that I was about to pass out. My husband ran downstairs to get me a protein shake and protein bar so I ate that at 10:30 last night. Then I got in the tub. When I got in, I noticed the rash – it was spreading.

Yesterday morning, it had spread a little further on my upper legs, was on my butt! (sorry, TMI) and very faint and sparse on both arms. Well, now it’s going down my calf on my left leg and spreading upwards towards my stomach! So something has got to give because I don’t want this stuff on my FACE!

And then my tongue started feeling tingly. Now, full disclosure, I was beginning to freak out with the rash spreading so quickly. So that could have been all in my head. Just to be safe, I took Benadryl again before I went to bed. Otherwise, I don’t think I would have ever been able to fall asleep.

I told her when she called I would stop the herbal meds and see what happens. Truth be told, I’m terrified of what this is going to mean. Will I spiral backwards? Will all my symptoms come back full force? Time will tell.

IF this makes the rash go away, then I’ll reintroduce the herbal meds one at a time to see if I can determine which one was causing it. If it doesn’t go away, then I suppose I’ll start eliminating supplements. That will take forever though to figure out which one because I take so many! I just hope it’s something as simple as an allergy and not really something else. Something tells me that’s not the case but I don’t know.

As of now, I’m just really scared of what the future may hold with this. Fingers crossed that as my system gets rid of all of these medications and toxins, I will start to feel better. Maybe my treatment can really end.

We’ll see….