So back to the Lyme doctor today. She said I was only her second patient to lose their gallbladder during treatment. Not exactly the kind of record I want to set! She also said I’m her ONLY patient to not have neurological symptoms clear on 12 weeks of Rocephin. Lovely.

Why do I always have to be the person who is outside the norm?

I did tell her that my head was very clear in the hospital after surgery so she said maybe it was due to the stress dose of the cortisol for my adrenals. She thinks it’s possible that my adrenals are playing a bigger role in making me feel badly. Maybe she’s right but sometimes I think she’s just trying to find an excuse! But I get all of the results from that soon (they’re suppose to be in the mail) so we’ll see what they say.

Regardless, my PICC line comes out next Tuesday. I will do my last treatment on Monday and then the home health nurse can come by to pull it out on Tuesday. I will be so happy to have this thing out of my arm. For one, I want to be able to take a shower again and wash my own hair! And two, I want to just sit there and scratch my arms for hours! haha

After the PICC comes out, I go back on Doxycycline and I can expect to be on it for three to six months before she tapers me off. We are going to start at 200mg and see what happens. She told me to expect to feel badly for the first week or so after the PICC comes out because of coming off of that medication and starting another so I’m bracing for that.

She also wants me to continue with B12 shots weekly and add Ginseng and Gingko Biloba as well as doubling my CoQ10. So another trip to the vitamin shoppe. They should put up a statue in my honor in that place!!

I don’t go back to see her for a month so it will be nice to have a little break from the doctor’s visits!