Your health care team has come up with all the right stuff to help you heal: rebuild from Lyme and co-infections. The prescriptions and suggestions pile on, and you end up with a list a mile long, of things to do and pills to take. You are facing a Lyme health care overload. Looking at the list is overwhelming; you feel exhausted, doomed to fail. How are you going to get all this sh— done.
I faced this question on my healing journey. I felt defeated by the enormity of what I was being asked to do for myself to heal. First, I had been taking my health for granted for a long time and had no idea how to spend so much time on healing activities. Second, I am a self-starter and take too much pride in exceeding the expectations the doctors set for me. Between a rock and a hard place, I needed to shift my approach.
Given What Is – You are in a Lyme Health Care Overload – What Are You Going To Do?
Western medicine had done what it could. The problems were easy to see. Life had no joy as sick as I was, and I had let go and die or do my best to forge my recovery. Recovery became my top priority. To me, this meant expanding my approach beyond the traditional medical methods, listening to the advice of my health care team, and evaluating and following their best advice.
So, I decided to wade into my Lyme health care overload and learn as I went. Figure out a new how to take care of myself. I started sorting through cooking and eating healthily, taking medicine five times a day keeping 50 plus supplements in stock at my house, setting up frequency medicine treatments, doing enemas, saunas tub soaks, and multiple health appointments each week in a way that allowed for some joy in living.
Don’t Let Lyme Symptoms Stop You
Exhaustion spotty memory and confused thinking all common Lyme symptoms actively blocked my success. I had to change my mindset and approach. Change how to make things easier. Don’t let lack of how convert you into a non compliant patient who never gets well. Create an environment to support successful healing.
Clear Space For Healing
Recovery takes time and energy; mine was severe enough that I left my job to focus full time on healing. Closing my business was a huge blow; I had been building my teaching and community of students. It just did not make sense trying to support and heal others when I was running on empty. Examine how you can cut back on obligations and work to clear space for healing.
Create Healing Habit Stacks
A habit stack is when you group new healing practices in between to established habits to be sure you get them all done. Here is an example of a morning habit stack. It was automatic that I go to the bathroom when I get up and brush my teeth. I put the rest in between and treat it as part of a package.
Habit Stack Example
- Go to the toilet, flush, and wash my hands.
- Flip the switch to heat the water on my way to the toilet.
- Use the Neti pot after I wash.
- Roll out my feet on the toilet.
- Tongue scrape.
- Prep tincture tea.
- Brush My teeth.
I stacked 2 3 4 5 and 6 in between my established habits upon rising of 1 and 7. If I do one which is driven by my body, the rest follow quickly without too much thought.
Craft A Healing Calendar
Keep a calendar on your phone with reminders for you drive times to health care dates. If this seems overwhelming to set up, ask a friend for help. It does no good to miss appointments for the help you need to heal.
Make sure to sync up your healing calendar and work calendar. I had to wait weeks at times to get an appointment with the right health care professional. Get organized with phone notes or a letter, do your homework to make your time with doctors and other health care professionals efficient and effective.
Collect Medicines & Herbs Stage Them For Ease Of Use
Where do you keep your medications and supplements? Does their location make them easy to take at the right time? Stage them for ease of use. For more help in remembering prescriptions set alarms on your phone.
- Medicine pre-paks in the pocketbook.
- Tinctures by a hot pot to make tea.
- Oils by my bed to apply before sleep.
- Supplements in the kitchen to take with meals.
Be Okay With Doing The Best You Can
Do the best you can to help yourself heal. Remember to ask for support from your health care team, family, and friends if you need it. Let go of little mistakes and keep track of progress in the long term to embrace your progress in healing.
The purpose of this article is to share and educate on Lyme disease recovery strategies. The information provided on this website is not a substitute for professional medical care, treatment, or advice. All the material here is for information purposes only. Always share strategy and work with your health care team.