Thursday, May 14, 2009

Day 1 of Treatment

So Last night was technically my first day of treatment, but since it was only half the dosage, I guess I could count today as the first official day of treatment.

After considering the possibility of having to wear long sleeve shirts and pants all summer on Doxycycline due to the severe photo sensitivity as a side effect, I decided to go a different route and forgo being miserable during the one season of the year that I am enthusiastic about.

I am on 1,000 mg of Biaxin a day with 400 mg of Plaquenil along with a Magnesium supplement and 60 billion probiotics.  Last night, I felt a little caffeinated for a lack of a better word, and counted my pulse at 85, which supposedly is still normal for an adult.  I would just describe how I felt as "strange".

This morning I woke up with the best of intentions, but shortly after I took my dose with food, I started to deteriorate quickly.  I had read that it was helpful to the antibiotics working to go to the gym and to sit in the sauna, so that is what I set out to do.  Unfortunately, I felt so horrible that I realized I had better buy some epsom salts (also recommended to help remove toxins) and head home before I fell down and couldn't get home.  For some reason my eyes felt extremely heavy and puffy, I think because I was so exhausted even after 9 hours of sleep.

I would liken how I felt today as very similar to having the flu, just a little different in ways I can't quite pinpoint.  I could feel every single bone, joint, fiber, and muscle today.  It felt like every part of me hurt at least once.  It was kind of like a lot of my bad days all rolled up into one.  I also felt more mentally slow than usual and found I had a hard time talking on the phone more than usual.  I would describe the difficulty I have with speaking to be like Aphasia, which commonly affects people who have strokes.  I struggle to find the words I am trying to say, and often they come out all jumbled or I repeat them a bunch of times without meaning to, or I stutter.  

I took an epsom salt bath for about 15 minutes and then took a couple hour nap.  I felt a little better when I ate dinner, but now I am feeling hit by a bus again and wondering how many days will be like this.  I am considering calling the doctor for pain killers but am nervous about overloading my liver too much since the medications I am on already require me to get my liver checked frequently.

The only other side effect I can tell so far from the medication is a funny sort of metallic taste in my mouth.  Thankfully, I haven't had to deal with the baldness, loss of vision, or hallucinations so far, but I won't count my chickens before they hatch.  You should google Biaxin and Plaquenil if you are considering taking them.  A lot of people with Lyme say they get good benefits from that combination, but a lot of people also complain of very disruptive side effects.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better.  I have a friend coming to visit and we are planning to go to the beach.  I will, as I have always tried, not give up on living life because of how terrible I feel.  Sadly enough, I have almost gotten used to feeling like a bucket of rusty nails, its really the thought of this lengthy treatment that really concerns me the most.    

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