Cypress trees in Santa Cruz Mountains. I'm having one of those Lyme days where it is difficult to stay vertical.  You just never know when it will hit you so hard that you can't stand up for very long. PJs and Netflix binging: just what the doctor ordered!

Loki took a bite out of Lyme, long before it was ever a Lyme Disease Challenge! Here he is biting a toy spirochete. I pity the Spirochete that comes in contact with cracker or his George Clooney-chompers!  

Since it is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, Loki would like to do his part in educating on the challenges of treating Lyme disease. Borrelia Burgdorferi (Bb), the pathogen that causes Lyme disease, is both horrifying and fascinating in that it is designed to survive multiple environments and assaults.

Phantosmia: an olfactory hallucination makes you detect smells that aren't really present in your environment.  It’s seen in people with Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and of course Lyme disease. It’s usually an unpleasant smell.  

A macro view of the Red Bottlebrush tree. A very close visual representation of what it’s like living with Lyme disease. With Lyme, life becomes so focused and minute tossed around with a bit of chaos. Recovery becomes a full-time job with 100% focus. So much so, I had to let go of my old […]

This face will get me through my day. A long drive to the doctors & the start of another week of IV abx. Mondays always leave me like a zombie.

“Don’t shoot down on flowers,” say the experts.  Rule Breaker.

"When you look at the dark side, careful you must be. For the dark side looks back.” ~Yoda

"Who is Savadear?" is one of my most precious memories of living abroad, before I knew I had been sick with Lyme Disease. It's a cute story so if you haven't read it, check it out.