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Best thing about yesterday!

LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:12:45 GMT

My daughter with whom I live, who has Lyme Disease and has been very distant for the time we've been together . . . HUGGED ME yesterday!! I put my arms out and she came over and hugged me!!

I think she may be getting better . . . more like her old self.

Oh, please let this last!!

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cherry — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:14:58 GMT

How wonderful for you

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Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:38:23 GMT

Good news! I hope so, for you, and her, @LilacTree.

Happy Holidays, and New Year.

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meallen616 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:54:45 GMT

For you and your daughter,

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LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:16:58 GMT

@meallen616 wrote:
For you and your daughter,

@meallen616

How adorable. Thank you!!

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dex — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:36:44 GMT

@LilacTree That is some happy news.The hug holds the cure for so many of our troubled relationships.A hug to me is the transfer of positive energy and healing between two people.

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LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:39:50 GMT

@dex wrote:
@LilacTree That is some happy news.The hug holds the cure for so many of our troubled relationships.A hug to me is the transfer of positive energy and healing between two people.

@dex

I agree wholeheartedly, especially when one has waited for so long. She is feeling better and that is the greatest Christmas gift I could ever get.

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Trinity11 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:06:30 GMT

There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.

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LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:51:32 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.

@Trinity11

She has been getting weekly IVs with vitamins and supplements. No meds at all. It takes about two hours and there are others in the room with her. She said sometimes they talk and sometimes they just rest.

She is also going weekly to a newly opened spa that offers what is called "floating." She enjoys that too.

I have heard that chronic Lyme does abate in about six years and that's about how long she's had it. She doesn't think that's true, but I do. Her daughter, my granddaughter, agrees with me that she is much better since she's been off constant antibiotics, which is all the other doc ever gave her and when she was the sickest.

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Trinity11 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:05:36 GMT

@LilacTree wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.
@Trinity11
She has been getting weekly IVs with vitamins and supplements. No meds at all. It takes about two hours and there are others in the room with her. She said sometimes they talk and sometimes they just rest.

She is also going weekly to a newly opened spa that offers what is called "floating." She enjoys that too.

I have heard that chronic Lyme does abate in about six years and that's about how long she's had it. She doesn't think that's true, but I do. Her daughter, my granddaughter, agrees with me that she is much better since she's been off constant antibiotics, which is all the other doc ever gave her and when she was the sickest.

@LilacTreeSo much is unknown about this devastating illness. I saw a week report on a local news channel about people who were suffering from it. They had to turn to alternative medicine to get any relief. The medical community will catch up someday but one wonders just how long it will take. Meanwhile, your daughter had to find her own way to get healthier. Let's just hope this is a new beginning for her.

Years ago I was finally diagnosed with interstitial cystitis after finding no relief. I was very young when I started with it and nobody thought someone young had it. Finally, I found a doctor who recognized it and just knowing from the cystoscopy under sedation, that I did indeed have it (Proof), helped me immensely. Now there is an entire website devoted to those suffering from it....back then there was little to no support.

I am getting over the flu....hoping that by Christmas I will be over it. The kids are coming and I have everything wrapped and ready. My grandson is 5, so this will be a big year for him.

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Teddie — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:16:59 GMT

@LilacTree wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.
@Trinity11
She has been getting weekly IVs with vitamins and supplements. No meds at all. It takes about two hours and there are others in the room with her. She said sometimes they talk and sometimes they just rest.

She is also going weekly to a newly opened spa that offers what is called "floating." She enjoys that too.

I have heard that chronic Lyme does abate in about six years and that's about how long she's had it. She doesn't think that's true, but I do. Her daughter, my granddaughter, agrees with me that she is much better since she's been off constant antibiotics, which is all the other doc ever gave her and when she was the sickest.

I’m really very happy for you and your daughter to read this! I feel the answer is in vitamins and supplements. Long term use of antibiotics is terrible for the body. I’m so glad she has a doctor who is giving her what her body needs.

This is going to be a beautiful, blessed Christmas season for you, @LilacTree! Now, we need to get you feeling well.

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LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:38:47 GMT

@Trinity11

She has been through hell and back with this horrific disease. Doctors have laughed at her, told her she was psychotic, accused her of lying, never qualified her for disability (they didn't believe she was too sick to work) . . . and all the while she was going through a horrific divorce and couldn't afford an attorney. A lot more I could say, but I won't.

It finally came down to she had nowhere to live. That's when I rented this apartment and we've been here over two years already. Up to then I had been living quite comfortably in a senior apartment facility, but there was no way I could see one of my kids have to live month to month on skid row, which was her only choice.

I must have written about it here, since that's what I do. It's like heaven now . . . and to see her decorating for Christmas and just being interested in life again. No words can describe it.

I'm so glad to hear you were finally diagnosed. You were so young and not to know why you were sick must have been devastating.

I do believe I might have IC. Hopefully I will find out tonight when the doctor calls. Most of the information on that is in Wellness.

I wish for you a glorious Christmas . . . over the flu and able to enjoy it with your five-year-old grandson. Is there anything better than that?

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LilacTree — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:45:53 GMT

@Teddie wrote:
@LilacTree wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.
@Trinity11
She has been getting weekly IVs with vitamins and supplements. No meds at all. It takes about two hours and there are others in the room with her. She said sometimes they talk and sometimes they just rest.

She is also going weekly to a newly opened spa that offers what is called "floating." She enjoys that too.

I have heard that chronic Lyme does abate in about six years and that's about how long she's had it. She doesn't think that's true, but I do. Her daughter, my granddaughter, agrees with me that she is much better since she's been off constant antibiotics, which is all the other doc ever gave her and when she was the sickest.
I’m really very happy for you and your daughter to read this! I feel the answer is in vitamins and supplements. Long term use of antibiotics is terrible for the body. I’m so glad she has a doctor who is giving her what her body needs.

This is going to be a beautiful, blessed Christmas season for you, @LilacTree! Now, we need to get you feeling well.

@Teddie

I should know by tonight when my doctor calls re the ultrasounds I had, what this might be. Most of the information on that is in Wellness, so I won't repeat it here.

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:04:30 GMT

Hey LT! Yay! I'm so glad for you and her. Here's hoping things open up and you two will have a great relationship.

I don't have a relationship with my so-called mother and always wished I could. Well, that would have to involve my mother being a different person because the one I got is a horrible, hateful, self-serving person.

But I've seen great mother/daughter relationships over the decades and always thought that must be really awesome! i just always wished mine would have loved me and figured that would have been a good place to start. I tried numerous times, even though it was not I who was doing the damage. finally had to realize that it was time to stop trying.

I'm glad that you two might be trying.

Best!!

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Teddie — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:09:23 GMT

@LilacTree wrote:
@Teddie wrote:
@LilacTree wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
There is nothing in life as important as our relationships with our children. @LilacTree....I am so happy that your daughter is beginning to feel a bit better.
@Trinity11
She has been getting weekly IVs with vitamins and supplements. No meds at all. It takes about two hours and there are others in the room with her. She said sometimes they talk and sometimes they just rest.

She is also going weekly to a newly opened spa that offers what is called "floating." She enjoys that too.

I have heard that chronic Lyme does abate in about six years and that's about how long she's had it. She doesn't think that's true, but I do. Her daughter, my granddaughter, agrees with me that she is much better since she's been off constant antibiotics, which is all the other doc ever gave her and when she was the sickest.
I’m really very happy for you and your daughter to read this! I feel the answer is in vitamins and supplements. Long term use of antibiotics is terrible for the body. I’m so glad she has a doctor who is giving her what her body needs.

This is going to be a beautiful, blessed Christmas season for you, @LilacTree! Now, we need to get you feeling well.
@Teddie
I should know by tonight when my doctor calls re the ultrasounds I had, what this might be. Most of the information on that is in Wellness, so I won't repeat it here.

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

I will go over there and find out what’s going on.

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fortune — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 23:14:44 GMT

@LilacTree wrote:
My daughter with whom I live, who has Lyme Disease and has been very distant for the time we've been together . . . HUGGED ME yesterday!! I put my arms out and she came over and hugged me!!

I think she may be getting better . . . more like her old self.

Oh, please let this last!!

@LilacTree

This brings tears to my eyes! It shows that it isn't anything you've been doing or not doing. This is strictly her inner feelings and thoughts. I've got an idea! Put your arms out again and again!!!!

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LilacTree — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:03:44 GMT

@fortune wrote:
@LilacTree wrote:
My daughter with whom I live, who has Lyme Disease and has been very distant for the time we've been together . . . HUGGED ME yesterday!! I put my arms out and she came over and hugged me!!

I think she may be getting better . . . more like her old self.

Oh, please let this last!!
@LilacTree wrote:
My daughter with whom I live, who has Lyme Disease and has been very distant for the time we've been together . . . HUGGED ME yesterday!! I put my arms out and she came over and hugged me!!

I think she may be getting better . . . more like her old self.

Oh, please let this last!!
@LilacTree
This brings tears to my eyes! It shows that it isn't anything you've been doing or not doing. This is strictly her inner feelings and thoughts. I've got an idea! Put your arms out again and again!!!!

@fortune

She had just fixed something we were going to throw away. We always used to call her Miss Fix-it because even as a child, she used to fix things. She was so pleased and that's what she was happy about. It brought back the little daughter I knew.

Yes, I will put my arms out more and more. I don't expect she will be like this all the time, but you're right that I kept blaming myself and I won't do that anymore.

Life is so complicated!!