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#1543 - 05/06/07 08:07 AM
Member Profile for Willo
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Willo
Spirochete Hunter
Registered: 11/10/06
Posts: 81
Loc: South Puget Sound, WA State
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Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to be here!
My name is Anna Willo, I'm a 26 yr old female.. and live a bit south of Seattle in WA State, along Puget Sound. The Pacific North West has been my home since age 15, before then my family moved around a lot. I typically write UK English; I learned how to speak and write while living with my English Grandparents. So you'll see a lot of S's instead of Z's. I mean to do that, it's not a part of the Lyme fog. 
I sponsor a little girl, Hena, from Hindustan (East India), who is 9 years old. She's a great motivation for me, not only do I have the immense satisfaction of helping an impoverished child -- Hena teaches me things about her way of life (Hinduism) with each correspondence we share. Getting a letter or an updated picture of my child is medicine of its own kind! It brings me out of the world where I physically suffer, and helps relieve a bit of the 'Mama' pangs I've been getting. I've always, since I was a little girl, wanted a family. I consider myself lucky to have learned early in life that family isn't restricted by blood.
I've been studying Lyme and associated diseases (not to mention sub-conditions) for nearly a decade (as long as I've been ill). I was blessed with good health as a child. I was the type that refused so much as an asprin. I hate taking medications! Now my days are all scheduled around meds. Buggers.
When I was 17 I had my high school diploma and a year of college under my belt. I thought I earned a bit of a break, and decided to go travelling before I continued onto University. I went on a camping trip in Indiana in 1998. Two weeks of sleeping under the stars, each day canoeing down the Wabash River. I was invited by a Lakota Holy Man to join the protest he organised. We stopped by a few towns along the river and spoke to them about keeping their river clean (the Wabash, at the time, was the 9th most polluted river in the US!) and also made a plea for Tribal Sacred Objects to be removed from local museums and returned to their rightful tribes. I'm part Cheyenne, so this trip was a big deal for me. It was a spiritual calling. Little did I know it would change my life completely, and not in any way that I could have guessed.
At the very end of the trip.. I felt something strange on my inner left thigh. When I had a chance to check it out, I had a bull's eye rash, classic. Only, silly me, who was born in New York and should have recognised that type of rash (*thumps self*), listened to the locals tell me that "all kinds of things bite and give you rashes over here! It's nothing!"
So I treated it as if it was nothing, and continued on with my life.
I returned home to WA State when 1998 was turning into 1999. I was tired, achy.. thought I had a cold. T'was the season, after all. I started a job to save money to go back to uni, but by the time I was good at my job, I was really sick. I would wake up each day nauseated.. and for the first 6 months of 1999 not one day passed by where I did not throw up. Memorial day of 1999 came around. I was bused to hospital from work after (sorry about being graphic) throwing up blood and passing out in the back of the store.
That started a huge round of painful tests, checking my GI system from top to bottom, and bottom to top. (ick, I hate GI tests)
"You're perfectly healthy."
"Nothing's wrong with you, here look at your tests."
"You should be on anti-depressants, there's nothing physically wrong with you."
I was dumbfounded. No defense could come to a brain that was trapped in a heavy fog. Indeed, the preliminary tests were all normal and therefore no one wanted to dig any deeper.
Time passed.. and in the year 2000 my brother's best friend told my bro to pass along a message to me. "I think you have Lyme disease" bro's best friend said. He had Lyme as a kid, I even remember him walking around with the IV pole when we were young.
*face falls in hands*
I felt silly. I knew lots of people with Lyme disease and co-infections back as a kid. Yes I moved a lot, but I always went back to NY (until 15). I should have known what that rash was.
By the time I got to a doctor with all the GI problems, the rash was gone. I didn't even think to connect all the odd symptoms until I looked up Lyme disease.. and found out that I classically mirrored (at the time) the 2nd stage of Lyme Borreliosis. I printed up pages of symptoms and marked off each one I had. Doc still wouldn't listen, even when I told him about the camping trip the previous year and about the rash. He ordered an ELISA ("a perfectly good test for Lyme disease" YEAH RIGHT!) which of course came back negative. Finally I just asked, "Would it hurt me to try some abx to see if anything happens?"
The doc relented, gave me a short course of doxy. After a herx -- for the first time in 8 months -- I woke up normally, not having to run to the bathroom!
Of course we all know how long the effects of a short course of abx lasts, if there are any effects at all. I enjoyed a short reprieve.. but by the following year I was an invalid, having seizures, neuropathy, GI problems still (couldn't even keep water down.. I lost a total of 113lbs inside the year 1999), spasms, arthritis, tachycardia, chronic pain, no energy, etc.. etc.. etc.. most of us know the common symptoms of late stage Lyme, I believe.
I was there in that 3rd stage, fighting for my life. And after 50+ doctors up and down Puget Sound, in 2001 I heard of a doctor in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He was kind enough to see me for no money, on a Saturday, for 2-3 hours! Clinical conclusion:
"You have Lyme disease, erlichia, babesiosis.. and probably bartonella."
He Rx'd doxy for me to start on, and in 2002 I was steadily on that and pulsed tinidazole for 11 months. The oral meds made me even more sick than I was before the long course of doxy. Half because of the herxes, the other half due to bad reactions to doxy. My stomach couldn't handle it, I finally begged my LLMD (of the time) to let me go off of the meds. He agreed, but asked me to stay on neurontin (I was on a dose high enough that it was acting as an anti-seizure med.. I couldn't stop that).
It took me until Feb 2003 to save up for IGeneX testing. I could only afford 2 tests, the western blot IgG and IgM for borrelia.
Positive.
I had an answer!
I wasn't crazy, as I had started to fear. You know how you go so long with doctors telling you "there's nothing wrong" that you actually DO start to doubt yourself? Been there. Not a nice place. Having the lab results in hand I started care at the University of WA's Medical Centre.
It was also in 2003, after fighting the gov't for almost a year and having to move back in with my parents, I was given SSI Disability with Medicaid for insurance. Talk about jumping through hoops to find a doctor able to competently treat me. It was hard enough when I had private insurance. DSHS greatly limited my options. I was stuck with UW's Medical Centre for a while, until the second LLMD I was in contact with called me one day last spring to say, "I have good news for you."
He was training a doctor to treat Lyme and other TBIs, whose practice is right up here in Seattle! Luckily the doctor turned out to be a really sweet, good-hearted man who took me on as his full time patient. He hated hearing of the abuse I was put through in UW. (They sent me to an infectious disease doc.. need I say more?) I've been through years of ups and downs, weeks in hospital beds, years in a wheelchair, disabled for 8 years now.. finally it was time for things to start turning around.
It took a long time of assessment and tests for my LLMD to figure out where we should go with my treatment. My hormonal ranges were in post-menopause. (Seriously! 20-something and I was having hot flashes! oy!) I was also severely mal-nutritioned, had asthma and was about to find out that I have GastroParesis (hence all the GI problems).
Because of insurance, we started out with oral abx.. omnicef and something else that I can't remember (because there were so many meds I tried until we found the right combo).
LLMD decided to really go after the babs first, so while I was taking broad-spectrum abx, an anti-seizure med, pain meds, thyroiditis meds and some supplements to help my immune system, I was also put on a Mepron/Zithromax combo (each course is 4 months, I had a total of 8 months). Finally, after the second course was finished, the babs symptoms went away! And (fingers crossed) they haven't come back! 
After 8 months of no signifigent changes in the symptoms of borrelia, LLMD decided it was time to up the game. I was switched from oral abx to bicillin injections with tindamax to break up cysts. WOW what a difference! For the first time in 9 years, I can actually say I'm getting better, not worse.
I know I still have a long road to haul, and I'm ready for it.. encouraged and inspired by the progress I'm seeing now.
I'm a singer, a Minister of the Universal Life Church (non-denominal) and an active member of the International Lyme Community.
My mother is my caregiver, I fondly call her "the CG" -- she has helped me in so many ways I couldn't begin to count them. For an example, I had to have a spinal tap done in 2003, the CG sat by the head of my hospital bed, facing me.. took my hands, and we sang through the entire LP. I remember the pressure when a med student tried (UWMC is a teaching hospital), then the attending took over and all I remember is singing with my mother.
Each day and night I thank whoever may be listening for such a supportive and caring family. The only one who refuses to see that I'm ill is my biological father.. it's been hard trying to get him to understand. But I'm not in contact with him a lot, he still lives in NY. The one I live with and call "dad" is my step-father, and is the most wonderful man on Earth.
(Okay, maybe he shares that title with my boyfriend.)
This is a rough draft of how things went down. There are a lot more details, horrific and terrific, that I can share, but they will have to wait for another time. My eyes feel like they are about to fall out of me head, I should go lie down.
Herxin', herxin', herxin'.. let's keep those keets a herxin'! Man my arse is hurtin.. rawhide!
Note to self -- SELF!! Go to bed. lol
I wish you all the best in your personal journies, and look forward to sharing/learning more!
Edited by Willo (05/07/07 07:34 AM)
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#1647 - 05/18/07 03:03 AM
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CJirongirl
New Researcher
Registered: 11/12/06
Posts: 9
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Anna -
You are quite an inspiration. My experience is very similar to yours especially with the gastroparesis (THAT SUCKS!!!!). One of these days I will put my profile up.. have been in too much of a fog lately to write in any coherent & chronological order... and you'll know more about me. I just replied to you under the AGEL topic! I hope it helps.
Keep up the positive attitude. In time that more than anything will make us better!
_CJ Jaffe, RN
Iroman
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#1661 - 05/19/07 04:55 PM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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Willo
Spirochete Hunter
Registered: 11/10/06
Posts: 81
Loc: South Puget Sound, WA State
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I just try to get through each day, like the rest of us. we inspire each other, that's what communities are all about.
gp does suck, I just had a perfectly good dinner last night but I FELT my tummy not working -- it was very strange! not nice. even not nicer is that dinner coming up this morning. *sigh* I restart my count of n&v free days.
can't wait to see a profile when you can, no hurry! you can put up the simplest of things and build on that any time you like. If you're an insomniac this might be a perfect project when you have nothing to do but stay awake.
My continuing my own information..
Currently my meds list looks like:
Regular Meds
Klonopin, Xanax, Requip, Flexeril, Methadone, Tegretol XR, Levothyrox, Cytomel, Prevacid, Tindamax
Bicillin IM Injections - 3 injections per week
Depo-Provera Injections - 1 injection every 3 months
Diflucan - 1 tablet daily (30 day regimen begining 12 May, 2007)
Supplements
Glutathione Precursors, Primal Defense (probiotics), Magnesium Citrate, Ester-C, Daily Energy B complex & Vitamin Powder
PRN Meds
Baclofen, Reglan IM Injections, Vistoril, Dilauded, Albuterol Inhaler, Albuterol Nebuelizer
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#1689 - 05/26/07 08:08 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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Willo
Spirochete Hunter
Registered: 11/10/06
Posts: 81
Loc: South Puget Sound, WA State
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I've been busy the last little while and haven't been online that much more than a quick reply to someone here or there.. then yesterday suddenly our cable connection was gone. No rhyme nor reason, just gone! Then today, again no rhyme nor reason, the cable started working again!
So I came online to a very surprising message. Bryan has made me a moderator on these forums and I'm looking forward to helping him and you to the best of my abilities. I'd like to publically thank Bryan for providing such a wonderful place for Lyme patients and those who love them to gather, to talk, to share and to support one another.
That said.. continuing on with my thread:
I had my LLMD appt yesterday. Those always take a lot out of me; I have to drive for 1.5 hours each way to get to West Seattle.. but for the angel of a doctor who is taking care of me, I would drive 4 hours each way and stay in the area over-night if I had to. He treats me so well. He's gotten me out of a wheelchair. And how silly, he's -still- surprised that I'm taller than he is. heh
The first few times he saw me I was in a wheelchair. The first time I came in without the chair and with a cane, he literally STOPPED mid-step, and stood in a state of shock in the doorway. "Where are your wheels??" lol! He even grabbed his office manager to show her! But I still, months later, get comments about how tall I am. (I'm 5'8"! maybe closer to 5'9" when standing up straight.)
What it came down to yesterday is this -- I was able to report:
-better energy
-better muscle tone (physical therapy has been working!)
-better sleep
-less over-all pain
-better cognitive function*
-more stamina (Two days ago I had a shower/washed my hair, made my own dinner and did the dishes! For me that's a HUGE set of accomplishments!)
-(save herxes) no more N&V (nausea & vomiting)
*I do still get lost in Lyme fog, specially when I herx.. but I was able to tell LLMD I have been doing cross-word puzzles to keep my mind active, I've been able to write a lot more, I've been able to hold conversations where we go from point A to point M.. and if need be I can track back to point G to remember something!! I was so excited the first time that happened, I remembered something that a year ago would have been gone out of my mind before I even reached point M. I bounced up and down and almost schreeched with excitement! You should have seen the look on the CG's face. lol (CG = caregiver aka me mum)
I've loved the tv show LOST even more this season than the past ones (season 3 just ended). With friends and family I discuss theories of myth, of fantasy, of reality, of time and space, of behaviour, of science, of electromagneticism, of religion and the other topics the show brings up to get my mind more deeply involved. I couldn't do that a year ago. I'm normally not a tv person (when I lived on my own from age 20-23 I didn't even have a telly most of that time) ..but LOST has some really good writers and intrigues me on all kinds of levels.
I find watching movies and some tv shows a good distraction from pain. The show/movie has to engage me, though.. and make me feel like I'm in a different place or a different time. Lord of the Rings did it -- all 3 movies, though the books were better imo (in my opinion). Narnia was wonderful and I can't wait for the next release in theatres. The Illusionist was fabulous. I'm looking forward to seeing Pan's Labryinth, tonight.
Anyway, LLMD was so happy at all the progress he cried (leaked.. a manly leak) and had to jump up to give me a hug. My successes are also his successes.
So, as per semi-norm (every 3-4 months), I have a change in meds coming up:
1. Going to stop taking the Tindamax
2. and replace it with Biaxin
(I always look up new meds on http://www.MedicineNet.com/ to understand what is going in me as much as I can. The site lists what the drug is typically used for, if it has interactions with any other drugs/supplements, what are the side effects, etc.. I highly recommend bookmarking the site so one can always go back to check on any of their meds.. MedNet's page on Biaxin: http://www.medicinenet.com/clarithromycin/article.htm )
Biaxin is chemically a cousin to Zithromax and goes after the L-form of the bacteria. (here's a simple description of the L-form of the Bb spirochetes: http://blog.thesmithlife.com/2007/05/l-form-bacteria.html )
I've had 3+ months of Tindamax (which is like Flagyl to break open the cyctic form of Bb) so I've finished that course and now it's time to move onto something else. Just have to wait for approval from Medicaid, was told not to stop the Tindamax until starting the Biaxin.
LLMD was so happy to see me walk into his office with a bounce in my step yesterday. Then of course the CG has to say, "And she has a date on Sunday!"
*much teasing of poor Willo ensued*
(But I'm really excited to go OUT tomorrow, sans CG!! Don't get me wrong, I love my mother, but I'm 26! lol)
3. If all goes well with the Biaxin and I keep on seeing improvements, then LLMD thinks I'm strong enough to add back the treatment for Bartonella.. but this time not with Levaquin (stomach couldn't tolerate that), with Rifampin.
(medicinenet.com's page on Rifampin: http://www.medicinenet.com/rifampin-oral/article.htm )
4. I was also put on Prevacid because since the nausea (save herxes) is gone I'm feeling a lot more happen, now, in my torso. I had no idea how strong the feeling of nausea is until now. It was masking a lot of pain and even some heartburn.. which I was having about twice a week after the nausea stopped. So I'm back on the acid controller. (I've been on prevacid in the past.)
5. I've also been Rx'd (prescribed) Diflucan because my tongue looked like a playground for yeast. *grumble* (been on that a few different times in the past 9 years)
LLMD is going to check into my insurance (Medicaid aka DSHS) to see if he could persuade them to approve IV Abx (intraveous antibiotics). If they give into our requests (we expect a fight), maybe in a month or two I'll be back in hospital so a nurse can insert a PICC Line (that's a catheter port that goes in through the arm and delivers abx to the beginning of the circulatory system). And if I get this PICC line, the Rifampin can be delivered through that line, too! Our goal is to try to get the most amount of meds out of my very weak GI system.
LLMD said he'd go through the ILADS and Burrascano guidelines to see what is suggested, knowing that I react so well to the Bicillin. (Penicillin shots)
So that's what I have to report! Things are ever changing, no longer static. And I am ever grateful.
(And did I mention I'm going on a DATE tomorrow? )
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#1695 - 05/29/07 05:26 AM
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Rich_skiweasel7
Forum Veteran
Registered: 12/29/06
Posts: 178
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Congratulations on everything (moderator, progress, and date). You'll make a good moderator. You seem to read most all the posts and have an interest in everyone.
You write so well that I can not wait for the next chapter. I'm sure the med change will yield more progress and have fewer side effects. I also hope you had fun on your date.
Take care,
Rich (skiweasel)
P.S. Thanks for the help on posting my picture. It was fun doing something other than writing on this board.
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#1880 - 06/30/07 05:27 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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Willo
Spirochete Hunter
Registered: 11/10/06
Posts: 81
Loc: South Puget Sound, WA State
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(It's my pleasure, Rich! I'm glad we were able to see your smiling face!)
Whew.. what a month. I've kept on glancing in here, but I've been so busy because I had a lot packed into these 30 days. It's partially good news and partially bad -- I'm getting out and am a lot more emotionally happy these days.. but one of my boyfriend's friends died as the result of a hate crime a week ago tomorrow (Sunday). Like I said.. what a month.
First, happy stuffs. My best friend came for a week visit in the beginning of the month! Wow did we ever have the time of our lives! We went to Seattle for a weekend together, scouted a dance club (LLMD nearly fell off his chair when he heard that! heh) spent the night in a hotel. Had so much fun. I really miss her. We've been friends for over a decade.. met online because of a mutual fascination of Imperial Russian History, and grew to be best friends about 5 years ago.
Then I spent some time preparing for the Solstice Gig Musette (the jazz band) does each year. I was perusing youtube for some lyrics, and came across the song White Bird.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt0oa4IqNqg
Wow, was I taken back years by memories! This is the song that (pardon the expression) popped my musical cherry. This is one of the best memories I have of my biological father and I. (My fondest memories always involve music with him.) There's an intimacy on stage that you aren't aware of until you're up there. About half way through the song it goes:
The sunsets come
the sunsets go
the clouds float by
and the Earth turns slow
but the young bird's eyes do always glow
and she must fly
she must fly
she must fly..
It's on that last "she must fly" something in me changed. My heart responded to the music that was being played, and my note came belting out in chest voice instead of head voice (my usual was the latter when I was young). I don't know what took over me, honestly I don't. Every single one of my senses were keen and alert.. I had people-bumps! I was floating away staring at the red light above me when I raised my head for the last "she must fly.."
There was a smile between Doug and I after that which is locked in my heart forever.
I had been singing some backups in this band for years in New York, but when my mother and (step) dad moved out here to WA, I stayed behind while they looked for a place. Which led me to take over some lead vocals on saturday night gigs that summer.
But that one note.. holding it in chest voice was so spiritual for me that when I heard the song (now, a decade and then some later) I started crying (happy tears, I'm a leaker) remembering that smile between us. One of the best times in my life.
The Solstice gig went tremendously well. Everyone in the community (and I do mean everyone, at one point or another) ran up to me and hugged me. You see, this is the first time in 3 years that I didn't arrive to a gig in a wheelchair or with a cane. I was dancing.  The energy was contagious! Everybody had a great time.
This gig had a tropical feel to it, a bit different for us, but we're great friends with the host of the party and he asked. We learned some new songs (or revived some old ones we haven't touched in a while) -- we even had to learn fricken Margaritaville (and apologised to the audience afterwards explaining that the host made us do it).
So we do all this work preparing for a "tropical feel" to the gig.. and a bit into the first set we start hearing, "Play some Jazz!!"
Oh I nearly cracked up right into my mic. Ah, I love the community down here. We're all one big family.
I even had the energy to help set up and break down the PA (public address, our amps)! I was one tired thang afterwards, but it was more than worth it.
Then my boyfriend called me this past Monday night. A friend of his down in Portland, who was a gay male, was led into a trap of a hate crime. He was expecting to meet one person for an evening, but got jumped by four people, who tied him up and assaulted him. The attack was so brutal that he had broken bones, internal bleeding, his jaw was wired shut.. and just this past Sunday (24 June) he died of a heart attack while still in hospital. Today there is a wake, and next month we're trying to organise a private memorial service for him. If you should happen to read this today (Saturday, 30 June) I ask all to please say a prayer, lift a good thought into the air, light a candle.. or wish him peace, finally. I'm about to go walk the labyrinth in his memory.
This past week I had my monthly LLMD appointment, who is very happy to hear about me getting out. He's so pleased with the progress that I don't have to see him for two months, now! (I started with bi-monthly visits)
There was really no change in meds. I finished the Diflucan regimen. So that's scratched off my meds list. I was also put on Rifampin (for Bartonella aka Cat Scratch Disease) a month ago. My insides are tolerating that a lot better than the Levaquin. (I don't hear many successful stories of Lev..)
So now I have two herxes and then the cyclical flare each month. In the beginning the herx from borrelia comes -- which means I'm more tired, achey, tight/stiff.. have more brain fog and am disoriented, dizzy (vertigo, anyone?), fever, rashes, spasms, my balance goes off, my cognitive functions and neuro reactions downscale, and my heart/chest hurt.
Then in another week (give or take) the bartonella herx comes along -- again tired (but more so than the borrelia herx), a lot more pain, tendon/glandular flares, headaches (migraines, actually), waaaay more bogged down by "Lyme fog" (and to prove it I almost typed Lyme gof!) and confused (to me, people actually start sounding like the parents in Peanuts!), syncope, nausea and other GI lovely stuff.. and with such a little appetite to begin with, I lose all hunger during herxes.
To end on a positive note.. this October will mark 4 years seizure free!
I'm almost getting to the part where the meds can start to be waned!
So.. like I said. What a month! Hope everyone here is doing well!
My love to all.
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#2143 - 09/08/07 06:00 AM
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lymecontender
Active Participant
Registered: 09/04/07
Posts: 15
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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Willo,
What a joy to read your post! I loved the "Rawhide" Herx song! LOL!
You've made me feel so welcome here. What an amazing person you are & I applaud how you encourage others. I sponsor a child, too. She is Maria & is from Bolivia. I just love her!
Anyway- is good to feel I've found a new friend. Thank you!
Blessings,
Lisa
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#2146 - 09/08/07 07:53 AM
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Willo
Spirochete Hunter
Registered: 11/10/06
Posts: 81
Loc: South Puget Sound, WA State
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*evil grin*
It's a wicked sense of humour that allows me to get through countless medical procedures and hard, hard days. If the choices are laugh or cry -- I'd rather laugh!
It's good to meet a new friend, too. I'm glad you like it here, we strive for a friendly atmosphere where people can express their opinions and share their experiences. Brian did an awful lot of work on the forum and really deserves a good chunk of the credit (as well as the people who make it a community).
It really blew my mind that you sponsor a child, also! Isn't it so lovely and rewarding? I'm itching for a new picture to be sent, my lil one turns 10 in just a couple of months.
Obviously on SSI, I don't make a lot of money. With my parents' and my 3 incomes combined we live paycheques-to-paycheques (sometimes worse). Many Lyme patients/families know the same story: having/treating Lyme costs a lot (some people go bankrupt!) and many people just scrape by. But Hena, my sponsored daughter, keeps me grounded in the bigger picture.
I asked myself, can I get together $22 a month for this child? -- I worked my budget around and switched supplement brands on probiotics and found the money to participate. Hena reminds me that there are people far more worse off than I am.. that suffering exists all over the world and even though I suffer, I can still find it in me to help others. It's one of the things that pulls me through the most! It reminds me how lucky I am, especially to have the family, friends and support I have.
I've been saving up the spare change I can find to hopefully buy Hena a bed for her birthday.
Wow.. how weird that sounds to me. A bed.. as a birthday present. And how welcome it would be for her. How having Hena in my life just simplifies things! I can't thank that little one enough for the lessons she's taught me.
It takes me an incredibly long time to get out letters.. for Hena so far I have printed up some pictures of where I live to show her this part of the world. Our house is amazing, it sits on a little orchard (apples, cherries and figs!) and an amazing garden filled with flowers -- not to mention a labyrinth in the back -- beyond some brush is then an inlet of Puget Sound.
This house happens to suit our needs perfectly right now.. all one level (no stairs!) so it's easy for me to navigate, I was lucky in that I was given the Master Suit to live in with my own bathroom and french doors for my own exit so I feel a bit of privacy. The town is great, lots of friendly neighbours and farms around, so we get fresh food! And when I have to go to rehearsals they're both within 5 minute drives.
It's really beautiful here -- I'll upload some pix so you guys can see what it's like where I live!
Okay.. I'm *really* going to put up a lil progress report, now! lol
Take care and bright blessings to you, Lisa!
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#3066 - 02/28/08 06:42 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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Rich_skiweasel7
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Hi Willo,
Where did you go? I have not seen a post from you for a while. I hope you are doing okay.
Take care,
Rich (skiweasel7)
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#4029 - 11/12/08 08:46 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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tlc
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Hello,
I was wondering what exactly are herxes?
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#4030 - 11/12/08 08:46 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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tlc
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Hello,
I was wondering what exactly are herxes?
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#4474 - 06/09/09 04:55 AM
Re: Member Profile for Willo
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BryanRosner
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herxheimer_reaction
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#5523 - 12/05/10 04:11 PM
мехрибан алиева диета
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совершенно лысый и полноватый, одетый в серый плохо пошитый костюм. Если бы кто-нибудь встретил этого человека на улице, то сразу забыл бы о встрече,
подошел к Барлику и поздоровался. Тот назвался. Глаза трирроунского офицера расширились, и он быстро кивнул. Потом снова с удивлением оглядел аарн,
идущих к центральной площади аарн. Фарсен провожал своих спасителей. Люди ордена шли по улицам, улыбаясь фарсенцам, махая им руками. Никто не
маршала за шкирку и увез бы, не обращая никакого внимания на ее протесты. Видно же, что любит! Останется здесь, сохнуть от тоски будет! А Лави
себя в кабинете еще изредка насиловал трех девочек из старшего отряда и так запугал их, что бедняжки от всего шарахаются. А им ведь всего по
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#5531 - 12/09/10 04:18 PM
здоровый образ жизни разработка
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Крейсер запрашивает?! Где позволено?! Это что же такое делается? Орден ведет себя согласно дипломатическому протоколу? Чудеса, да и только…
Что это значит, Кесав? очень тихо спросил флаг-адмирал.
Так нечего терять времени! Начинайте!
Что ж, думаю Ирлорг приемлемый вариант, осторожно сказал он, предупреждающе посмотрев на собравшегося возразить флаг-генерала. Кандидатуру посла мы уточним позднее. Теперь о вашей резиденции.
В среде ордена, как оказалось, власти не было как таковой. Не было в принципе. Для решения любых проблем создавались по ходу дела мобильные команды. Также существовали время от времени собирающиеся советы профессионалов, перед которыми держали ответ лидеры профессиональных команд. Сейчас Никита находился перед Военным Советом как лидер команды, занятой уничтожением Проекта. Так уж вышло, что именно он начинал расследование и теперь его воспринимали лидером в этом деле. Странное общественное устройство, если разобраться. Но придется привыкать, да и нравился ему такой подход чем-то. Наверное, это все-таки лучше, чем громоздкая и неповоротливая бюрократическая система. Здесь за дело отвечают профессионалы, а не едва знающие, о чем идет речь, чиновники.
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#5532 - 12/10/10 02:29 PM
диета при кишечных расстройствах
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Это же сильхи… прошептала она. Они же от всех прячутся. Даже увидеть сильха редкое везение. А уж чтобы они сами подошли? Ой, мамочка…
Никита, обсуждая с маршалом, где размещать новые промышленные комплексы для создания и программирования биозародышей будущих зданий, тоже украдкой поглядывал на девушку. Нравилась она ему, даже больше, чем нравилась.
Сегодня мы все без формы, ответил он. Посмотрите в зал, разве вы видите хоть кого-нибудь в форме?
Вдвоем они подхватили тело старого маршала и понесли к возникшей в углу воронке гиперперехода. Лави плакала, она чувствовала, что сердце ее деда уже не бьется. Осталось надеяться только на медицину ордена. Они оказались в каком-то довольно странно выглядящем помещении с розовыми, трепещущими стенами и лесом шевелящихся щупалец того же цвета на потолке. Возле стены ждала встревоженная молодая женщина в форме ордена.
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#5536 - 12/12/10 12:26 PM
диета ани лорак
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столы. Откуда могла взяться вся эта роскошь?! В кладовых ничего подобного не было и быть не могло! Уж кому, как не ему, знать. Он обратил внимание на
эти двое предназначены друг другу Создателем, и стоять на пути их счастья грех. Пусть любят, их время. Услышавшие о случившемся люди подходили,
забрали Мариса. Где его искать? спросил Николай, ероша по привычке свои короткие белокурые волосы. Я видел его на улице Дарталь, район Сарда,
планету. А нас рядом может и не оказаться. Особенно стоит опасаться Аствэ Ин Раг это религиозные фанатики, способные на что угодно во имя своей
нему. Что случилось, Кержак? спросила она, заступив орку дорогу. Он налетел на нее, и эльфиечка, ойкнув, полетела на пол. Шаман остановился,
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#5537 - 12/13/10 12:04 AM
Pictures Of 2008 Bmw Audi 2
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As another round of arctic air approaches the Piedmont, one fire department is concerned about the use of space heaters and wood-burning stoves.
GREENPORT - A traveling exhibit at Columbia-Greene Community College designed to show the dangers of drinking and driving is nearing its end. The exhibit, titled “Friends: One Day, One Wrong Turn,” chronicles the lives and tragic deaths of four young people involved in a DWI-related car crash at Colgate University in 2000.
Nothing so far. This car is QUICK and VERY responsive. The car handles like it's riding on rails. at 80mph it feels like 45mph. The GPS navigation is cool I guess, but in my opinion it could be more user friendly.
The incident began at about 9:30 a.m. when Clarksville Police Department officers received a call from a woman that Jason Lee Warman, 33, was kicking in the door to her residence in the 2200 block of Wellington Green.
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Angie Bjorklund scored 20 points in the first half and Meighan Simmons added 18 to lead No. 8 Tennessee to a 92-77 victory over No. No. 21 Texas on Sunday.
In a hospital room on the Greek island of Crete with views of a sapphire sea lapping at ancient fortress walls, a Bulgarian woman plans to deliver a baby whose biological mother is an anonymous European egg donor, whose father is Italian, and whose birth is being orchestrated from Los Angeles.
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A COURT was told how a mum bought tickets to Lapland New Forest to cheer up her family after a terrible year.
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