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Comments on: Learning to live with Lyme Disease https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/ running | fuel for running | smoothies #lifespleasures Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 By: Paul https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-4551 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:17:02 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-4551 Thanks for writing this. I was ultramarathoner and Ironman athlete. A year ago I started severe symptoms very similar to yours (but add in hearing loss), and it took 6 months to diagnose with borrelia, Bartonella and erilichia. I miss being able to run. But I’m starting slow….

I will say I have been blessed going through this. I think you would agree that our perspective is more “spiritual” after going through this. I tell people I love them more, and I’m generally more grateful for being 6 feet above ground every day.

]]> By: jeffmclfc https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-61 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:25:04 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-61 Sharon you know I love you too xx
You’ve been a massive inspiration to me and I count myself very fortunate by comparison. This has reaffirmed for me what is genuinely important – there are so many ways life is enriched by people/things around us 🙂

]]> By: Jeff McCarthy https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-60 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:21:29 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-60 Hi Ana

Thanks so much for your comments. I consider myself very lucky overall because my recovery is well underway. And you’re absolutely right that the identifying of patterns and paying close attention to what is going on with your body is absolutely essential.

Best wishes
Jeff

]]> By: Sharon Kamil https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-59 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:24:43 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-59 I love you Jeff – and I’m so proud of you for so many reasons. Your story has many similarities to my own, as you know, and this illness won’t beat you or define you, but it will change you and alter your outlook on life…and often that’s actually a very good thing and a valuable life lesson from which better things can spring. xxx

]]> By: Ana Canhoto https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-58 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:49:59 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-58 PS – When I feel anxious about a presentation (and, yes, I have locked myself in the bathroom, in a cold sweat, because of one particular presentation), I remind myself that the other people in the room are more likely to be friendly than mean, and that they will generally want me to do well.

]]> By: Ana Canhoto https://runeatrepeat.co.uk/learning-to-live-with-lyme-disease/#comment-57 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:02:13 +0000 http://runeatrepeat.co.uk/?p=927#comment-57 Whoa. What a story!

It is great to hear that you got support from your friends, colleagues and employer. It’s not always the case, specially the last one.

I think you are right about the importance of eating well, exercising, etc. But something else that I got from your story is the importance of paying attention to what is going on with your body (including that organ inside your skull: the brain). It seems that noticing and noting the symptoms, the patterns, the links… really helped make sense of what was happening.

Hopefully, you are now firmly on the mend, and this will just become one of those stories to tell and retell, as you grow older. Or, rather, share the link over and over, now that you wrote this down 😉

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