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My Lyme Story – Part One

My Lyme story is a long one, spanning at least 15 years. Because of it’s length, I’ve divided it into two posts. I’ve never shared the whole story, and it’s a little intimidating to share!

I hope sharing my story will help others get correctly diagnosed, and treated by a Lyme literate doctor. Many Lyme patients are told for years they have other health issues, when in fact, they do not.

This must stop!

I want to do what I can to keep that scenario from being a common occurrence. Correct and early diagnosis are key; that would have kept me from having a Lyme story. Believe me, I’d rather that have been the case!

Alright, deep breath……here’s my story! Continue reading


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My Lyme Story – Part Two

Once again, thank you for taking the time to read my Lyme story! Here’s the second part.

During our break from fertility treatments, I read a book called The Infertility Cure that gave me hope I could become pregnant naturally. The author, who’s a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, says,

“Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that a woman’s body must be gently nourished and encouraged to bear fruit …. I have found that most hormonal imbalances (which contribute to 40 percent of documented cases of infertility, yet are considered untreatable by conventional Western medicine) respond to Eastern methods of treatment.”

This resonated with me, and supported my feeling something besides “egg quality” was the root cause. I found a local Doctor of Chinese Medicine who specialized in fertility, and that decision helped lead me to my diagnosis of Lyme disease. Continue reading


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Experimenting with Gluten Free Sourdough

For the past couple months, I’ve attempted to make the perfect gluten free sourdough loaf. This all started after I ordered an amazing loaf from BreadSRSLY that didn’t taste gluten free!  The only thing I didn’t like was the price tag, $11 per loaf! That is not in my budget, so I decided to attempt to make it myself.  After checking out BreadSRSLY’s website, I noticed they had a blog section. Lo and behold, there was a recipe for their sourdough. I was excited to make it!

First, I ordered a brown rice sourdough starter from Cultures for Health and anxiously waited for it to arrive. After getting the starter, I followed the instructions for activating. In the meantime, I headed out to buy each type of flour BreadSRSLY uses. These flours are quite expensive, so now I understood why their loaves are $11. Even after the expense of the flours, learning to make it myself will save money! Continue reading