Episode Details

Like so many of us infected with Lyme and tick-borne illness, Tashia never saw a tick or bite mark. She suddenly developed a pain in her wrist which started affecting her ability to teach yoga. She finally went to the doctor and gratefully that doctor knew about Lyme and was able to make an early diagnosis because nothing else made sense as an option. Once Tashia started on treatment, she started feeling some other symptoms like fatigue, which can happen because of a reaction know commonly as "herxing" where your symptoms become more pronounced after starting treatment as the die off is too extreme for your body to process out fast enough. She was referred to a nutritionist who had experience with Lyme and had gone through her own ordeal having lost the ability to walk at one point. Tashia felt like she was in the right place for treatment and she learned a lot from the nutritionist about how to help herself heal. She currently still maintains the diet she was taught because she simply feels better, with or without having the Lyme. But she has learned also what happens when she doesn't take care of herself. She bought a busy yoga studio about a year ago and hasn't had as much time to dedicate to the self-care routine she established. She is working on a healthy balance between self-care and work so she can maintain her health and thrive with her career. Lyme becomes a permanent accountability coach for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle or old symptoms can reappear. That is not necessarily the worst thing as an outcome but can be frustrating at times. If you found this episode useful, please like and become a subscriber so more people like you can find this story. It may just be the thing someone needs to hear to help them on their road to recovery. Healing is possible.