Symptoms Still On My List
Neck Discomfort
I have lived my life pretty much headache free. In my twenties I had a short problem with low blood sugar. This would cause headaches off and on for a few years until I altered my diet to include avocados and sound primal eating habits.
In the year 2000 I started to get headaches, different kinds. I felt something was wrong. After basic blood work my GP felt it was just stress. A single mother with a 6 and 14 year old along with a ‘career’ that was becoming more and more stressful.
My right eye also started to twitch sometime around 2000 as well. Finally by 2003 I knew something was seriously wrong yet still my blood work showed nothing according to my doctor. The base of my skull would hurt so badly it was all I could think about from 2002-2003. Other headaches were also a daily occurrence. My muscles, mostly on my right were tight and spastic, like they did not know how to rest after working.
I still get daily 
headaches, like a constant dull ache. Yet the severe headaches are more rare now and generally do not go over a few days in duration. With Lyme Disease and co-infections I find there are many different forms of headaches, some from muscle tightness others straight chemistry related.
In 2006 I was diagnosed with mid-stage Osteoarthritis in two neck vertebrae and two in the lower back. I was required for insurance reasons after being rear-ended at a stop sign to see a Rheumatologist and an Internal Medicine Specialist. My neck was very sore before the car accident, so although it may not have caused my neck problems it certainly did add complications. I had a three month long intense constant headache after the car accident. Interestingly that this worsening head pain and neck problem led me to Dr. Murakami in the same year to get a second opinion on my health. This provided an answer for not only the neck issues but also for coun
tless other health problems that had started six years earlier. I was one of the ‘lucky’ ones, in that it only took 7 doctors for me to get an accurate diagnosis.
Every few months my neck seems to flare up and cause severe headaches. I still go for Chiropractic adjustments as they help a great deal. Lately the arthritis is flaring up causing me to slow down and rest my neck often on a pillow. I’ve been sewing slowly again since I had to sew up some new shapes for me to rest with.
With lifestyle management living with late Lyme and co-infections can be manageable, yet as the New Year approaches I still dream of a complete cure and medical support that truly helps.
