Hey thanks Connie!I am doing well now, at least for the moment 
I was always so fatigued and didn't really have any energy for anything...I supposedly had Lyme and Babesia which would explain the extreme fatigue. After I was treated, I was able to go back to college again and made it on the Dean's List last semester with a 3.6 GPA!! I haven't done that since my freshman year in high school!
I'm still struggling with the whole gluten free diet which I kind of go on and off depending on the day.
My family is doing better for the most part.
My mom had it the worst though. She was misdiagnosed for eight years with Fibromyalgia and had horrible symptoms like numbing of certain extremities, especially her fingers, she had heart palpitations, was practically bed-ridden, fatigue like no other, and so on. THe list was pretty long and her doctors pretty much gave up on her I think. She's a nurse, so one day at work in the lunch room, she was listening to some people talking about symptoms and how they felt and they said they had Lyme, so mom went to that person's doctor and got tested... and sure enough, she had Lyme. Mom got pretty bad for awhile and had to have the pic line in her chest for a long time, but now she's doing great. I haven't seen her with this much energy in over 10 years. It's really nice to have my mom back, the way she used to be.
My two younger sisters also struggled with the disease.
Meggan had to have an pic line also and was very sick while on meds and Ang was on meds for awhile too, but they are ok now. Meggs is doing really well, but Ang is still struggling a little bit.
Now my mom is the president of our support group in Minnesota and very active in the Lyme world.
Before my mom was diagnosed with Lyme, the only thing I knew about Lyme disease was that it was transmitted by a tick. That was about it. Now, I can tell my friends where it came from and all the technical terms and everything, but it is still hard trying to get the word out.
The only time people even seem remotely interested in listening is when they have been affected by Lyme-whether in themselves or someone they know.
We're all hanging in there though. It's just sad to watch all these people struggle with a disease that could be handled so much easier and faster if it wasn't so politicized.
One of these days... I tell ya.... 
Peace out!
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