As far as I can figure in hindsight (which is 20/20 with clean lenses), I may well have been bitten during the 3rd week in May while helping to plant 42 blueberry bushes in tall, WET grasses. Yes. A swampy meadow, for HOURS....I never saw a tick or a bite or a rash. But about a week later I had an episode of what I can only call 'ONSET SYMPTOMS'- this clearly overwhelming feeling of just being plain old SICK. Alllll over. Vaguely upset stomach that doesn't give over to ANYthing but sleep, a sick kind of weariness and an incredible inabliltiy to put up with ANYTHING. The littlest things seem completely overwhelming. And I was trying to buy my very first financed car at this moment. (No way, THAT's not overwhelming, NOT a chance!)....But not wanting to think about Lyme and not seeing any bite or rash, all I knew was that I was unwell and I shifted into overdrive and began to take CARE of myself. I started right on Grapefruit Seed Extract, got some extra rest and felt really quite alright other than cranky for the next MONTH or so. As a matter of fact I felt SO OK that I stopped the GrapeFruit Extract after a few days and called it a 'false alarm'. I honestly can't say I was aware of feeling Lyme-y during that month other than overwhelmed by everything. And that's hard to pin on being sick with a job as HUGE as mine is (and the drought hadn't really STARTED yet)
I remember clearly having another episode of feeling just plain ole SICK on July 10th as I was at a large music festival just beginning to feel miserable. By the next day it was unmistakable. I was in bed, EVERYTHING hurt, it had to be Lyme, nothing else feels THIS awful.
