Happy Cinco de Mayo eyeryone

Regardless of if you celebrate or not, for me it's a time to be happy. In my mind, things are finally starting to go back to normal. I put in my application to go back to college yesterday, I've been going to the gym more to build back my strength, I've been spending more time with my friends and family, I've even started working on my Christmas gifts already! I love crocheting so I'm going to try and crochet some of my gifts this year. I also just recently got an embossing machine and a die cutter so I can make my own cards too! That's one of the biggest changes I can see in myself in my 'post-lyme' phase (if you can call it that since I'm still not fully lyme free) is I've found myself to be more creative. I was never a creative child, never enjoyed art in school, and now Pinterest is one of my favorite websites. I'm probably on it everyday for either a crochet pattern or a gluten free recipe or just killing time. I actually found the pattern for this blanket I crocheted as a gift for a friends daughter on Pinterest.

 If you don't know how to crochet there are tutorials on Pinterest that are great. I go back to them for certain stitches or to refresh my memory. (Okay, I'm done with crocheting and Pinterest!)

I have noticed a slight drop in my energy lately, I haven't really been eating much red meat so I believe it could be my iron levels, so I want to have them checked. Other than that I switched one medicine, I am on Minocycline now, and still Factiv, Folic acid, Magnesium, Probiotics, Vitamin C, and Calcium. I also take my other prescribed medication specific to me.

The Fibrosleep that I mentioned in a previous post is helping so much still. I just started my second bottle last night and I'm still sleeping soundly from it (which is why I'm not accounting my current lax nature to bad sleep).

By the way, I'm not sure how many of you out there are gluten free (or how many of you there are out there), some yummy things you might want to try (if you haven't already); whenever bars (really awesome soft oat snack bars that come in awesome flavors), KIND bars (they're another bar, but crunchy this time with 5 super grains. I'm a sucker for quinoa), and last but not least sixlets (I learnt my colors from this candy so of course it'll always have a special place in my heart, but when I went gluten free and found out I could still eat this childhood favorite, I couldn't help but share. What makes it even better for me, is most dollar trees carry them in my area in the large bags so I can have the little snack size one in my car :) I told you they have a special place in my heart lol)

Well thats all from me for now, I'm going to get back to crocheting for Christmas! But I would love to hear from any of you, your questions or comments.  

Goodbye from Crochet Central,
The Lyme Life

Update time

Hello anyone out there in my blog-o-sphere world. Sorry for my extended absence, but I am happy to say that good things have come during it. I have found a very promising natural sleep aid that seems to work well for me so far called Fibrosleep (not trying to sell anything here, just something that seems to be working for me). I'm still just in my first month of it so its too soon to tell for sure, but I've tried all those big name sleeping pills, and this works better for me than any of those.
I also got a gym membership and have been going and taking yoga classes, and some pilates. I'm trying to work my way up to a cycle class, but I feel I may not be too far away since I seem to have so much extra energy. Be it from the extra sleep I've finally been able to get (another thing to try, if you can take the taste/smell, is valerian root tea. Not the most pleasant tea, but it works. P.S. valerian root is found in the Fibrosleep, it actually is known for helping you sleep) or maybe its from how I've been eating. I eat a gluten-free, low dairy diet as well as watch my soy, sodium and sugars (just for health reasons on those). When my infectious disease doctor (or my "lymes doctor" as I think of him) told me to eat low or no gluten and low dairy I thought it would be the hardest thing in the world. But I've actually found that it may take a little more creativity at times, with my moms help, we've come up with some of the best tasting (and healthy!) meals I've had since I've felt well enough to eat like this. In fact, just the other day she made this baked pecan chicken that was a-ma-zing. She is teaching me to cook gluten free too, which is great, because she isn't gluten free so she is showing me all of the recipes she makes that I love, but the tricks she uses to make them gluten free.
Those Fibrosleep and valerian root tea are starting to kick in so I'm getting tired, but I promise I'm going to try and keep updating more. Plus, I'll try to find and post the chicken recipe or a link because I'm pretty sure we found it online. By the way, any fellow pinners out there, check pinterest for gluten free recipes, both cooking and baking and you'll find some interesting things!

Goodnight all, and finally sweet dreams,
The Lyme Life