Here is a journal of Brad's thoughts dealing with the struggle of living with Chronic Lyme Disease.
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| Brad Snowden still in a wheel chair, because of pain and severe weakness. He becomes dizzy, breathless & heart hurts just after 50 feet of walking. |
There is a word that most of us don’t like or certainly pray about and that is patience.
This however is very important when we think of Lyme's, because there are no cure all formulas . It is not like a cold that will simply go away with time and in dealing with this disease, it is a long haul prospective that helps deal with it better. The long haul can in some ways be the most discouraging part, because every long day can seem like a fight just to get through it with a since of sanity intact .The fight isn’t for the short term but for the finish that is the focus. There are many scopes of treatment which may only focus on the short term and that is probably the difference of approaches.
I believe every patient desires the treatment to be quick as possible but more important to me is the complete control of the symptoms. The challenge for me is the mental focus on the goal and to have the drive to finish no matter how long it takes. It takes patience with the treatment as well as with yourself The key is to deal with the now so there can be a bright future. The focus must be on the journey to the very end and not on the calendar and it is not easy to over look the time it takes yet, it will produce the end result we strive for if we are patient.
