Showing posts with label Rebeccas Run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rebeccas Run. Show all posts
Thank you so much for all of your support of 8 hours on the 8th! We were able to spread the word on Lyme Disease and Rebecca's Run! It was personally so encouraging to see so many friends and bloggy world acquaintances posting the picture on social media sites and spreading the love! On a day that could have felt very isolating (due to a variety of reasons) you reminded me with your kindness that I am NOT alone in this journey! Thank you so much friends for taking the time to spread the word!
We also received a kind donation so that we are not at 20% of our goal! Thank you again for your kindness and love!
Blessings,
Help spread the word about Rebecca's Run and about Lyme Disease TODAY by participating in 8 hours on the 8th! We are asking that you change your Facebook profile picture to this for EIGHT hours on October 8th:
(Simply right click on the picture and save it) and please put in the "add a description" section the following information:
I love someone fighting Lyme Disease. Find out about Lyme Disease here: http://www.caravansonnet.com/2014/05/what-is-lyme-disease.html and Find out about Rebecca's Run here: https://www.facebook.com/Rebeccasrunforlyme where 50 % of all proceeds will go to Lyme Light Foundation.
Would you also consider posting this picture and description to your social media venues? Thank you so much!!!
IMPORTANT: We need as many people updating their status messages as possible to make this work, so PLEASE invite your friends to join this event! Even if your friends might not know me personally, please encourage them to “donate” their status message for those 8 hours on October 8th!
Your love and support is such a blessing! Thanks so much in advance! This will make a HUGE difference for me and and so many others fighting this illness!
Thank you so much y’all!!
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Happy Monday sweet friends! Today I am excited to start a "series" that will hopefully help some of my readers who are struggling with Lyme Disease or just some of you that are wondering "exactly what in the world is she dealing with?". Since sharing my original diagnosis of Lyme Disease in March 2013 and continuing to share updates on my health through my "Notes on the Porch" posts I have received many emails asking a variety of questions on treatment, advice, ideas, and a host of other things. At first I was able to share my limited knowledge with ease because these emails were not so frequent, but since writing the "What is Lyme Disease" post in May these emails, facebook messages, etc. have quadrupled and I have struggled to answer the several hundred emails a week. (Let's be honest... I have not been able to answer even half of them.) For a while I hesitated to address my thoughts, advice, ideas because I feel that I am still learning and at the same time have often used this blog as an "escape" away from "sick world".
But this past week I received an email that changed the course of this decision for me. This email was from a man who had lost his sister to Lyme Disease and he was begging me to share my thoughts and advice so that others don't have to walk the road that she did. (And to those of you whose mouths just dropped open, yes, you can die from Lyme Disease and its complications.) The reality is that this is also something that I have been praying about sharing for a while also because as y'all know I wouldn't want anyone to experience this or go through this. SO... in honor of "8 hours on the 8th" on Wednesday and Rebecca's Run at the end of this month I am going to sharing a series called "the Lyme diaries". My prayer is that this will be helpful and knowledgeable information and will help spread the word about Lyme Disease. I do want to put a disclaimer in though here at the beginning: Lyme Disease is complicated for doctors to treat because it manifests itself in so many different ways for patients. My little thoughts and advice will be more general in hopes that it will be a helpful starting ground of information to help the patient and also information that they can share with others no matter how Lyme Disease has affected them. Also... there are many wonderful people who write about Lyme Disease and share their exact treatment protocol (including herbs, vitamins, and medications) and that is lovely but I have chosen not to do that for a variety of reasons. I appreciate your kindness in respecting my privacy!
So to start off the Lyme Diaries I wanted to share what a day in the life of having Lyme Disease looks like for me currently. If you follow me on instagram you might remember this post here about laying out my weekly vitamins, herbs, minerals, and oils schedule. I do that every Sunday (to start the new week) and will be sharing a little bit about my planning in the series in the future. While some things change the following is the daily schedule that I have right now:
5:30am- Wake up and take medication
5:30-7:00am- Go back to sleep (or doze). I make it a point to keep my room dark and to lay still even if I can't sleep so that my body is still resting,
7:00-8:00am-spend specific time praying through the healing verses in the Bible
8:00-8:15am- Wake up, light stretching, and drink 1 bottle of Smartwater, apply oils
8:15-9:00am- Fix Detox Bath, Dry Brush, Light Stretching, Drink Aloe Vera Juice, Take Detox Bath
9:00-9:30am- apply oils, eat breakfast, drink Smartwater, take supplements, herbs, and medications
9:30-10:30am- Either work on writing (book, freelance projects, articles, or blog) or have hyperbaric oxygen appointments, doctors appointments, acupuncture or reflexology appointments
10:30am- supplements and apply oils, drink Smartwater (with apple cider vinegar)
10:30am- 11:45am- Nap (or doctors appointments)
11:45am- Eat snack and take supplements, medications, and apply oils
11:50am-12:15pm- light stretching and follow "exercise regime" (my exercise regime is simply walking down the hallway - which is a HUGE accomplishment and doing certain yoga poses ... everyday I work to strengthen my body somehow!)
12:15-1:30pm- Writing, Answering Emails, Blog Writing
1:30-2:00pm- Eat Lunch, take supplements, medications, and apply oils
2:00-2:30pm- Answer shop emails, work on organizing shop orders, take pictures for the shop or gather supplies for future shop inventory
2:30pm- supplements and apply oils
2:30-4:30pm- Nap (or doctors appointments)
4:30pm- snack and take supplements, medications, and apply oils, drink Smartwater (with apple cider vinegar)
4:30-5:30pm- Work on Shop orders, Package up shop orders, Create (either in the scrapbook room or from my bed depending on how I am feeling)
5:30pm- supplements and apply oils
5:30-6:15pm- Fix Detox Bath, Dry Brush, Light Stretching, Drink Aloe Vera Juice, Take Detox Bath
6:15-6:30pm- rest after second detox bath
6:30-7:00pm- Eat dinner, take supplements, medications, and apply oils, drink Smartwater
7:00 to (usually 8:00pm sometimes 9:00pm)- Watch TV (if my sensory nerves can handle it otherwise I read in bed), work on shop orders, create things for shop, or work on writing projects
8:00pm-Take nighttime supplements, medications, apply oils and head to bed
This is pretty much my life everyday. *smiles* And yes, it is that regimented in order to get in every single supplement, oil, and medication that I need to take. While there are a few exceptions (once or twice a week I make a point to chat with friends, etc.) this is pretty much how life looks right now. I hope this is helpful in understanding how regimented the life of a person who has Lyme Diesease is. I think that sometimes people think I am just laying in bed eating bon-bon's all day long. *smiles* BUT in all seriousness everything that I do is focused on getting my health back. While this is a very rigourous schedule (and a very isolating one!) it has also provided me so much opportunities to spend hours and hours in prayer and with the Lord and that has been a blessing in this journey!
Well friends, as I said at the beginning I hope that this series is of help in understanding more about Lyme Disease and helps answer your questions! If there is anything specific that you would like to have answered let me know and I will do my best to write a post about it!!
Happy Monday y'all!
In this journey of fighting Lyme Disease I am always amazed at the compassionate and kind support from those that choose to "step into" this journey that my family is on. Sometimes this is a close friend or family member but many times these people have no prior relationship with me personally and have chosen to "get involved" in one way or another. This is definitely the case with the company that my sister works for. Last year for Rebecca's Run several of her co-workers and her boss donated financially to the run without ever having met me. This year this company has gone WAY beyond last years amazing support and will be donating the t-shirts and is also taking the time to advertise and support the run. A "thank you" from far away could never begin to express my humble and speechless gratitude for ALL of the people that have been supportive on this journey but please know that every act of kindness- big or small touches me and my hurting family.
Sport Seasons has written a blog post about the run which you can find HERE.
Thank you so much to every person who continues to support me on this journey- your friendships and love are such a blessing!
Find out more about Rebecca's Run HERE or join the facebook page HERE to keep up to date on all of the details. Want to find out more about 8 hours on the 8th? Click HERE! Want to donate? 50% of ALL of our donations will be given to Lyme Light Foundation. Donate HERE!
Thank you again for everything Sport Seasons!! You have been such a blessing!!
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