Love, happiness, sun, and fun
Going home tomorrow after nine glorious days at the beach with Heather. I will write more later, but I just wanted to share a picture of Heather. More to come....
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"Summer's Unwanted Guests" - the TICK
The front page of the NY Times Thursday Style section has a great article about "Summer's Unwanted Guests" , the tick. In addition, CBC news posted the following article " Lyme disease is vastly under-reported, CDC says. " FINALLY - indepth articles and and facts about this awful disease. Please read and share.
An inch a month
Hair growth? A babies growth in height? Regenerating Nerves? They say the average growth is an inch per month. One of the Lyme Disease struggles that Heather is still overcoming has to do with the nerve damage in her feet. In December 2014 the doctors performed an electromyogram (EMG) on her legs and feet to measure the electrical activity of muscles at rest and during contraction. Nerve conduction studies were also conducted to determine how well and how fast the nerves can send electrical signals. At that time, the doctors were able to determine that she had nerve damage from her toes to the top of her calves. Not fun tests - but she was a trooper. These tests were repeated again in March 2015 and fortunately the nerve damage was improving in her calves. There isn't a time table for nerves to heal - except that it takes time. The best advice we heard was to expect the nerves to regenerate at a rate of an inch per month....