Follow up post: just got home from my appt

[happybird]

First of all, thank you all so much for the support. It really means a lot and helped to keep me calm.
DU is the best.

Well, they couldn’t get any blood out of me. Arg. Have another appt for Thursday before work for a blood draw. In the meantime, I’m to drink lots and lots of water to hydrate up and make my veins nice and plump. I just worked two 12 hour days in a hot kitchen so being a little dehydrated was inevitable. Should have thought about that when I made the appt and chose a different day. Live and learn.

Talked to the doc for quite a while about different Lyme tests and all my strange symptoms over the past two(!) years. Lyme is fairly common in this area, especially among the equestrian community, so he has seen it present with many varied symptoms. After our discussion, I trust his ability to properly diagnose lyme, which is a big relief. The weird rash/not really a rash thing on my back thing has him stumped. We won’t know anything until they get blood out of me and then get the results back, so there is no use speculating. It could be a combination of a few things, like the onset of regular arthritis and a recurring Baker’s cyst behind my knee. Again, no use speculating.

Lunch with my Mom was fun, as always. Had a great cup of Spicy Chicken Tortilla soup with my burger. She invited me to the point-to-point on Sunday and that will be a ball. A lot of their friends, many of whom I haven’t seen in years, will be there. She told me to invite my coworker and her husband and their baby, too. Hoping they can come!

I am feeling much better, mentally, than earlier today. Just having started the process feels like having a big weight lifted off my shoulders.

Again, thank you all.