My Life Before Lyme (2006) I was pretty excited at the time about returning to school to finish my degree (I attended 8 colleges over 14 years to get my Bachelors of Arts in English) and had just found a new love for biking (mountain and road) and mountain climbing (I...
For those that have asked, here is my update for the Apheresis treatment received in Germany for Lyme Disease. Because I have spent four months devoted 100% to undergoing all treatment recommendations, it is difficult to be clear about one thing or the other, because...
Related Post: Apheresis; Not a Love Story Well Scent Founder Stacy Shuman travels to German for Lyme-Treatment The observations below reflect the combined experience of two Sophia Health patients who traveled to Germany for treatment in August, 2013. One patient was...
I will share more in detail at a later time after I have had time to be home and recoup. On my first day of treatment, there were three other patients in the small four-bed wing. I went with a new friend, Regina Weichert, who is the founder for LymeNation. (She has an...
Yesterday was my first day of Apheresis in Cham, Germany at the Inus de Medical Center with Dr. Straube. I am so glad to be here with another patient (Regina Weichert of Lyme Nation). It helps to shape my perception of treatment more generally instead of focusing...
Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. – Eckhart Tolle I was waiting for my doctor recently when I overheard a conversation between two patients. One had been...
I have never been so sad. I’ve never been sadder. Feels like the beginning of something real bad. Amy LaVere and Shannon McNally My second and recent prolotherapy involved fifty injections along my spine for thoracic pain. Although I have endured many injections over...
I mentioned to my husband one day that if I ever wrote a book about my health challenges, I would call it “You Didn’t Ask.” It was a self-indulgent comment given it privately lashed out at those I didn’t think fully supported me during a difficult time in my life. I...
In 2000, I developed heart arrhythmias. After extensive testing with cardiologists, I was diagnosed with “sinus tachycardia”. It would be the first of many mystery diagnoses because, simply, it pointed only to the increased heart rate while offering no...
The question I asked myself when considering starting a blog was whether or not I could 1) forego writing for the sake of writing in order to, 2) write for those who may benefit from hearing about my experiences. My name is Stacy Shuman and I was diagnosed with...
