Week two.

Let's talk about week two of treatment, shall we?

Week two sucks.

In week one you're still cautiously optimistic because it's new. In week one you're still thinking that maybe this treatment is the one that's going to work. Week one is when you don't know yet how it's going to make you feel. Week one is when you are just normal Lyme tired, not treatment tired. Week one is when you're still half human.

Week two is when it gets ya.

Week two is when the extras kick in. The extra exhaustion. The extra nausea. The extra feeling that your internal organs are actually on fire. The extra swelling. The extra feeling like your joints have rubber bands around them. The extra weird food cravings. And the extra weird food aversions. The extra hard time finding your thoughts. The extra tooth pain and the mouth tingling that you know is the beginning of mouth sores.

And here is where I would normally say that it also kicks up the extra hope and the extra motivation and the extra positive things. But if I'm being real right now, I don't think I have it in me.

Because I'm extra worn out. And I'm extra depleted.

And I'm extra thankful for my bed.