One of the worst parts of Lyme is how it is all such trial and error, and there is so much "unknown" with this illness. And it's unpredictable. Even though I'm feeling pretty good on my meds these days, there are days when I'm "off", or when a weird symptom appears. Last night, I got a bad case of diarrhea after dinner - 3 episodes over an hour or so.
I tried to analyse the situation:
Is this from the Zithromax? It can cause diarrhea, but usually I'm fine on it.
Or maybe it's a side-effect of the Banderol and Samento. I've never taken them before now, so I have no idea what side-effects they will produce in me.
A herx! Yes, it could just be a herx! But I've never had diarrhea from a herx before. Hmmm.
Maybe this is because I started eating well today, and my body is reacting to the lack of carbs and screaming out for sugar!
Or do you think it's yeast? Yikes. I really don't want to deal with candida right now.
Could this just be an intestinal virus? (Hmmm....Not likely....I think I can tell the difference.)
Or worse yet......could this be c. difficile? Ohhhhhh nooooooo! You could get really, really sick with that. Great!
And which is the correct answer? I have no idea.
But I do know that I hate being my own detective. What I really want and need is to have my local health care system taking care of me, answering my questions, and doing the detective work.
I guess all I can do is wait it out and see. I don't think I'll even bother notifying my LLMD. I know what he'll say anyway - stop all meds until it clears up. So, that's what I'm going to do for now.
I'll let you know how it goes.
