Recent content by Mettafort

Just got diagnosed with stage 3 lymes. While I am not happy about it, the positives are that st least I have a diagnosis.

Hi there- Thought I would share a personal story - it is purely my journey with no assumptions nor implications about anybody else. As someone who has T+H, a full 14 months now, I empathize with the inner challenges that you share. Oh I went deaf in my left ear too; no way to even play a...

You absolutely cannot rule that out. Thank you for sharing.

Just wanted to add, if you have the grit for it, applying capsicum cream (0.05%) to a cold sore tingle will hurt like hell, but it works 8/10.

Hi Carolyn- You have a very deep grasp of the science - far more than me. My point about the apoptosis is not about how the virus resides dormant in the nerve cells, but the effect of the cold sore out break itself around the ear. That is, I was stressed at work, lack of sleep, and so I had a...

@CsaulNol Hi. No. I had no tinnitus - ironically good, intact stereo hearing even after so many nights clubbing as a youngster, and DJing.

@vermillion Thank you for sharing. Stay strong man. Part of this process I believe is the difficult process of grieving the death of life that once was before the condition started. And one thing I have realized over these past 12 months is this - we are stronger than we could ever imagine...

I went to bed on a Friday night with a headache in my neck - on the left side. Felt like a stress headache. I woke up at 2am with the room spinning like it has never done so before - it was a weird experience and I immediately felt like I was going to be sick. From 2am Saturday till Monday...

@vermillion ! Nice to hear from you sir. I went dark, not because of struggles but because for me I found I would gravitate to the darker side of this forum which wasnt good for my psyche. I hope things are good with you sir. How are you doing?

@jay777 Hi; ha that is actually a very accurate description actually.