Today was Jon's doctors appointment. We were both a bit anxious (I think I was more than Jon, but that's pretty normal since I'm the worrier of the team), but also excited to get some questions answered. The nurse that took us back, wasn't the most pleasant nurse. She was lacking this thing called compassion, and therefor sent Jon's blood pressure through the roof. Thankfully when the doctor came in and rechecked Jon's BP it was perfectly normal. The doctor was wonderful with us, he asked lot's of questions, answered ours and gave us lot's of insight into the world of LD. Yes, we still have unanswered questions, but from what I'm learning about LD is that there are lot's of unanswered questions. He did change Jon's antibiotics, as Jon was really struggling with the limitation of not being in the sun. His new med also recommends to use caution, but we've been told it's a little less limiting. Jon will be taking Minocycline and will add Metronidazole 2 weeks into the Minocycline routine. He's also going to add some B12 and Magnesium Supplement into his daily med routine. In addition to all that Jon is also going to be starting some antidepressants to help take the edge off. I know it's not an easy thing for him to be on them, but I am SO proud of him for taking the step and asking to go on something. Between both of our meds our counter is beginning to look like a mini pharmacy.
We are very optimistic that Jon will go into remission of LD, but also very aware of the fact that LD can and will more than likely strike him again. We asked if there were "triggers" to the disease and our doc said that things like stress, and other sicknesses could very well be triggers. We aren't going to dwell on what could happen in the future, instead we are going to take things one day at a time (sometimes it's more like 1 hour at a time), and we are going to fight this nasty disease. Jon's attitude today was very positive... he's determined to fight this and win!!!
Thank you SO much for all the thoughts and prayers today and throughout this journey. Please keep them coming, especially as Jon transitions into these new meds. I will keep you all posted via facebook or the blog. Thank you for supporting us in this journey, much love from our family to yours...
Thanks for creating this blog, Jenn! We were just talking about Jon the other day and Kirk wanted to know how he was doing. I told him that I hadn't seen anything new on Facebook and had been wondering how his treatment was going. We will pray that the antibiotics work and that it goes into remission ASAP! The ticks always did like him, so we hope he is taking EVERY precaution to keep any new ones off of him! We know how much he loves the outdoors and hope he can beat this disease! Tell him we are praying for him! Hang in there!
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