Tag: lyme-disease

No meeting reports, because we haven’t been meeting.

I got sick, and stopped hosting the meetings.

What seems to have happened is that I got lyme disease, which was undiagnosed because the rash was where I sit down, so I couldn’t see it, and the fever was atypically low, so the doctors weren’t interested. But since I couldn’t eat and couldn’t move much, I stopped being able to poop, and when I hadn’t pooped for a week, I went to the doctor and they took it seriously, although by then the fever was even less impressive.

Their idea was to admit me to the hospital for workup of the constipation (a terrible idea – even if you aren’t constipated when you go into the hospital, you probably will be after a couple of days of not moving or eating right, which you can’t do in the hospital). The first test they did showed really low blood sodium levels, so they got really interested in working that up.

Nothing they did seemed to be accomplishing anything about the sodium level, until I complained about the rash where I sat down, more because I thought the nurses might find me some kind of cream for it than because I expected it to contribute to the diagnosis. But the doctors got really interested and took pictures, and one of them got sent to a lyme disease expert who said, “That used to be a bulls-eye rash.”

So they started treating me for the lyme disease, and I’ve been getting better ever since.

The recuperation is very slow, and I still need to go back to bed for my after breakfast nap after I’ve gotten up and walked the dog a couple of blocks and eaten breakfast. But when I sing or play for a few minutes, I sound ok, so I’m going to invite you all to a meeting tomorrow night. If I can’t handle a two hour meeting, I’ll go lie down and you can play without me for a bit.

Many thanks to everyone who’s been helpful and supportive.

We meet on Tuesdays at 7:45 pm, at 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. Let me know if you want to come.

The current warmup piece is Come, sirrah Jack, Ho!, transposed down a fifth.

If you’re coming, also let me know if you need me to print it for you.