I’m now on the third week of the second lot of antibiotics (if that makes sense, I’ve done six weeks of antibiotics in total) and dare I say it, I’m doing quite well. Now the nausea is settling down the vertigo has been so much better, and I’d take nausea over vertigo any day!

I’ve had blood taken at The Hospital of Tropical Medicine that has come back positive for Anaplasma Phagocytophilium (yup, I had to Google that one!). It’s a co-infection, spread by tics and is commonly passed on at the same time as Lyme disease. I’m not entirely sure what this means for me, apart from its looking like the Lyme diagnosis is more and more likely. Oh and that tic was one nasty little so-and-so!

I had a lovely visit from Soph where we turned my kitchen pretty much into a sweat shop making dresses.

I have finally finished my 60’s dress and I can’t wait to wear it.

I have managed to do lots more. Including going to the cinema which is something I’ve not done for a lot of years, and if I’m being honest I was pretty scared to do. I was so happy that I managed it without incident or paying for it after. Although, in hindsight seeing ‘Still Alice’, a film about a bright woman whose life tragically changed after illness was perhaps not the most sensible of choices – a bit too close to home!

I even managed to go for a walk the other morning and felt fine, well apart from looking like a loon grinning and taking pictures of where I’d manage to walk of course!

Today, I even managed John Lewis with absolutely no vertigo at all. I feel really happy (I’m not sure my credit card is quite so thrilled) although a little shattered after, but I think even 100% fighting fit people feel done in after a visit to Milton Keynes!

God I hope this lasts!