Lyme Voice Radio, Discussing Your Lyme Disease Journey With Aaron & Sarah Sanchez

As I watched the man at the ER writhe in pain, I was deeply envious. His pain had an identity. The nurse was informing him how to prep him  surgery and they were flooding his system with pain meds that would make the next few hours fly by. Tomorrow it would be all over for him and he would be back at work in a few days. I was not so lucky. Even though my pain was just as extreme and preventing me from basic tasks. I would receive no meds, no hope, no plan. They were dismissing me once again. They tell you that once again they can't find anything on your blood work, they suggest that you reduce your stress levels, and wait to see a specialist. This scene played out several times a year. It was heart breaking, you no longer have a life, you exist from one appointment to the next.  The problem is that people who are living with chronic pain think that they are patients. They are not. A patient has something wrong that is being treated, attacked, fixed or repaired. A plan exists to restore that patient to a perso