I have a rope in the barn that is a garland of strung milk jugs. They are sacred around here and used for everything in the garden. I've never started seeds in them (great idea BTW that I will try this year) but I cover all my plants, tomatoes, squash and pumpkin seeds and started plants with milk jugs. Right now I have them covering peach seeds that I have planted in the yard. Hoping to get about 2 dozen trees out of what I have planted if not more.
As for Lyme, My Western Blot showed one positive band and that was that I had been exposed to the disease. As I had symptoms I was considered a positive. What I had was severe nerve pain and nerve spasms in my left arm, shoulder and ribs along with fever, fatigue and brain fog. I was so miserable. I probably have CLD also even though it has never been mentioned to me. I still take Gabapentin for nerve pain but thankfully, haven't had a flare of herxheimer effect in years. I try to avoid more bites but in MO it is almost impossible so the doctor keeps me supplied in minocycline and the minute I see a tick on me, I'm on it.
I didn't miss a day of work. Recently I found the thick notebook that I used during those two years. I would write cues down for me so I could recall orders, calls, people, everything. DH flipped through it in wonder one day, all 1000 pages. He had no idea how hard it was for me to remember anything during treatment. I think the worst day at work was the day I set down at my desk, looked at my computer keyboard and honestly couldn't remember my finger placement or the correct finger movements to type. I was lucky in I set, cleared my mind and was able to finally use the keyboard.
Needless to say, I hate Lyme disease.....and ticks.
