Artemisinin's revenge

All I can think is: OMG, so nauseous.

I started my second cycle of artemisinin today since transferring my Lyme care to Dr. L. I had been taking it 5 days on, then 2 days off, but she switched me to a 3 weeks on, 1 week off schedule. Today was my first day back on.

I'm having nausea that makes all the other nausea I've been having seem trivial. I have also, so far, had 5 hours of rapid-cycling sweats since I took my morning dose. It was so bad that I had to cut short a conversation with a friend because I couldn't concentrate on what she was saying.

I'm trying to remind myself that this is a good thing because it means bacteria are dying, but boy it's tough.