u/rockandmeow

Hi all!

Last week I started feeling very unwell. Severe fatigue, brain fog, body ache and really bad joint pain, headaches, feverish and hot. In the UK, we’ve been in the midst of a very hot summer so I put a lot of this down to my body having enough of the heat.

On Thursday, my fiancé spotted a bullseye rash on the back of my leg. Initially I thought I had maybe been bit by a gnat and had a reaction, but he felt concerned by the rash.
I went to the doctors the next morning, who diagnosed me with Lyme and started me on 4 weeks of Doxycycline.
It’s believed it was caught around 14 days after the initial bite, and the doctor said that it was caught at an ideal time.

I think I’m in a bit of denial about the whole thing. I feel like it must be a mistake, maybe the rash wasn’t really what it is, maybe I’m being dramatic in my symptoms - I’ve taken a few days off work as I don’t feel like I can function and my job is very brain heavy (if that makes sense) and this is just adding to my stress.

Yesterday was really low as I tried to force myself out the house and ended up bursting in to tears in the street because I couldn’t move anymore.

I’m feeling really low and honestly a bit stupid, my friends are all army/life long country and the consensus is I should have been covered up, but the places I could have been bit weren’t on the itinerary for the days I was there, so I suppose I just feel bad because I sort of feel I’ve done this to myself.

Did anyone else struggle with a weird emotional reaction?

Hello!

I am getting married next year at a private estate. I come from a religious background (catholic) and all my friends are from a similar background or close variation.

My fiancée is not religious, and as I’ve gotten older I don’t see myself as practicing. Due to this, we are having a non religious wedding ceremony.

I’ve only attended one non religious ceremony, and it was about 10 years ago so I can’t remember much of the day.

I was wondering what we should expect from our ceremony? If you had a registrar led ceremony, how did you find the lead up in planning the day with your registrar, or is this something you even get to do?

Thank you!