Sweet potato fries

Back to the food follies... I was attempting to make sweet potato fries to go with dinner tonight.  I cut the palm of my hand on the first slice with the knife.  My hand slipped while trying to push down on the tip of the knife and the tip went into my palm.  Not the end of the world.  Sean said he thought I would have used the mandolin, and I reminded him that I cut myself on that last time, too!  I don't think I'm cut out for cooking.

Overall, this has not been a great week.  In addition to the fevers which seem to now be a constant, this week has been full of migraines.  The tinnitus has also gotten worse not just in the left ear, but now also in the right.  Although it's really annoying and sometimes painful, I still think this is all good.  You're supposed to expect ups and downs with the treatment.  Sometimes the worsening of symptoms means that the medication is flushing the spirochetes out of their hiding places.

I have a new issue, too.  For the last 2 weeks, I've noticed that my hands itch on occasion.  It's not normal itching.  It's intense itching.  It might be on a finger, on my palm, front or back of my hand, pretty much anywhere.  There's no rash, and my hands aren't dry.  At first I thought it was because they were dry, but I was putting hand lotion on constantly and they really aren't dry.  I mentioned it to the PA at my appointment this week, and she confirmed that it could be a reaction to the antibiotics.  (She actually told me that when she takes antibiotics, her back itches!)  Her suggestion was either Benadryl or Benadryl cream.  This morning I loaded up on cortisone cream when the itching started.  It seems to have helped, so I'll keep trying that before hitting the Benadryl, which makes me sleepy.

Off to check on the sweet potato fries in the oven!  I hope that they turn out ok.