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Posted 1/13/2013 6:18 PM (GMT 0)
Okay so the logical part of this is I'm crazy but I keep thinking I have a few different symptoms then other people for lyme.

Mainly the recurring skin infections thing. So I'm making my husband go get tested for HIV tomorrow. He is displeased BUT to be fair, I'm pretty sure he lied to me about getting tested before so...I did get tested I think 1 year after we were together so I think that is in the clear... I can't remember though. I think they tested because they asked me the names of people I had sex with/contact info but I don't remember getting blood drawn... but then my positive HPV came back so. I don't know, I'm crazy but I'm concerned too.
Posted 1/13/2013 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm pretty sure you can go down to your local health dept and get tested for free. Atleast thats how it works in OR and CA. Is it routine in your area to ask for names and contact info of your sexual partners? Maybe its just me but that seems a little odd. Ive had HIV tests done, I think twice, just as part of my annual exam. They did not take blood, just tested the ummm matter (ick) they use for the pap. Also I didnt recieve a call back for a month so I called them. They said if there is nothing out of the ordinary they do not call. Hopefully this is the case with you as well! Also, I've never been a paranoid person until my symptoms of LD hit. Now I am like a crack head. I was so sure I had cancer I spent loads of money for tests and I have no signs of any cancer. I check at night about 3 times just to make sure my doors locked. If I hear a noise im up all night. I call my sitter and check on my child 2-4 times a day. Hopefully ( well it wuold be better than HIV ) this is just a symptom of lymes. Best of luck!
Posted 1/13/2013 7:42 PM (GMT 0)
Yup, well my husband went out and got the test and it was negative. So that quenches my paranoia for now...I'm sure it will return!
Posted 1/16/2013 12:19 PM (GMT 0)
Lyme can present itself in so many bizarre ways. Do you have a positive lyme test? Everytime I would get a new symptom, I would think "good god this can't also be from lyme, I must have something else" but it always was from lyme.

Also, the anxiety and health paranoia is so typical of lyme. Treating that will also help you get well.
Posted 1/16/2013 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
Oh Opugirl,
You're having a rough time of it lately! I'm so sorry! My paranoia got really bad at one point. Fortunately my youngest daughter (28 yrs old) and I are extremely close - best friends still even!! - because she was the only one who could 'talk me down' one time.

Although I know now that it was the Lyme disease that caused it, there's no telling what set it off(if anything), but I really thought my husband was out "to get me". Now I had no idea exactly what 'out to get me' really meant, but I was positive of it - even though he had been extremely supportive up to that point. It took my daughter taking the day off and coming to 'talk me down' that I got through it. Even then I made her promise (with tears streaming down my face) on my life, her life and the life of her future husband & kids (crazy, huh?) that she wasn't out to 'get me' as well, and if my hubby was, I could call her!!! LOL!! I was bad off at that point! She promised me with all the same conditions (blush) that I could trust my hubby to not 'get me'. I didn't sleep at all the next few nights as I had to talk myself down because the paranoia was still there! I was a mess and a half!

Our brains seem to latch onto something and we can't let it go. It's bizarre that we can't let it go or what our brains latch onto sometimes.

Hang in there!!! You'll feel better the further into treatment you get! Thinking of you and sending healing, calming thoughts to you!!
Posted 2/13/2013 6:53 AM (GMT 0)
When you test positive for HPV they ask you the names of your partners because they must be told. HPV causes cancer in women if not treated. Men are many times unknowing carriers of HPV as it can not be visually detected most of the time. My beautiful friend has HPV and they had to get a list of her sexual partners as well as contact the CDC because of its strain.

I have only gotten an HIV test by giving blood. I've never heard of any other way. (Maybe oral swabbing)

Ill be sending healing thoughts to you. Praying your regimen works to eradicate your illnesses. <3
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