Recently Diagnosed with Lyme

Hello all,
I have just been diagnosed with Lyme. Obviously I'm new to this forum so excuse me if there is another place for me to post this or someone has already asked the same questions as me.

Ahh where to begin.... Let me start by saying that I am a 20 year old and in college. I recently stated to show symptoms about a year ago and not one doctor I went to was able to figure out what was wrong with me. First my shoulders went, then arms, then knees, and eventually my whole body was in pain not to mention the fatigue I was feeling all day. Eventually a family doctor had me tested for lyme (3 grand later :(.....) and turned out I tested positive for lyme but no co-infection, which i feel is a plus. I've been started on antibiotics and have been taking 600 mg of Zithromax for about 4 weeks now. Im starting to feel a little better, but not really sure what my expectations should be realisticly. Before being effected by this disease I was in very good shape and working out with heavy weights daily. Since then I have put on a lot of weight and lost a lot of muscle definition. I was wondering what my expectations should be on getting back to working out. At this moment it almost feels like my muscles are torn, has anyone else had weak muscles to the point where they have torn or is it just pain caused by lyme disease. Also other than walking what are good and safe excercises to do without pushing my body too hard? My doctor has advised me and told me to limit myself to walking, but i would like to hear from people who are actually going through this. I am very pessimistic about how much better I am actually going to get at this point.
Thanks and sorry in advance for my grammar and spelling issues,. kind of typed this in a rush.
-Blake from Florida

Hi Blake,

welcome to the forum and I am glad you finally have a diagnosis. I have had Lyme for 4 years and just diagnosed a few weeks ago. The abx make me very achy and weak to the point where I don't want to work out at all. I used to work out every am at 5 I so I understand the frustration of not being able to do what you have done in the past. What has worked for me is lifting but keeping it to shorter sets, or less weight. I also only keep my workouts to 1 hour or under and go slow in between sets, stretch, and listen to my body. If i get tired I end the work out right then. Don't push yourself or you will feel sick after. Also, have you tried epsom salt baths? I do this every night as part of my detox regime and it helps to ease sore muscles.

Love, where do you get this enzyme? I would be curious to use this as well.

Hi Blake,

I understand that you want to keep on doing sports, I'm married to a sports addict (5 times 2hrs / week), so I understand...

We sometimes fight: he thinks I would feel better if I would work out. I can only walk 500 meters & all of my muscle strength has just disappeared... I used to do pilates the last few years (I've been ill for a very long time, so cardio exercice was out of the question, so I tried to maintain good muscle tone) but once I started treatment, I had to stop, there's no strength left at all, I can't even lift an 11 lbs bag and I'm just too exhausted. Husband says I breath like a thirsty camel in the Sahara when I walk up the stairs, so not fit at all.

But I would like to advice you to take it slow... LD puts a huge strain on your body, and treatment puts even more strain on it. Please don't push yourself. My dr said this to me: don't revalidate before being healed, first you heal, then you revalidate. I think your dr is right...

There's many success stories on this forum, even from people that have been sick for a long long time, so you'll have plenty of time to catch up with the power training

MarieLS