Bad accident on the lake...RELAPSE

Well I was doing so incredibly well almost back to my old self and fate took the wheel and ravaged me once again... I was tubing on the lake cruising along when uncle decided to hang a sharp right to try and wing me off. Unfortunately he almost killed me... The line slacked on the turn, snared my foot and ripped me under the water at about 40 mph. It was the most horrifying thing I've ever experienced as I was dragged submerged for another 60 feet thanks to my spotter not paying attention. I was lucky and didn't lose my limb or life. In fact my foot didn't even break but it was mangled and ER DOC said the tendon and soft tissue damage was bad... All of the trauma has cuz me to relapse I believe. My balance is awful, muscle and joint pain back, head pressure along with that awful I'm going to die feeling. So upset... Now to work my way back... This sucks but at least I'm still alive...

So sorry to hear it! I wish you the best in your continuing healing journey .

Hi Will, sorry to hear about your mishap. You go all out man. Seriously try to rest and recover from all this. That is the most important. Thanks for sharing your experience. I am very tentative about a lot of things now due to worrying about relapse.

Its working well. I switch between this combo and tetra/amantadine every 6 months. The biaxin comes with brutal herxs so I slowly worked my way up to 1500mg.

oh, for goodness sakes - so sorry to hear this!!! =((
prayers sent your way for a speedy recovery!!

Yeah I wasn't pleased but they were beating themselves up enough already soits safe to say they realized their mistakes. The pain was excruciating but I will say that it certainly took my mind our of any residual Lyme symptoms I had lol. Also after the pain I've experienced from this disease the pain I went through seemed like a cake walk. They couldn't believe how well I took the pain I also refused all pain killers. Us Lyme people are tougher than anyone could imagine.

This is so true! My sister actually found out she had Lyme (and had it since her teenage years, most likely) when she tripped on her stairs and twisted her ankle badly. Her foot went to being numb and cold to her doctor saying she had RSD (?) and multiple symptoms flaring up until finally she was diagnosed with Lyme. But her symptoms previously were so minor that she didn't know she even had Lyme. The only way she knew for sure she had Lyme when she was a teenager was because she had Bell's Palsy for about a week in the summer of 1986, and at that time the doctor told her it was probably from an ear infection!

So it's a little over a week later and I'm shocked at how fast it's healing. Still swollen a bit but the 3 lacerations and one that required a ton of stitches are almost completely healed with very little inflammation and very little pain. Unfortunately I can't say the same for my Lyme symptoms. I'm getting a good amount of thumping twitches tightening muscles. Not tons of twitches but it's kinda annoying and my darn balance is weird again! Its extra frustrating cuz my doc can't figure out what exactly is triggering the off balance floaty feeling but I pass all of the balance tests he throws at me. I tell him I feel weird but I'm able to fight and correct so I don't tip over. I thought it was vestibular but now I'm starting to think it may have to do with my back especially since I was jerked real hard by that rope. Any thoughts????