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Posted 11/8/2016 4:39 AM (GMT 0)
I was diagnosed and successfully treated for Lyme in 2013. I have been symptom-free for 2 1/2 yrs. about 2 mths ago I started having short episodes (15 min.) of feeling sick and dizzy and then it would go away for a few days. This lasted about 2 weeks and then I started having severe burning in the thoracic area of my spine. The pain migrates from the left (mostly) to the right and also sometimes moves up my neck or down into the lumbar area. The pain is relentless and exhausting. I'm wondering if this is a lyme relapse? Dr. sent me for a back x-ray on Friday, waiting for the results. Anybody else having this burning spinal pain with lyme? devil devil
Posted 11/8/2016 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
. . . forgot to add that I also have tingling pain in my right arm & hand / leg & foot and sometimes my lower jaw is tingling. These areas just tingle (like asleep), but don't burn.
Posted 11/8/2016 4:52 AM (GMT 0)
Its pretty hard to say what pain is and is not from these infections.

Either way, a massage along the vertebrata muscles might revile them being tight and "ropy" possibly causing un-natural tension and nerve entrapment/burning. I had that over the years in various places along the whole spinal column. The more I loosened the muscles, the more pain went away.
Posted 11/8/2016 4:56 AM (GMT 0)
Had you recently had any kind of unusual physical or emotional stress just prior to the new episodes? According to the dates you gave you received treatment for appr. 6 months in 2013?
Posted 11/8/2016 5:14 AM (GMT 0)
I have burning nerve pain -thoracic area of my back. Mainly from the centre across the left side...as well as my left arm, hand.

I don't have any muscle or joint pain in those areas...just nerve pain

Also, get some vibrations - in the same area.

Mine is most likely from the co-infection bartonella. I had no problems in that area prior to getting lyme and co's - no muscle/joint issues.

I've been treating bartonella for over a year now...and still battling.

Did you treat co-infections?
Posted 11/8/2016 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
Hello - I've been diagnosed with Lyme earlier this year.

One of the later symptoms was tied to my spine/lumbar area.
It's pain and it's something between burning to dull pain right in the middle of my back.
Not sure this helps but hopefully you'll find some answers soon!
Posted 11/8/2016 3:41 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, occasionally I get a burning feeling on the left side of the base of my spine--not very intense, but moderate and uncomfortable. Also the same feeling in my neck spine (forgot the term heheh), also on the left side of the vertebra. Very disturbing when it happens, so thankfully it's a rare occurrence--every other month or so.
Posted 11/10/2016 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much for the replies! I received the report on my back x-ray and it was normal. I'm going to make an appt. to talk to my Dr. about a Lyme relapse. I did have extensive ankle surgery on May 10th. It has been a long recovery and I'm still doing physical therapy. I'm wondering if that may have caused the Lyme to flare up.
Posted 11/10/2016 4:18 AM (GMT 0)

Creekside1 said...
Thanks so much for the replies! I received the report on my back x-ray and it was normal. I'm going to make an appt. to talk to my Dr. about a Lyme relapse. I did have extensive ankle surgery on May 10th. It has been a long recovery and I'm still doing physical therapy. I'm wondering if that may have caused the Lyme to flare up.

That would do it. Absolutely.

I've had the worst 2 years of all my years with Lyme & Co., after upper arm/shoulder surgery in 2014.
Posted 11/10/2016 11:07 AM (GMT 0)

Creekside1 said...
I was diagnosed and successfully treated for Lyme in 2013. I have been symptom-free for 2 1/2 yrs. about 2 mths ago I started having short episodes (15 min.) of feeling sick and dizzy and then it would go away for a few days. This lasted about 2 weeks and then I started having severe burning in the thoracic area of my spine. The pain migrates from the left (mostly) to the right and also sometimes moves up my neck or down into the lumbar area. The pain is relentless and exhausting. I'm wondering if this is a lyme relapse? Dr. sent me for a back x-ray on Friday, waiting for the results. Anybody else having this burning spinal pain with lyme? devil devil

You have just described why I have been awake since 3 a.m. today - except mine starts on the right side, then spreads to involve the left. I woke to go to the bathroom, and because I've been herxing, took some charcoal. By the time I got back to bed, I was starting to hurt too much again,but I had just taken charcoal (!!!) so I knew dying to take something for the pain just so in could get some sleep wouldn't help. Ugh! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!!
Posted 11/10/2016 2:19 PM (GMT 0)
Traveler - What is the charcoal for?
Posted 11/10/2016 2:30 PM (GMT 0)
It's activated charcoal for binding to the toxins and helping the body to remove them. But, when binders are used, we have to keep anything that we want the body to absorb 2 hours away (before and after) taking it, or it will bind to the charcoal and just be removed. Things like food, supplements, treatment abx, any hormones or even pain killers.

The other thing that we have to watch out for is constipation, because if that develops, it only leads to toxins being reabsorbed.

You can find this and other good detoxing suggestions here:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html and we have some good suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread as well.
Posted 11/10/2016 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
I have had a substantial reduction in pain since I began detoxing--could be unrelated, could be cumulative, could be in synergy with other treatment, but I definitely recommend charcoal, et al.
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