Hi Honeynajar!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us.
I was one that would smell cat urine in the oddest of places!! My poor cat got cussed at for no reason for a while!! LOL! I discovered for me, that it was due to high ammonia in my body due to these infections.
Do you have any other reasons to suspect a tick borne (really vector borne) infections? You may find this questionnaire helpful:
lymeontario.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Horowitz-Questionnaire.pdf I would also invite you to read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread as it's packed with useful information and symptom lists that may also be of help to you.
If you believe you may have one or more of these infections, you will need to see an ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) trained Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area. They are not miracle workers, but do have more education and a better understanding of diagnosing and treating these infections.
For information on finding an ILADS trained LLMD, you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctor's names and contact info to be posted on the forum for several reasons. You can enable your email option in your profile, under 'edit profile'. Be sure to click the submit button to actually save your preference.
You can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the small blue envelope under my screen name. I may have contact information for some LLMD's in your area as well. Please include your state and area that you would like to find a LLMD in and I will see how close I can get to your
location.
You can start a new thread titled something like "Looking for LLMD in the
(insert the nearest larger city & state) area". Members can email you about
the LLMD's that they see in that area if you have your email enabled. We don't allow doctors names to be posted though.
You can email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at
[url]
[email protected] for LLMD referrals
You can go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:
www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74
ILADS has their own referral system as well:
ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/
And
www.LymeDoc.orgYou will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey:
www.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php