Biopsy was positive

Five months after finding a large bullseye rash on my leg while out camping, I have had a biopsy and the results came back today positive for Lyme. (I was given 10 days of Amoxicillan as a precaution when I first went to the doctor back in May 2017. The blood test came back negative at that time, so then the doctor decided to 'wait and see'. The rash never went away so finally a biopsy was ordered last week).

Now I am being put on Amoxclav for 2 weeks (I am allergic to doxy). I live in a very small town in BC Canada and am not confident of the doctor handling this as best as could be. In the last few months, I have a lot of joint pain in my hands and fingers, numb toes and pain in my arms. I also have small patches of the red rash on both legs and the original large bullseye is still there, it goes from bright red to nearly gone and all shades in between from day to day.

For those under the care of a Lyme literate doctor, are there things I should be watching for my doctor to be doing, ordering, etc at this point? Thank you!

Hi and thanks for the reply. I kept saying all I had read indicated 10 days was not going to help if it was Lyme, but was told that's what was standard and they wished patients would not look things up. Grrr.

I'm closest to 100 Mile House. I am being sent to a 'specialist' in Kamloops, but am a bit nervous about this as my doctor had him on speaker phone and he was not at all concerned about me having it for 5 months, did not ask for any symptoms and said to treat me with 2 weeks of antibiotics and call him again if that didn't fix it. My doctor said he wanted me to be seen by him right away, not wait any longer, but of course, we know that means send in the referral and wait and see when the next appointment is. I want to be proactive as the long term possibilities are somewhat terrifying.

Forgot to mention - that we don't really have LLMD's treating lyme here in Canada.

There is an ID Dr. in Alberta that treats - but his waitlist is over a year long...I don't think he's adding anymore names to his list.

There is an MD in Vancouver area...but I'm not sure if she actually treats...because she is restricted under the Canadian Guidelines. She does test...but the last I heard she wasn't taking any more patients either.

So, that's why we are left to ND's to treat.
My LLND is in Richmond and he is licensed to prescribe abx.

You can email me if you'd like some more information.

If you cant get a hold of ABX than go herbal. Clean diet and detox. You might recover slower in comparison but recover nonetheless.