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Posted 7/28/2018 1:26 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone super sensitive to cigarette smoke? I smoked for a couple years 20 years ago and have been around 2nd hand smoke often with no issues at all. I've been back on abx for the pass 2 1/2 months and now even if someone smokes outside then comes in I get a sick feeling just if they come next to me. Starting to question if my Lyme diagnosis is right?
Posted 7/28/2018 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
I've always had smoke sensitivity - even pre-lyme.


Why does this cause you to question your lyme diagnosis? Not sure what it has to do with that?
Posted 7/28/2018 5:31 PM (GMT 0)
Yup, same here. My whole life, even before getting ill cigarette smoke bothered the hell out of me. Since illness, all smoke bothers me now
Posted 7/28/2018 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
Oh yes!!! But not pipe or cigars. One of the first questions my allergist asked me. He said I had chemical sysitivities and it was too the paper...go figure.
Posted 7/29/2018 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
All my life but worse since I got sick. I've got pretty bad chemical sensitivities now.
Posted 7/29/2018 2:07 PM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...
I've always had smoke sensitivity - even pre-lyme.


Why does this cause you to question your lyme diagnosis? Not sure what it has to do with that?

When I first got really sick 8/17 I went on prednisone and kept ramping it up from 10mg to 60mg over the next month. Felt worse and worse with the higher dose ER around 5 times felt like death. After I started coming off the pred I started to feel better I could stand up and heart rate would not go up as high and less chest pain. Then I went on doxy for a month after that I felt about 90% only a slight dull ache in my chest. At the time I thought 4 weeks of antibiotics was all that was needed. I had a chemical induced stress test and ever since then I've been back down to about 30%. And no real change since these pass 2+ months of abx. I've recently found out one of the locations I work at has mold so now I'm wondering about that.

Diesel fumes seem to give me this sick feeling too, I own them but now when I follow one I know it.
Posted 7/29/2018 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
trekker,

The chemicals used in the stress test could have been a trigger. You may have trouble detoxing. There is such a thing as total toxic load. It all adds up - all the toxins from all sources.

Find a way to get away from the mold.

Do you use a sauna or binders like cholestyramine, modified citrus pectin, or chlorella? You need to find a way to remove the specific toxins. Research the chemical used in the stress test and see what is recommended to get that out.
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