Weird new symptoms....scary

I itch, off and on, pretty much all over. Can't see any particular reason for it. From time to time it feels like bugs crawling on me, usually on my legs but sometimes elsewhere. When I look there's nothing there.

The soles of my feet hurt!! Sometimes I can hardly walk due to the pain on the bottoms of my feet. This morning I ever so gently bumped my foot against the corner of my clothes hamper and was in excruciating agony for at least 5 minutes. The pain seemed like it just wouldn't stop!

Also, for some reason I have calluses growing at an unheard-of-rate on the bottoms of my feet....they seem to be contributing to the pain as well.

When I woke up this morning three of my toes were swollen like little balloons. My feet are red....no, really more purple than red. One toe has something on it that looks sort of like a bug bite, but it's purple and itchy both top and bottom.

My lower legs look purple-ish too...resembling lots of varicose veins, but not. OK, it doesn't make sense to me either.

Yes, I know I sound completely off my rocker!

But I'm not, as far as I know.

I asked my rheumy about the "bugs crawling", he said it was diabetic neuropathy. The only problem with that theory is that I don't actually have diabetes. My last A1C was 6.1, but that's more pre-diabetic AFAIK. My endocrinologist says I'm not diabetic.

Do the other symptoms sound diabetic in nature? Or should I bring up the dreaded "M" word??

I do have a small skin lesion on my face that is not healing, but I haven't pulled any multi-colored fibers out of it yet, so maybe I don't have to worry about Morgellons......??

What do you guys think????? Please share any thoughts you have! Does anyone else have anything like this going on?? I seem to remember a similar post by +Lyme a while ago....or am I mixed up?

Razzle, thanks so much for your help!!

I *have* added a few new supplements lately (ordered by my LLND)....I didn't really think about allergies but that's a possibility, at least, to explain the itching.

I know I have Raynaud's so I guess that might also explain some of the "purple" coloration of my legs/feet. It's caused me to have blue toenails but nothing else until now. Perhaps it's getting worse?

I am on shots of heparin (5000 units/1cc twice/day) for hypercoagulation so hopefully don't have any clots anywhere, but I could certainly ask to be tested.

I WAS somewhat surprised about developing new symptoms at this point, after almost a year of antibiotics. And I freaked out a bit because I read something recently about Morgellons then realized that some of my symptoms were rather similar to those described in the article.

But you're definitely right about Lyme being able to cause almost any sort of symptom.

Thanks again! I appreciate your "thinking out loud" very much!

Traveler, thanks for your reply!

Yes, my skin is definitely drier in winter, so that could be part of it. I really should use more skin lotion, especially this time of year.

I've spent a lot of time reading Morgellons disease stories over the past few days, and the more I read, the less I think I have it. It seems that the itchiness they talk about is MUCH worse than what I'm going through.

I plan to ask my doctor to give me a script to go get ultrasound imaging of my legs done....thanks Trav!!

Take care....

Hey Nasa Girl,

I just got to Ny to see my Dad and my old shrink who thought all along for over 10 yrs my problem was lyme but I refused to
even go there. My Dad has lyme for over 30 yrs and got 3 weeks of antibiotics and never got well.. His life has been hell. I see him now 77yrs old after last year having radiation in his mouth for cancer. (from lyme, I am sure).

anyway he walks around like a cripple and from 11am to 3 pm everyday he goes to the bar up the block to see his only friends.
this is his life and he tells everyone else to go F themselves. he won't take even an asperin. He is so angry about this lyme scene that he wouldn't go to a lyme doctor now if I found one. It's just too far gone.

Anyway...he has these callouses showing up on his feet now that he can barely put them on the floor. He has been through that itchy body thing before too. He now has fungus or mold on all of his toes and says it is starting on his fingers.

The thing about the callouses is he says more on left foot and some days they just aren't there and other days they are so painful.

You would think that all the radiation he had would kill off the lyme. I wonder if it helped at all? what's the difference between rife and radiation.?

So here is something I learned in an ayervedic research treatment center in India almost 10 yrs ago. HEATED SESAMEE OIL.

this is very time consuming but one of the most powerful treatments a person can do for almost anything. It is a way of lubricating the joints and even into our organs.

Heat up some sesamee ois and rub rvery joint. ankles toes fingers wristse.bbows shoulders..everything and then rub all over body. leave it on for 20 minutes and then wash off.

try to find sandlewood soap in the healthe food store and if you can find sandle wood powder it it the best thing to use to make like a powdery scrub.

If you go on line to banyan botanicals you may see the sandlewood powder but otherwise just go to supermarket gat sesamee oil.

also Deeprok chopra is a big olive oil guy. but for this we need the heavy oil. If there is anyone willing to try his treatment for a week at home and then can let us know how they feel it would be great.

watch out because sesamee stains. you will feel instantley better the ninute goeson your skin your skin.

I think Razzle would know what essential oil to add few drops to even.

Has anyone ever tried the THIEVES oil?

you take care JoAnn. I will let you know what my shrink says today.
My question is is it too late for me to start trying to attack all of this with antibiotics. She has a lot of lyme patients also.

catch youz all later

lots of love
Bucci

Bucci, I have to agree with Traveler....it's NEVER too late! It's not too late for you and it's not too late for your Dad, if he would only allow someone to treat him.

I'm so glad you got to go back home to see your Dad!! Please keep us updated!! ((((((((bucci))))))))

Hey JoAnn,
Have you had a chance to have that ultrasound done on your legs yet?

Thanks JoAnn!!
Ever since Hubby almost died from blood clots, I get more than a little nervous when something like that is a possibility.
Sorry to be such a worry-wort!!!