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Posted 11/14/2011 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
I was wondering if anyone else had this issue as well; the feeling that lyme and those co-infections like to attack an old injury?  Over a year ago now, I was bike riding and fell off my bike hard onto my right hip and right elbow.  I think my hip took the worst of it though; for a while I couldn't lay on my right side because of the pain.  Eventually, most of the pain went away (but never totally). 

Now, I notice when that I get sick (from a cold or whatever), a week or so after that a bunch of symptoms that were "laid low" are suddenly brought back to life.  Neck and shoulder blade pain, blurry vision, weird headaches (shooting pain type), fatigue, etc, etc.  But the worst is always that hip pain.  Right now it is so bad, I am doing physical therapy for it but I think that's making it even worse.  I am thinking of giving it a couple of weeks, but after that if it doesn't get better - that's it for physical therapy!

Anyone else notice the same thing?

 

Posted 11/14/2011 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
HI Thia,
Boy I went through stuff like that!! It was incredibly frustrating for me because I wasn't in treatment at the time and I was dealing with doc that didn't believe in Chronic Lyme. Whether or not PT will help you has to be a decision you make based on whether or not you are actually feeling any relief or if it's just keeping things stirred up or making things worse. Yet another time when you need to be your own health advocate - don't continue to do something if you really don't feel it's helping.

When I was going through PT for my leg & back pain, I didn't find relief simply because of the time I had to spend away from my house! The hour trip each way for PT didn't help any either. The more exhausted I got, the worse my symptoms and the less improvement I was seeing. So I quit before my 'script ran out - despite the cries I heard from everyone there not to! I believe that there comes a time when something that is usually helpful for the rest of the world can be detrimental for a person with TBI's.

All of the symptoms that you have mentioned are simply symptoms of TBI's as well. So you are right about Lyme revisiting an old injury - I have noticed that it seems to really like scar tissue on me as well. smhair Lyme bacteria will attack any weak point, no matter where in the body it is located.
Posted 11/14/2011 8:45 PM (GMT 0)
Yes definitely and I read that was a symptom of lyme some place.. It could be my left knee for no reason one day and then my right the next. Or my ankle that I hurt 25 years ago and for no reason just started bothering me. But it loves my shoulders. They were so bad for a while that I had trouble sleeping on them.
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