Posted 8/15/2013 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
I'm new to all of this, so I hope I'm doing this right. Here is my back ground. May 12, 2013 I entered a mountain bike race, after the race I noticed I had a bite, (of some kind don't know for sure if tick) at the base of my skull, when I was washing my hair. I remember thinking, "hope that's not a tick bite". With in a day or two my neck hurt like never before, I needed to use my hands to help my head up, when in a laying position. However I didn't think much of it, because mountain biking is hard on my neck, and thought I'd injured it. Then about 3 weeks later experienced weakness and pain in my right arm. I thought it was an overuse injury from waterskiing. Another few weeks later joint pain, fatigue, and chills. Then about 4 weeks ago pain in every joint in my hands. My sister was the one who said I should get checked for Lymes. Up until that point I had know idea what Lymes really was. I'd heard of it, but didn't know anything about it or how serious it could be. Had the standard blood test that came back negative, however was treated anyway with two weeks of Doxy. Nothing has improved in fact I can add to all of the above internal tremors and headaches since being on the Doxy. Saw my doctor today and she says she doesn't believe that it's Lymes however agreed (due to my persistence) to give me one more week of Doxy. So now I'm reaching out for help to find a good Lyme doctor in my area, I live in Northern Wisconsin. Any help will be greatly appreciated.