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Posted 4/22/2014 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hello!

So, I seem to have a new symptom. And it could all be in my head, I don't know.

I feel like bugs are crawling all over me. Tiny ones.

Now, I could be psyching myself out because I am getting a lymph node checked tomorrow and of course I Google Lymphoma and a lot of people say itchy skin is a big symptom.

I never had this and was just sitting at my in laws on Saturday and it started and it hasn't gone away. 

I dry skin brush every day and do infrared sauna and detox baths every other day.

I take Jernigan's Neuro tox formulas too. 

Could it be allergies? My allergies have been pretty bad this year.

This feeling is all over my body, not just one area.

Posted 4/22/2014 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Are you on medication ? I used to break out in rashes from time to time and I believe the medicines brought them out. Months later they are a thing of the past, I hope. You never know with Lyme.
Posted 4/22/2014 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
No Barngurl, I haven't been on abx for about a month and a half. And although I feel the best I've felt since this whole thing started, this is something new that popped up. I've never had rashes with it, just the weird feeling like something is crawling on me.

I am doing Jernigan's protocol, along with cryptolepis for Babesia and every other day I take samento and banderol.

Also, some herbals like magnesium and vitamin D and B12.
Posted 4/22/2014 6:08 PM (GMT 0)
My uncle had lymphoma. He had unexplained itching for years. One day he just got ' very sick with severe vomiting and massive weight loss. It took a while to figure out and when they did he was stage 4. It was seemingly very grim. He did survive and is healthier than me now. His itching was going on for years though. I've also read that itching is a sign that your immune system is fighting something, so it could just be from the babesia, so I wouldn't panic.
Posted 4/22/2014 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
I too remember the crawling sensations early in treatment that would sometimes wake me and I would try to brush them off. I even put the light on once to see what I brushed off.

Another one is the feeling on your face when you walk thru a spider web.

These will pass in time. Hang in there.
Posted 4/22/2014 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
ticbite666 (I still giggle every time I see your name. I love it!)

Yes, I always have the feeling of a spider web on my face. I also think of it as like a piece of hair that fell and you can't seem to be able to brush it off. ughhh

I think I probably need to get back on abx. I just wish my LLMD gave me something other than minocycline because I'm too scared to take it! And I have some doxy left but with going on a cruise to the Bahamas in a couple weeks, I don't want to have to worry about the sunburn.
Posted 4/22/2014 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
Louise74,

Yikes! That still makes me nervous! I am a bit (okay more than a bit) of a hypochondriac. Lyme disease is probably the worst thing I could get because every day, it's something new!

I am getting the lymph node ultrasound tomorrow. I had one on it back in August and it came back fine but to me at least, it seems to have gotten bigger. I also had a CT scan of all my nodes in September and everything came back normal. This was before I knew I had Lyme.

And I mean, none of my lymph nodes are even that big. It's just this one on my neck just seems out of place. I'm not even sure it's a node at all, it could just be a weird lump.
Posted 4/22/2014 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
I get the bug crawling sensation from time to time. Do you have tingling or burning anywhere because I believe the crawling is nerve-related and I get tingling/burning almost constantly in my legs and feet? I'm leaning towards Bart being the culprit but can't say for sure.
Posted 4/22/2014 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
ToddPaul,

No I don't get any kind of tingling or burning anywhere. At least, not yet. lol. This crawling sensation is a new symptom so who knows? Every day it's something new with this!
Posted 4/22/2014 7:47 PM (GMT 0)
ToddPaul,

I forgot to say that my LLMD every appointment, always ask if I have developed any tingling/burning/pain in the extremities because that's a big symptom of Bart.
Posted 4/23/2014 6:49 PM (GMT 0)
I get the crawling sensation from time to time, often around my head. I have also had the feeling that a hair is on me and I cannot brush it off.
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