symptom list - updated - what do you think of my progress?

I have been on antibiotics for 8 months now. I have a big list of symptoms, and the severity of each changes daily...hourly. So, I've decided to list them all...and how they currently rate (as well as old ones that have gone).
Background: Symptoms started Apr/2013. Started abx July/2014

Symptoms resolved:
Weight loss
depression
crawling sensations under skin
sleep apnea
rib pain
sore lymph node - back of head
lymph node - left side of neck

Symptoms reduced and percent:
sleep issues - 80% (sometimes awakened with pain)
Anxiety - 90%
foot pain - 80%
lump in throat - 50%
phlegm in throat - 50%
hot flashes and sweats - 20%
range of motion - upper left side - 50-75%
off balance - 60-80%
tailbone pain - 20-30%
neck pain - started after antibiotic treatment started - now 20-40% better
mid back pain - 50%
lower back pain - 60-80%
pressure in head - 50%
right and left shoulders pain -pain started two months after antibiotics started. Now 60-80% better
tremors - 40-80% - depending on day, time of day. (hand tremors gone)
muscle twitches - 80%
memory - 40-60%
muscle strength - 20-40%

Unchanged:
Shivers/chills
vibrations in body - some days they are reduced a little, but not enough to count.
nerve pain - upper left back/shoulder blade/arm/hand - some days a bit better, not enough to count.
shooting/stabbing migratory pain
tingling/numbness - feet, sometimes hands
finger joint pain - didn't have it until approx. 4 months into treatment.
thin skin - loss of fat - back of both hands.
bump or nodule on top of right foot
very "veinous" - hands/legs/feet - veins are very prominent

So, it's interesting...I really don't feel that much better...but when it's all listed and itemized..it looks like there is quite an improvement.
I think I don't feel as good as I should.. maybe because my nerve pain (upper left side) is my worst symptom and it's not better, along with the vibrations - those two are yucky.

What do you all think?

Girlie, I think you are doing really great! You have a lot of symptoms that are better or even gone. I have/had a few of your more odd symptoms like lump in throat, sore lymph nodes, phlegm in throat and very veny.

Good job, you are getting better!

Dancingbear - the lump in my throat was one of my first symptoms - along with this so-called pinch nerve that gave me radiating pain in my left shoulder blade, left arm that has now turned into nerve pain...ugh.
I used to choke on food and sometimes it would get into my lungs. I went to an ENT specialist and he numbed my nose and threaded a scope with a camera down my nose into the back of my throat and had me swallow. Then he had me chew a cookie and swallow. He said my swallowing was fine...and my vocal chords did not have anything on them. (sometimes my voice was a bit hoarse).
Also had a barium swallow -xray done, and everything was fine.

the phlegm came a few months after I'd had lyme for several months untreated - especially when I lay down to go to sleep, I had trouble clearing it, and it would hang up in the bottom of my throat. I tried acid reflux meds, and also post nasal drip meds...none worked.

Although those two symptoms (lump and phlegm) have not resolved...they are 50% better...so hopeful it will continue.

RunnerGirl - I don't even know if my Dr. and I discussed my throat and the phlegm...we have half hour appointments...and I have so many symptoms to discuss. I never had it before Lyme, and I'm thinking it is from Lyme affecting my nerves/muscles. I have done all the searching/scanning/testing for now...and I will see what doesn't get better once Lyme is treated...and address it then.

I have nerve issues - lyme or bart is irritating or damaging my nerves. So, I think these following symptoms are attributed to nerve involvement: throat issues, nerve pain, vibrations, shivers, twitching, muscle weakness.

I read spider veins were attributed to either lyme or bart, can't remember which.

BDL - I never had any of these symptoms until after having Lyme...so I'm thinking I will be able to get rid of the tailbone and back pain - especially since it may be nerve related...not sure.
My muscles aren't tight, not sore to touch at all...so I'm hopeful.
Re: anxiety. It came on because of lyme, too...and it is gone all day and only shows up now first thing when I wake up for a few minutes...and in the evening when my nerve pain ramps up.
And for two weeks now it has been non-existant in the mornings when I wake up.

Someone posted on here once that their tailbone pain did go away after quite a long time...hoping that will be the case for me...as it has gotten a bit better so far.

I guess I was just mostly saying the lower back, only since I and many others my age have this. But now that I think about it my I'd to upper back pain came along with my other Lyme symptoms, I hope that can go away, since it bugs me more than anything.

As for anxiety, mine too has gone away. I would say it's 90%. Which is probably a normal amount of anxiety. Maybe that too will be 100% One day.

I think you realized that you have improved significantly. However, the tack rule seems to apply....

(the tack rule goes something like this: you have 16 tacks in your foot. 15 are removed and you feel somewhat better but, that last tack means you're not better overall and basically still feel lousy)

Hope you have more improvements to add very soon!

Sounds like you are doing great :0) Your time table is similar to Andrew's, but his is all psych.... he's not better yet either. No one will tell me when, just that is takes a long time :(

Thanks for your opinions.

I should correct what I said about the symptoms that have gone - The sleep apnea (choking/gagging/gasping for breath) symptom resolution IS a big one. I've just got to remind myself how awful that one was. Also, the bouts of depression being resolved IS another big one.

I just hate the pain!!!