Super Excited!

That's great that you were able to get in so soon! I hope this doctor will be the one to help you. Keep us posted. You should be excited!! :)

Garden Peace - I will keep you guys updated. I am excited, I want to get these little buggers OUT OF ME once and for all!! I'm taking back my body and control of my life. :)

Runnergirl82 - I cannot say thank you enough for all of your help the past 24 hours. I truly truly truly appreciate your patience and your willingness to share information. I'm actually a country girl at heart so that description of him is AWESOME. Can't wait to meet him.

We're not staying overnight. My mother in law is driving me (since I get dizzy spells everyone freaked out and was like NO YOU'RE NOT DRIVING YOURSELF!) and our appointment is at 12 noon. So we're leaving at like 8am since it's a 3 and a half hour drive. If we do have to stay overnight, I'll definitely look into the Ramada, thanks again!!! :)

I am in Wisconsin and I am really looking forward to your update. Good luck and please let us know how it goes.

Good luck! Can't wait to hear how it goes. I was a little nervous at my first appt bc he is different and not super warm and fuzzy, but he really cares. After seeing him a few more times after that and having phone conversations I like him even more and am even more comfortable.

Keep us posted!

Sooo....? How was your appointment? :)

Ok sooooooooo update time!!!! :)

Everything went well!!! Chicago traffic of course sucks but once we got into Wisconsin it was a beautiful drive. Plus my mother in law and I get along really well (lucky, I know) so we had fun on the way there. The ride home was a different story (traffic ugggghhhh) and I was emotional, so we had a good cry together.

But runnergirl82 - you were totally right! He came in with his boots on, flannel shirt, jeans and baseball hat. I loved it! He was a no nonsense kind of guy and got right to the point. He said my previous llmd prescribed me a wayyyyyyyy too aggressive treatment and dr. H didn't recommend half of the drugs my previous llmd prescribed because they would be too harsh on my heart.

He said just looking at my symptoms list he thinks I have chronic Lyme which scared the s@#% out of me because I instantly thought about my son and never being a normal mom for him again and how long this is going to take to get rid of.. I'm terrified, he said I could be on treatment for up to 2 years... f@!# (excuse my french.)

So he wants to start treatment slow and put me on ceftin or ceftinir (spelling????) 300mg and nystatin as well. He also gave me meds for my vertigo, anxiety and tachycardia for as needed. He said we'll switch up the meds in a few months and add more antibiotics once he knows how my body reacts. He also said to take milk thistle?, cats claw??, b complex and detox alot. He answered all of my questions and I felt comfortable with him.

A part of me is starting to panic and a part of me is still saying this isn't real. I think I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I have Lyme disease and how its so difficult to figure out and treat. I'm trying to keep hope that I will be healed one day and hope this isn't too easy of a treatment..

I guess it really is slow and steady wins the race.. ahhh!

Oh and I forgot to ask him if it was ok to drink the Lyme teas that I could buy on the internet and stuff like that. I want to hit this from all angles..

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I'm so glad it was a good appointment!!!

good news.....i felt the same way leaving my first appointment, overwhelming

Alyrose, that sounds great. So glad you found him!

Alyrose, did you guys talk about co-infections at all yet?

No, you don't need to call him. We did not go over my co-infections until a few months after my initial treatment. I think he looks at you react from that and what your symptoms are at that point, and then will determine about co-infections.