Newly diagnosed with Lyme.

Hello,
Thanks for having this forum, I have read a few posts including New to Lyme. I suppose I need some reassurance. I am a 50 year old healthy woman. I have been a 16 year yoga practioner, do quite a lot of hiking and recently took up mountain biking. I was on a business trip and started to feel odd a week ago Thursday. Unusual headache, a strange ache in my mid back, light sensitivity and red eyes. I thought it might have been triggered by the heat and humidity of the area I was traveling to. It worsened by Friday night and I was in bed all weekend with fatigue and the other symptoms remained. I contacted a friend/MD who asked if I had a rash. A small area of three bumps was on my chest. It wasn't inflamed but I am glad she asked. I told her what I had noticed and she said I need to be tested for Lyme. I live in New Mexico and this state doesn't have a big problem with Lyme at this point. I had traveled to Northern CA and also KY in both May and June. I also grew up in KY . KY does have ticks but isn't endemic as far as I have read. Sonoma CA is supposed to be quite bad for them and I was hiking there, in tall grass, etc. Dumb. My NP ran labs and the Lyme specific tests. The rash worsened over the next few days. My sed, white blood cell, and metabolic panel were normal, both the tests for Lyme came back positive. She started me on 100 mg doxy 2 times a day. I got better for a couple of days and now am very fatigued and mostly have laid on the sofa for the last several days. The rash is significantly reduced. I am not eating gluten, dairy, sugar or alcohol. Started with Epsom baths today, lemon water, detox smoothies, lymphatic drainage tomorrow. My concern is that it's not early in the disease, although she said it was. Does the rash indicate a recent bite and is the location of the rash where the bite occurred? It definitely looks like a bite. Three small circles with the spreading rash around it. I can't see how I would have missed it previously considering the location. It is healing fast. I do feel like I am in a hex reaction and am very impaired right now.
Any feedback on your thoughts would be appreciated. Kindly, Natalie

Natalie so sorry you have lyme. Usually the rash is where the tick bite is located but my llmd got bit and then got a rash all over his torso. I think each of us reacts differently. Many never see a tick and never see a rash.

I agree with Girlie that your dose is not enough. And I really do suggest you looking at the detox methods she gave you the website for.

Again, I am so sorry. This is a nightmare for all of us. Ask questions, get in tune with your body and hang in there. It will not be a quick, easy fix, but you will heal.

Stopping by to say, Welcome!!! So sorry that you are here, but it's a good place to be when you need a shoulder or just information.