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Sheila

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Joined : Jun 2017

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Posted 6/16/2017 3:15 AM (GMT 0)

I got a tick bite in Marin County on the 7th and am on Doxy for 9 days and also got Cellulitis at the bite site and am on Cephalexen for the rash and infection. I believe the tick was a black legged deer tick adult female. I have been feeling pretty lousy and also having tingling in my hands, feet and around my mouth and not sure why, plus my collarbone was in a lot of pain under the bite.
I am looking for a LLMD in Santa Barbara area and wanted to know if I should continue the Doxy for 30 days or what is the best thing to do???
If anyone has some recommendations for me I would be so grateful. I am very scared.
Thank you,
Sheila

Girlie

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Posted 6/16/2017 3:25 AM (GMT 0)

Hi Sheila, welcome!

The doxycycline should be 200 mg twice daily...

You need to treat until symptom free plus another 4-8 weeks

I recommend you do find a LLMD. We can help with that. Just start a new thread: "Looking for LLMD in/near Sanat Barbara" Then enable your email (through "my profile")
Members can send you names privately. (We don't post the names of the LLMD's - for privacy reasons)

In addition, you can contact ILADS:

ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

You can also send me an email and I will check my list and send you names I have for your area.

We encourage new members to read through the thread at the top of the page: "New to Lyme?..Start Here!" It's packed full of useful information.

I know you're scared. But, you are fortunate that you saw the tickbite and have caught it early on. Please don't under-treat it. You have a better chance of irradicating this early infection if you continue to treat.
When you call the LLMD, let them know it is a recent tick bite...and maybe they can get you in on a cancellation (there is sometimes a wait of several weeks to months to get in)

So, if you can get more doxycycline - to take for the next few weeks - that would be good.

Traveler

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Joined : May 2007

Posts : 36573

Posted 6/16/2017 3:00 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Sheila!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us.

Girlie has given you some good information! Here is some more for you:
For information on finding an ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) trained Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area, you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctor's names and contact info to be posted on the forum for several reasons. You can enable your email option in your profile, under 'edit profile'. Be sure to click the submit button to actually save your preference.

You can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the small blue envelope under my screen name. I may have contact information for some LLMD's in your area as well. Please include your state and area that you would like to find a LLMD in and I will see how close I can get to your location.

You can start a new thread titled something like "Looking for LLMD in the (insert the nearest larger city & state) area". Members can email you about the LLMD's that they see in that area if you have your email enabled. We don't allow doctors names to be posted though.

You can go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:
www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74

You can email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at: [email protected]

And www.LymeDoc.org

You will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) as well as many others, believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey: www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

Are you detoxing? Gene mutations, mold exposure and multiple tick-borne infections can all prevent us from detoxing well, but we must be able to get those toxins out of our bodies.

What dose of Doxy are you taking daily?

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