I have heard good things regarding chinese herbal meds and acupunture from friends who went that route for treatment of other illnesses. And that is wonderful it is helping and working for you. Like...
Thanks Trav, and I will keep that in mind when I switch to the doxy. One thing I am very thankful now is all the antibiotics are free...yea for Kroger and Giant Eagle!:)...
Trav and caldonia sun~I am finding that out very quickly as the first dr I saw said I would have a high fever and lots more rashes and like I said the second dr. said the tick had to be attached for...
onewearychick~ I guess that dr. doesn't read charts very well! Kind of scary!...
You have been through quite a lot! I am so glad you didn't choice the option you were thinking of....
Thanks for the response you guys. Hopefully what I am taking now helps. One doctor said that doxy was rough on the stomach so I thought taking the amoxicillin first was a good idea....
Thanks to the caring folks on here and the advice given to me I have seen a dr. (well two actually) to get antibiotics. The first dr. I saw didn't think I had lyme but gave me a weeks worth of...
Mamyou~ I can't imagine going through this for 40 yrs! I didn't understand what you were meaning by your crisis? Simela~ you were tested positive for lyme a couple of years ago and they didn't give...
Hi Mamyou and Trav, I guess I am being initiated right away into the weirdness of trying to get treatment for lyme. I did find some low cost clinics close to me and I am hoping to get help there....
Simela, you and others that have given me help/advice is truly a blessing for me because if I had not come here, more than likely I would have just waited or blown off seeing a doctor at all. I am...
Simela the more I think about it I believe the dr or np or whatever he was that saw me was an idiot too. I don't know much about lyme disease but everything I have read so far did not say early lyme...
The doxy was my idea as I was told that was best for lyme from the great advice on here. He originally prescribed amoxicillin
Thanks Rich and I believe you are right in that the NP in the ER more than likely has never treated or diagnosed early lyme disease. I did take a pic of the rash but it was already starting to fade...
Hi Mamyou and I was hoping like you said that I could get the free antibiotics from Giant Eagle. However the ER nurse practicioner did not believe I had lyme disease. He said I would have a high...
Simela I am leaving now for the ER. I can't thank you guys enough for the advice and the medicine to ask for once I see the doctor....
Hi Traveler and Josh, and thanks for the advice much needed. I think maybe I will head to the ER in a few minutes. Thank you so much for showing me how serious/important it is to get help right away....
thank you and here is my email [email protected] and I live in Ohio...
Simela if you were me would you just go to the ER today? You think they would prescribe meds for me or tell me to just wait and visit my regular doctor? Sorry I sound so dumb but I have never been...
Hi Simela and thanks for your reply. What is abx? I am calling my dr. first thing on Monday. Hopefully she can give me the medicine I need w/o ordering a bunch of tests....
Hi Rich and thank you for the reply. I did take a pic. of the rash with my cell phone. Not the greatest quality image but I am wondering if this (the image) plus the symptoms I am having is enough...
Hi, I think I just recieved the lyme disease "calling card" in the form of a bullseye rash on my upper thigh. I thought what I had was a bug bite getting worse as it started to spread about six...