I also see things. Sometimes when I look at something it vibrates. Most of the time my eyes feel like i am looking thru a dirty pair of glasses....
in a few weeks. I don;t think he is LLMD but its a start. My PCP has been seeing me for the Lyme symptoms I have been having. Of course, my Lyme test (ELISA, I am sure) came back neg. And she...
I am curious as to who on this forum actually had a EM rash. Did you feel the tick bite? If not how long before you noticed something? Did the bite area swell, get hot, itch, or hurt? Did you...
That's what I am fearing...that the ELISA test was done and NOT the WB which she did order because I saw her input it in the computer and she also read it aloud as she did "IgG and IgM Western blot...
Result says I am negative. They were supposed to run IgG and IgM as well as titer and "reflex" to western blot. I went to pick up the test results from doc today (have appt next week) and it looks...
you could be my twin cajun girl on your symptoms.....i just got "news" today my lyme was negative. i will go to my doc tomorrow and demand to see the breakdown of the test. i want to see numbers and...
I have been dealing with the FM dx for probably 15 years. several times my doc has reminded me "dont blame everything on fibromyalgia". Your symptoms do sound like FM but may also be symptoms of...
the last 3 days at about 1230pm my fingertips get cold and then painfully numb like i have mashed them. does anyone else have symptoms that cycle like this? they will stay numb for about an hour or 2...
this is what my "spider bite" looked like....this was a year ago. i did get sick initially and took 10 days worth of abx. thought i was fine then 2 months ago stared having a tons of symptoms. still...
pepphell, i do believe there is a test for yeast infections but the symptoms alone will speak for themselves. if it is a vaginal yeast infection, it will produce yucky white stuff alon with severe...
my neck will snap crackle pop like rice crispies....and it gurgles too....right at the base of my skull and upper spine. i have always had pop noises in my ankles and wrists but the rice crispies...
cathyA, no i am not offended at all. in fact over the years that i have had FM i have taken antidepressants, zoloft, prozac, effexor, cymbalta, i am sure i am leaving out a few....i wish i could...
i am 38. i currently take nothing for pain except OTC meds occasionally. In the past I have taken tramdol, cymbalta, the list is endless. I was tested for Rocky Mount. Spotted fever-negative. I have...
yes recently had loads of bloodwork done. MRIs, scheduled appts with a rheumy and neurologist. i have "played" this game before but not to this extent-have had a constant "flare" for 2 months with...
I also do this too. I think this is another reason that others around us dont believe in FM. It is hard to prove to others we are sick when there is no "hard" evidence of it. We know how we feel. I...
I am also posting in the Lyme forum and MS forum. I do have flares that come and go but this one has been a 2 month long one. Is it FM? Am I infected with lyme????? Do others get these symptoms??...
I also post in the lyme forum. i had an "essentially normal" brain MRI a few days ago. Does my symptoms sound like MS. WOuld an MRI show it if I did??? Years of pain with a"half hearted" dx of Fibro,...
i had a decent day yesterday, well first half was ok....then all of my hurts started up on my right. normally i have most of my pain on left side of body....today its in full force on the right....
Brain MRI results were "essentially normal". i asked was there "something" in question, nurse said that there was thickening of the mucosal lining (sinuses?) but it was ok. still waiting on lyme...
a couple of other things i have noticed is that i will shutter or chill when moving from an air conditioned room to a warmer room or go outside. also i am NOT hearing voices but i think i hear my...
i am sorry you are in such pain and so very young to have to deal with this. i have taken cymbalta in the past for my fibromyalgia and the first time around it was basically a miracle drug for me. i...
i m this way alot. my aches and pains come and go. some days are better than others. mine can come on in a matter of seconds and be gone just as quickly. it is a roller coaster. today my head hurts...
some days i have symptoms and so feel bad that there is no questioning them. other days they are very subtle almost sneaky. some of the subtle ones will happen frequently throughout the day for...
cupcakes please seek out a doctor!! i suffer from bouts of depression and have since a car wreck in 95 (which is what possibly had brought on my fibromyalgia). there is no shame in needing something...
it is utterly amazingly uncanny (sorry for any spelling typos) how we can all relate to each others' posts. i have read many on here and think to myself omg that is me!!! i too feel like i can no...
why do doctors not put pieces of the puzzle together. all symptoms could be related. most docs i have seen only focus on a few symptoms and diagnose from there....do docs not do homework anymore??...
should i insist on abx and then retest?? if i am reading the posts correctly the abx might start my body to producing antibodies??...
i am sorry you had such a crappy appointment. believe me, i have been to several insensitive (putting mildly) doctors. how dare they treat us that way. if i treated my customers (who pay my salary)...
ok just as i thought it would be back...it is.... today stiff neck, fever, just plain dont feel good, feel "toxic", back hurts, fingers hurt, toes hurt, ugh!!!!!!! thought i might hear from my doc on...
i am also bothered by leg problems. RLS being a major one. I also get a chilling goosebump feeling from my thighs to my ankles...in 2 seconds its gone. seems to be my left one mostly but at time they...
ok for at least 6 solid weeks i have pretty much had at least 35 "lyme" symptoms or FM/CFS per day (take your choice because they seem to be virtually indistinguishable). Today I can count on 1 hand...
just a quick post to vent about this. i have read posts on here where the patient was + for lyme but the doctor refused to treat or treat long enough for lyme. i just find it ironic that i go to the...
got my b12 results back and it was 30???? normal levels are 20??? and so apparently i have an absorption problem so i go monthly for injections. is this a lyme related issue or something common and...
i am NOT in the UK but USA and sad but true there are doctors like that here as well. 2 weeks ago i went to my nurse practitioner (my doc was out of town) and saw her. she seemed concerned. one week...
if it is negative? is this encephalitis-fluid retention, swelling, concentration probs, stiff neck and back, cant even hold a phone on my ear/neck anymore or turn my head completely, fever of 99*...
oh one thing to mention...be sure to ask which test was done for lyme. ELISA is not always accurate. if that is the one they did then demand the more sensitive lyme tests. keep reading these posts...
I would not put all my eggs in one basket....while waiting for a lyme dx be sure to have the doc look for other things. Heart problems, MS etc....
I dont reall know Trav but my doc ordered the test the other day,,,,...
no i haven't....well i was tested for rocky mountain spotted fever.....negative....my doc just 2 days ago drew blood and ordered IgG and IgM, lyme titer and reverse western blot (?)....she said it...
is this the same thing??? i feel like i need to take a deep breath and exhale it loudly as if i just avoided a car crash or some other disaster....it almost is like breathing a "sigh of relief"? when...
saw my old PCP today...told her what is going on. she ordered a lyme IGM and IGG lyme titer and western blot!!!!!!! sh also is sending me to a neurologist in case it isnt lyme and she tested for west...
my husband thinks me having lyme disease is a long shot. i have researched Lyme alot and everything fits more than any other disease. i feel like i need to eliminate one thing at a time....maybe its...
Thanks for all the replies. I would be willing to go to Timbuktoo (sp) for any doctor who is worth it. I just felt like in my case I NEED traditional meds etc. to start with. I totally believe in...
i am so disappointed in the info the doc sent me. nothing about even getting a diagnosis, no bloodwork just wanting me to come down for a week for voodoo treatment (hyperbaric chamber, foot baths...
well ok it was an assistant. I got a list of lyme dotors from another website and looked them all up on the internet and decided what the heck might as well give one a call. well i called one this...
I just joined this forum a couple of days ago...I am NOT dx'd with Lyme yet, but I have to tell you that my left side of my body is where everything "begins"...It might end up all over my body (joint...
So I went to the doc today. Now this is a NP filling in for my regular doc but I have seen this NP 3 times this month but what was the first thing she asked me "Have I seen you before?" GREAT!, this...
or at least "lyme-friendly" doctor. I live in E. TN....any suggestions.... I have posted on several forums to try to get answers...please help if you can. Years of pain with a"half hearted" dx of...