Thank you for all of your responses. The Picc line is something I did do a lot of research on. I knew that I eventually would have to have this to get these medications to cross the blood barrier....
I got my first Picc line a week ago. Three days ago I had to have it pulled because a piece of the extension broke off and they had to put in a new one. This one was harder to place and is now very...
I'm on week 6 of amoxocilin and day 5 of zithro. It's been almost 9 months of constant head pain, neck pain and body pain. I had to go to the hospital two days ago because I couldn't control my...
Thank you so much for your responses everyone. It helps so much with your information. It definatly is hard to know what is helping and what isn't. I will see Dr. C again on saturday. The past five...
When I called my new doctor in NY about how sick I was they got me in the next WEEK. My previous doctor in PA, made me wait 8 WEEKS!...
Yes, I am talking about Dr. C. He is very understand about the symptoms of Lyme that I am having. The doctor I saw in Hermitage PA was not. He wrote in his doctor notes that I came in hysterical and...
Hey. I haven't been on in awhile. I've been very sick trying to just get by each day. I've switched to a new doctor in Mt. Kisko New York. If anyone is seeing him, or know who I'm talking about feel...
Thanks everyone! I am actualy semi convinced I have a co infection because of this 24/7 headache, BUT i have to continue on this path of recovery the way this doctor says. He sees 200 patients a...
ANY comments are welcome, BTW :)...
After two months of waiting I saw my the doctor Monday. He went over my initial blood work (7 vials) and nothing showed lyme. He did say I had had mono at some point in my life, which is interesting....
Hey all. I'm wondering how the lyme doctor can tell how long you've had lyme disease? Is it by your blood results he looks at? Is it by the lab he sends to that lab in Cali? Or just by the symptoms?...
Thank you :)...
My cousin has a lot of lyme symptoms, I believe she has been going through Lyme just like I am. What links/websites would you give to someone who has no knowledge of lyme whatsoever? :) please and...
Thank you J.V. :) And yes, I understand achievinggrace. I have been thinking about the herx reaction being greating. I had a rocheplin (sp?) shot two months ago, and I woke up the next day without a...
Anyone every seen *him* ? Email me at [email protected] . I'm looking for experiences :) I'm hoping GOOD ones! lol..I see *him* in less than a week....
Thank you! :) I will do that! I just want to know what everyone's opinion is of this certain doctor :)...
Cat111, I am just wondering in what state your internal medicine doctor was?...
Has anyone gone to their first lyme doctor appointment and started IV antibiotic treatment right off the bat? Instead of trying the oral for many months first and then the doctor deciding to do the...
my lyme seems to love the inside of my head and my neck. horrible places to have pain all the time :( i feel for ya....
I can't seem to email the forum moderators :( I'm wondering if you are allowed to ask about certain doctors on the forum? For instance, I am seeing a certain doctor in less than a week and am...
"But this forum is not about that... All lives are full of wonder, I feel. Even the bacteria nibbling their way through their dark universe inside me. " wow. what a great way to put it. :)...
My headache feels like nerve pain. When it's full it feels like aching on my forehead and wraps around to my neck and the back of my head. When it's really bad and I don't have gabapentin in me it...
Thank you Traveler*. :) I love this forum already! I will be seeing a internal medicine doctor in PA in a week. I have been waiting two months! I don't know if I am able to write the name of the...
I also have severe TMJ. I wear a night gaurd. It was to a point two months ago I broke my front tooth off!! I also discovered I have sleep apnea, which explains to a point my sleep issues but not my...
Oh my gosh. I cannot believe how many of you experience this! This is just one of the symptoms I am experiencing. I woke up 6 weeks after my daughter was born with this headache and it has not gone...
Anyone woke up one day with a severe 24/7 headache that felt like nerve pain. It travels behind your eyes, and around to the back of your neck? Mine has not gone away for 6 months. Main reason we put...
I have two children, that I will have to get tested. :( I'm fairly sure my oldest has it. He had to have his tonsils and adnoids out at 2, had sleeping issues. And he has developed anxiety and ocd,...
I constantly sweat, but my feet are always cold!...
Hey all. I'm new to this forum. I see an internal medicine doctor in a week (after two MONTHS of waiting). My family and I think I have had undiagnosed lyme for over ten years! My question for you...