Heh, and then, after all of this building up: my wife just got the details of a Western blot she did last fall, and she was negative straight down the line. The Western blot she did last week showed...
Thanks, Traveler. I really appreciate you taking the time to engage with me and help cheer me up. Your story is touching, and your spirit is uplifting. :-)...
Thanks, Traveler. I'm very happy for you that your kids are well and that you're full of hope and enjoying life in your 50s. That gives me hope too. This isn't the 2017 I imagined in January, but I...
I guess so. I just feel like I did take proper precautions, except maybe as a kid - maybe - but I was a kid, and reported Lyme cases then were like 15 a year in Vermont, and my mom did regular tick...
(I'm hopeful because my symptoms aren't bad so far, and because I have some resources, and because I have a support network of people who love me in my life, and because I'm about as well-informed as...
Thanks, Traveler. It was just all so easy, not so long ago. I miss that feeling of ease. It was a really important part of me. I hope I can get it back. I just wish I could rewind. Hit undo. Start...
One of the strangest things about my experience so far (knock on wood) has been that my energy levels and cognition have remained fine, so I often feel painfully close to normal. None of my symptoms...
Hi Traveler: Congratulations! So glad your kids are alright in their 30s. (Heh, I was too, until the last couple months of age 33.) Thanks for the tip about saving the blood cord. Oy. Can't believe...
Hi Traveler: Thanks again. I'll read up on what Dr. Jones says about treating pregnant women. How old are your kids? I've read that congenital Lyme can often be triggered when hormones kick in during...
Hi tickbite666. I'm concerned about her and the baby too. We're both going to get iGeneX testing, and then decide whether she should take something, and what. Our plan is to let Dr. Zhang handle it,...
Hi Pirouette: Thanks again for sharing, and for the ray of hope at the end there. I never had any ups or downs like you did. I have basically been healthy my entire life – like, rare colds, but...
Thanks for your reply, Traveler. I have a follow-up with my LLMD scheduled before my 30-day course of doxy is up, so I will have the opportunity to take a more aggressive approach soon. I got blood...
Thanks tickbite666. My ENT put me on 10 days of amoxicillin/clavulanate (875-125) for a suspected bacterial sinus infection in late March, transitioning me seamlessly from the first three days of a...
Hi Pirouette. Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've read the "New to Lyme?" thread. Thanks for sharing your experience. The strange thing for me is I was completely asymptomatic prior to the back pain I...
Thanks for your reply, tickbite666. I'm still hoping I've started treatment quickly enough with an LLMD and Dr. Zhang that I have a chance at nipping this thing in the bud. I'm sorry to hear about...
Hello everyone! First of all, thank you for all of your posts, which I've found very helpful over the past few months. This is my first post. I hope it's not too much information! SYMPTOMS: I've been...