Thanks everybody. Just can't live like this anymore. I guess I have to try something. I've always been one to avoid medicines but this has gotten out of control. Are there different types of...
I haven't logged in for awhile but have developed a pretty serious sleep disorder and thought I'd see if I could find others going through the same thing. This is the most active thread I have found...
Our tool is the Tick Nipper but it didn't work. We even watched a You Tube video on how to use it before we attempted to do so. It looked easy on the video but they only used it on pets....
Got the doxy....the good news is that my wife did get the whole thing out last night....
Thank you for the responses. I was diagnosed 3 years ago after being hospitalized for 4 days trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I had a tick in my back yesterday. My wife used a tick tool...
If you have been diagnosed with Lyme disease in the past and suffer another tick bite, do reactions vary with individuals? Are you immune and not likely to get as sick? Or are you more vulnerable and...
Ive had a lower leg clot. It was not the same feeling as a cramp. My leg was getting larger diameter and I could no longer push in the muscle with my fingers vs the opposite leg. In your case of...
What a great way of looking at it! Now that I'm retired and have more time to get into this I've been looking at it like I want to jump into 100 of them quickly but that's not the way to go about...
While I'm pretty much symptom free after having covid for 2 weeks I have had had a cramp in my left calf muscle for 3 days now. I've heard covid can have a clotting effect so I'm going to be calling...
Thanks for all the responses. I've always wanted to talk to folks about wild plants and it looks like I finally found a place to do so. I've heard this before and wonder what you folks think about...
I have a dozen books about medicinal and edible wild plants. The two I use the most are Peterson Field Guides. The medicinal one is by Steven Foster and James A Duke. I have spent a lot of time the...
Could it be that you had "colds" a couple months ago and didn't know it and still have immunity?". The odd thing with the cluster in my wife's family is that the most vulnerable one (my 80 year old...
Astronomer, how are you doing ? If you are still at home please buy a pulseoximeter to measure your oxygen sturation....
Yes, New River Gorge. We both had great days today and it looked like we were in the clear but then at midnight my wife starting getting severe abdominal pains, so bad I had to call an ambulance....
Keep us updated Mike. We were supposed to go down to WV this summer but I guess we'll have to wait until next year. We were going to go to the Green Bank Radio Observatory and walk under that big...
Just when I thought I was on the mend I've been knocked down again. It's day 7 and I only had minor chest congestion on the first 2 days and that was it.....but the chest congestion hit with a...
Yes, I have been taking vitamin C. We just got a call from our daughter in northern Virginia who left here a week ago after staying a week. She and her husband have both tested positive and describe...
The chills and cough have stayed away 2 days now but I'm still really tired. And now, something new....no smell or taste, none at all. I knew this might happen since it has with a lot of other folks....
I feel bad for you and your grandson. It is so frustrating when you do everything you can do to keep safe but it just doesn't seem to help because of an irresponsible loved one. I know this from...
I'm not taking anything for it. The first couple hours this morning I felt good but then backslid from there. Overall though it was a better day for both of us. It's comforting to know that my Lyme...
Thanks everybody. I was a rough day for me but my wife made a little progress...not a lot but at least in the right direction. I'm 4 days behind her in healing but that doesn't always mean anything...
Now I have it. My wife tested positive 4 days ago and just when I thought I would dodge the bullet it hit me like a cannonball today after minor symptoms last night. Today was the hottest day of the...
35 cases in the U.S.....that seems like it was years ago. It sure is interesting reading some of these....
I see there is a covid-19 page. I don't know how I missed it before. I guess I'll head over there....
It has officially hit home. My wife starting coughing 3 days ago and quickly ended up with a fever and chills. She got a test yesterday and got a positive result today (since she works in a hospital...
Ah good to know. I'm relatively new here. Probably a good policy. I will delete. Thanks. I deleted too. Sorry. Won't happen again....
Thanks for these 2 responses so far. I'll wait for others. I'm just wondering if folks with Lyme who get covid-19 end up much worse than folks who don't have Lyme. I supppse it's going to take a lot...
I hope I'm not being rude by being too lazy to flip though all 7 pages of this thread since the answer might be found there. Now that covid-19 has been around for awhile and a lot of statistics have...
This place is so full of love!...starting to get a little damp around the eyes....thanks again....
I never know what to say in these cases but I do know that you are a wonderful person who helped me a lot and it's frustrating that I can't help you except to say that I care....
It's been awhile since I posted and I'm feeling a bit guilty but I made an intentional effort to distance myself from anything Lyme related since it was consuming my thoughts and that meant taking a...
Wow! This is truly bizarre. After being away for awhile I just logged in to post something like this and here it is! Could it be that astroman and I are on the same cosmic wavelength or is it just a...
Wow astroman, of the hundreds of great posts I have read here this one is the best. (not sure if our kinship in astronomy makes me biased). Your post explains so much very well and I will likely come...
So to answer your question yes, people have lyme bacteria but they do not always get lyme disease (there are reasons for this which I can go into more details at a later time) Denise[/quote] Oh! So...
Your pain is ours Lymesuicidal. We love you....
I like hearing everybody's story and appreciate every post I have seen. I certainly don't want anyone arguing on my account. I am fully aware that not everything you read on the internet (or even the...
After my initial bout that started on May 29 and after I got out of my 4 day stay in the hospital I then got better. My second test then came back positive and despite being symptom free (still am)...
Wow! What a fantastic bunch of responses. I soaked up every one. Despite how confusing it all is, this forum brings me comfort. My symptoms started on May 29 and I was symptom free before I started 3...
I've heard that if you diagnose Lyme quickly and get the antibiotics that you should be fine. Even though you're fine you can still get it again with another future tick. Are you really getting it...
After getting sick in late May I had a Lyme test done and it came back negative in 4 days. I then had another one that came back positive in 12 days. It was explained that the 12 day one was more...
This is all a little scarey since I am having similar issues....
I'm not really sure if mine was or not but I have a strong suspicion it was. Do you know for sure that you had contracted if before you had symptoms?...
Really? Is there some reason for taking twice as much doxy as mino?[/quote] What does mino mean?...
It's so nice to know there are people who understand. Thank you. I had many of these fears and concerns even before I was diagnosed...probably because I know so many people with Lyme and have heard...
I just came inside from mowing my trails. We have a mile and a half of them. I have lived in the country for my whole life and am just now questioning if I want to continue to do so. It's so...
This may be just as disturbing as when I was diagnosed....
Since Lyme can cause all kinds of symptoms is it impossible to tell if a symptom is the result of Lyme or not? I can see myself already starting to blame everything on Lyme but as I get older (I'm 59...
This is concerning. I've never heard of Lyme being contagious....is it?...
Thanks for all these responses. Now I'm concerned that the treatment may not be enough since folks here seems to think that 100 mg of Doxycycline for 3 weeks might be too little. I am concerned...
If you got bit by a tick and got Lyme disease but never knew you had it because symptoms remained dormant and didn't come out for a couple years ...does this mean that your chances of having problems...