Bit by tick in P.A.

Lynn,

Were you at the Rainbow Gathering? Based on the time, place, the fact you had Dr.'s on site, and Rainbow Magic I am guessing you were. I was there also and I directed a documentary on the gatherings (see my sig to watch allwaysfree).

I developed symptoms in October (though I had them previous to the gathering I may have been re-infected). I finally was diagnosed with Bartonella which you can get from ticks, fleas, flies, cats, and dogs. Bartonella can cause lots of skin disorders and suppresses the immune system. This time my main symptom was head pain.

I would get tested for all tick born illness and ask your Dr. to specifically use the igenex.com lab.

loving you sister. praying for your wellness. lets stay in touch

so weird. i was just thinking about tick born illness at gatherings the past couple of days.

Hi and thanks for writing!
I do understand about the herx die off. The last 6 months has been a big blur...currently I'm not on any abx I want to think I was on about 30 days of two dif kinds..However sometime in the end of that time I started to notice things..like the strawbales outside that had got wet were bothering me. I would go outside and walk by them and start heaving, I could smell mold on the bales but this was a bit much..so I started to really pay attention and it was then that I was really paying attention to my skin...doctor was perplexed by my skin, thought maybe scabies? treated me but it did not work..almost killed me. But as all hell broke lose with my skin I was seeing that there was more then one thing going on..went back to the doctor, mine was out of town saw some other person..she said I was not drying my skin correctly...omg!! I wanted to get a scrip for an anti fungal for my skin and to take as I did some testing on my skin and found out that there are and were multiple things happening on or in my skin. cleaned off of my skin what I thought was fungus lines. And then I watched and waited 6, 12, 18 hours and low and behold new lines so I bought anti fungus med rubbed it in and I had instant relief and these lines went away..so I felt pretty sure at least one thing was fungus, however she was NOT going to prescribe anything to me..wanted to know if I was suffering from mental issues....
ok back to the mold I started to really think my immune sys. was suffering really badly and in some stronger then normal reactions to the bite, I was thinking that the abx was not really working so well and that it was causing some of what was happening to my skin and internally as well. I ended the abx and did some other treatments, robert beck, ozone water well it was all good, but wholly mother of god talk about herx.!..unable to walk, seizures, you name it it happened. So this made me think that maybe I'm a lot sicker then I know..that I can't go so fast for a cure.
about food- I cannot eat more then once a day and really I would like to not eat ever..It makes my skin crazy throat swells, neck too. My reactions to almost all food is delayed by maybe 2 -3 days if I'm not eating but every 2 days. if I eat once a day, it's delayed 4-5 hours. No meat no dairy, yogurt, goats milk, rice protein, chicken, fruit of any kind. And with out a doubt no flour products what so ever. If I try and do mono food I become reactive by day 2-3. I was trying this as a way to figure what I could eat but it did not work out so well. Currently I'm eating some cabbage raw or steamed, broccoli and carrots. My skin is not happy about it but it has been so long from normal eating patterns...it is concerning me. If I eat more then once a day and only a small amount, I'm afraid My reaction will be much larger..prior in the last 3 months my throat, after eating became so swollen everyone was shocked, for me, for the most part was wondering what was the cause as I have never had such issues with eating food and reactions. I found a condition acquired after a tick bite causing a person to become allergic to a group of foods, mostly it's dairy and beef..it is testable but you need to be in a reactive state and most likely in a hospital setting. Anyway I have more to share about some symptoms and co infections with tick bites.
Also does anyone ever post about possible mites of some kind, infesting the skin of a person bit by a tick or something in or on the skin from a tick bit??
Also My western doctor wants me to take fluconazole 300 mg per day for 12 days...been reading about it..thinking on taking it..just worried with my lack of consistent food intake, how I feel now ( not so hot) thinking it might be helpful for my skin. thank so much for all the info!!

Thanks for writing to me,
I'm currently on a anti fungal medication. I still have open sores all over my body, it is getting better but oh so slowly. I have had real breathing problems. I think it was brought on from a massive fungal infection. I also think the reason I could not eat anything was because of the fungal infection. As I have been on the medication for the fungus and I now can eat some foods with out reactions. Because of the many months with out much nutrition it has been challenging to recover from the bite, any co- infections, and the fungal infection. I also think I contracted some kind of micro mite from the tick that bit me.
I have been to the doctor, the hospital and the doctor...no one seems to know what is in or on my skin. I cannot afford all of the tests he would like me to do. So I spend a lot of time on the net looking and learning. I plan out my treatment and relay it to the doctor and he writes prescriptions.
I feel pretty sure I'm dealing with fungus on my skin and some kind of micro mite and what ever the co infections have unleashed..so treating my skin is no simple act. I'm not having much creepy crawly feelings..thank god...I'm also sleeping..thank god. I have lost a lot of weight and still do not feel like eating, however I'm trying to do so. If I stay to broccoli and kale I'm good but when I branch out my skin flips out. This I feel is due to the fungal infection effecting the lining of my intestines. Because I have no insurance, medications I might be on I cannot afford so I have turned to vet medications were applicable and a host of supplements. So far that has been very positive.
So Are you dealing with a systemic fungal infection, I am and I feel I need to step up the treatment protocol. I see what your taking and this is why I ask. If you are dealing w/ a systemic fungal infection what dosages are you taking of those meds. Do you have a challenged immune system, I do - a lupus diagnostic. anyway I think it super great that you have a LLMD. Please write back houts42@ msn.com

Thanks so much for writing back..I know getting tested for lyme and co infections would be great however It costs 650- 700 for the panel. I was at the gathering and this is where I was bit, really I was bit twice both with bulls-eye rings. I will look over the links sent and anyone who would like to help me with ideas for treatment I would love to hear from you. My skin is starting to be better with crazy topical medications, some of what I've tried all stop, hospital grade disinfectant, and a solution of mms. This has all been really hard for me as my skin is very very sensitive anyway, even before all of this, simple lotions for dry skin can make my skin feel like its on fire...so as you can imagine all of these cures I've been using are painful to the sores and painful to my skin in general. Not sure if what is bothering my skin is from the inside or just on my skin.....or more then one cause...

I have looked at Morgellons and I can't say that I fit this. I do not have any fibers on or sticking out of my skin and have never seen any thing like this. I have met some folks who have had similar skin issues resulting after a tick bite. For all I know it may have come with the tick bite but maybe from some microbes on the tick it's self.
Mostly my life is very stable, doing the same thing day in and day out, that being said,. when I was bit by the tick - 6 weeks before I was bit by a black widow spider, given a tetanus shot and ended up in the hospital w what they said was an infection of the lining of the brain. Then I traveled to PA, Bit by the tick- 3weeks and one hotel room later arriving back in new mexico. My dogs had something wrong with their ears. And new dirt in the garden. because I get the strangest looks from the doctors who have seen my skin and their inability to figure out what is in or on my skin I can not rule out anything and there for I must include all anomalies in my life leading up to the tick bite, during and after getting home. because I can't rule anything out I have not been home since Aug. This has been so bad That the thought of going home and picking this up from the dogs or garden ..well its un thinkable. Not to say I think it's were it came from but this has left me so messed up in my body and mind that I can't risk going back even for clothes. When I do go back it will be under haze mat conditions. Everything with be sterilized. Garden dirt burned, all tools sterilized, water barrels sterilized. I'm so messed up from this it's left me with no other way to go forward. How one gets microbes, parasites and bacteria in them is so dam easy, before all this I was not so easily rattled, now- a fly landing on me worries me, a mosquito bit any spider or bug around me...its a big thing.

Well, deep down I think all my symptoms very well may be from the bite and some from treatment for the bite, however because I can't be sure of anything with out a million dollars spent on biopsies, Lyme panels, testing the dirt, testing the dog, everything is viewed as a possible agent.
As I was in perfect health before the bite and sick as a dog with in 48 hours of the bite, fever, joints, stomach pain, headache, stiff neck, and last to surface, about 3 weeks later, black spots in or on my skin and creepy crawly feeling on every inch of my body. This makes me very suspect of the bite. But there are many coincidence's in the world so I do wonder if it's more then just the bite.