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Posted 4/28/2020 6:18 AM (GMT -5)
I posted about these a few weeks ago as I thought they were bruises, I don’t think they are bruises anymore as they Blanche with pressure.

I’m totally freaking out now about skin lymphoma as it can present like this. Has anyone has experience of patches like this? Could it be bart?? Or is that wishful thinking? It’s really worrying me.

They are brown and round and on the skin between the fingers about the size of a 10pence coin ( for those in UK)
Posted 4/28/2020 6:29 AM (GMT -5)
Dont have experience w/ this Szabo but maybe take a pic and upload it to imgur and provide a link, might help people see what youre talking about maybe someone else has had the same presentation
Posted 4/28/2020 6:36 AM (GMT -5)
https://imgur.com/a/4kHS6UX

Not sure if this will work...
Posted 4/28/2020 6:38 AM (GMT -5)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2j25qfmhjdgu2n/Photo%2028-04-2020%2C%2012%2044%2034.jpg?dl=0

Incase the other one doesn’t work.
Posted 4/28/2020 7:43 AM (GMT -5)
it works, just have to put a url bracket around it

https://imgur.com/a/4khs6ux

Not sure what those are but i see what you mean. Anyone?
Posted 4/29/2020 2:29 AM (GMT -5)
Sorry to bump my own thread!

Can anyone shed any light on this?
Posted 4/29/2020 7:23 AM (GMT -5)
I've got two of those. Appeared about 10-12 months ago. No one that I've asked about knows anything-they write it off as my age is 60. Your lucky mine are on the outer left cheek. I also, get bumps that come up lasting a few months then go away. Then new ones appear somewhere else. Sorry, wish I could help more!
Posted 4/29/2020 9:37 AM (GMT -5)
Wish I could tell you what they are, but have you considered seeing a dermatologist to get an idea what they are and ease your mind?
Posted 4/29/2020 10:20 AM (GMT -5)
I had an online consult and she said it looks like post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and if it doesn’t fade in a few months to call back.

Let’s see. It’s one thing after the other these days sad
Posted 4/29/2020 10:45 AM (GMT -5)
Glad you did that. With all this, my mind can go in all directions - usually the worst. Think most of us develop that after a while in dealing with Lyme.

Skin issues, primarily loss of body fat, has been a very major symptom for me. For years before diagnosis, everyone thought I was crazy for mentioning I had lost fat pads in my temples and other places.

Hope your consult with doctor put your mind at ease some.
Posted 4/29/2020 10:49 AM (GMT -5)
Sorry to hear of your suffering running wild I can totally empathise.

I have bad health anxiety especially since lyme. Always worried. Have had an ecg, colonoscopy, transvaginal ultrasound, mammogram and now a derm consult all within a year.

I’ve been reading about skin lymphoma. Effects about 6 in a million, yet my mind goes straight there. I too hope the reassurance lasts .
Posted 4/29/2020 11:09 AM (GMT -5)
I call it PTLD - Persistent Traumatic Lyme Disorder smile. But there's nothing funny about it. Hang in there. I get what you are saying when you mention health anxiety. Never had anything close to it until Lyme. Now, anything different causes hypervigilance. Hang in there.
Posted 4/29/2020 11:28 AM (GMT -5)
Thanks running wild.
You too. smile haha PTLD highly appropriate! smile
Posted 4/29/2020 11:36 AM (GMT -5)
PTLD - add my name to the list.


Was never worried about my health prior to lyme.
Now... lyme is always on my mind - I am always going through my protocols.. wondering if I should continue or take time off... etc.
...wondering if a symptom is due to the infections or a med side effect or a vitamin/mineral depletion or too much of one... etc

It’s crazy
Posted 4/29/2020 12:29 PM (GMT -5)
ANYTHING out the current normal (or abnormal) gets my mind cranked, Girlie. I am actually looking into a blood test that is supposed to help find the correct mood stabilizer without going through one after another and bad side effects until you get the right one.

One of my best friends, who is a psychologist, told me about it. I think one is called Genecept Assay. I don't want to take another pill, but really don't want my mind like this anymore.
Posted 4/29/2020 1:03 PM (GMT -5)
That’s interesting to know running wild I will look into that
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