Posted 8/16/2024 10:48 AM (GMT -5)
Here’s the timeline first off
June 20 - tick bite
June 27 - bullseye rash
July 3 - Got on 5 weeks of doxy
July 22 - Blood drawn for lyme and coinfections test
August 3 - Test results came back positive for lyme (IgM positive for B Mayonii and IgG positive for B Burgdorferi but it makes sense because I tested at the 4 week point which is when it starts switching over from IgM to IgG)
August 7 - Ran out of doxy (did not have symptoms in the 4 days between not taking doxy)
August 11 - Got on a 2 week course of doxy just to be safe
I also take japanese knotweed, cats claw, otoba bark, garlic, cryptolepsis, probiotics, biocidin, and a bunch of other vitamins and supplements to keep my immune system up and running
Ok so today I woke up with elbow pain (only with movement) it’s sort of the same type of pain when you’re sore except my elbow doesn’t feel sore if that makes sense? I also noticed my elbow is pretty swollen (to give context to what part of my elbow, it’s around the olecranon but not exactly on it). I know lyme arthritis causes joint swelling, but i’ve been treating lyme since the early stage and lyme arthritis happens when lyme is left untreated in the later stages right? Oh also my tick bite was above my elbow which is the same elbow that hurts now. Is it possible despite all my treatments that i’m still currently doing that lyme could persist through all of it and cause my elbow to swell? Or could this just be completely separate from lyme and I injured it in my sleep or something somehow.