All,
Like so many of you...recently diagnosed with Lyme after a 2+ year battle with mystery symptoms too numerous to list. Negative blood work through the rheum, went to LLMD after my neighbor insisted I had lyme (I had recurrent EM rash on hands every month for over two years, along with escalting classic lyme symptoms). I just started treatment and feeling better after a couple of months on antibiotics. Starting Flagyl this week also.
Fatigue is the absolute worst symptom (followed a close second by headaches). I do have a two year old and up until this week worked full time, but just had to call it quits. Brain fog is so bad, that I literally felt blank....I think it must be in my brain, but not sure...
I just wanted to say hi. I have read the forum for a while and love the stories. So much like me it is scarey. Would love any and all advice and support! I'm trying to detox, rest etc. I'm especially interested in treatment protocols...I want it gone, gone, gone....so gross to think about bugs multiplying in my brain.
In addition to Lyme, I also have Sjogren's, Raynauds and Celiac. All with a family history...all came out post birth. I remember being bit in 2008 and then again in Sept of 2010. But grew up in Lyme Ct....so could have had it for a while. Not sure.
Feeling happy and hopeful that 2011 will be a better year....scared and sad at the same time for all that I have lost in the last two years.