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Posted 2/23/2017 5:48 PM (GMT -5)
I have just begun accepting this diagnosis as it is so hard for me to believe. I have read more about Lyme's in the last month than I care to admit. I have had symptoms for 14 months. It started in December 2015: chest pain, 24 hours a day of tingling that travels around like a gypsy, which has just recently turned into numbness, pain in my pelvis and hands (like arthritis). The pins and needs kept me up all hours of the night. Then decided all day everyday will get more attention. I have several other symptoms but this is the one that makes me feel like I'm insane! The first symptom and the one that scared me is chest pains that come and go in cycles. I have seen 3 neurologists, cardiologist, chiropractor, eye doctor, psychiatrist, and gynecologist (thought it was hormones because the tingling is so INTENSE during ovulation and menstruation). I've had an 2 MRI's, an EMG, A LOT of blood work, put on anti-depressants, Cymbalta, Neurontin, etc. My last stop was a bio-identical hormone therapy office in Winston-Salem. He is the one that found the bug. I'm lucky it's only been a year from what I have read. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone else has suffered from chest pain with Lyme's.
Thanks,
MRob

Post Edited (MRob2) : 2/24/2017 4:27:20 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/23/2017 5:52 PM (GMT -5)
Hi MRob2 - I replied to your first post in another thread. (welcoming you here)

I have not had the chest pain (heart related) with my infections...but there are others on this forum who have.

Actually - I should elaborate - I have some pain in that area but I'm thinking (hoping) it could be the muscles in that area...and not the heart.

Do you have a LLMD to treat you?
Posted 2/23/2017 7:01 PM (GMT -5)
Chest pain was my first symptom followed by small fiber neuropathy and arthritis
Posted 2/23/2017 7:23 PM (GMT -5)
It's nice to find people who have gone through the crazies too. I really thought I was becoming a hypochondriac. Thank you for sharing with me.
Posted 2/23/2017 7:34 PM (GMT -5)

MRob2 said...
It's nice to find people who have gone through the crazies too. I really thought I was becoming a hypochondriac. Thank you for sharing with me.

You should see the list of symptoms I had.

I didn't even tell my GP all of them...the appointments are only 10 minutes... shakehead
Posted 2/24/2017 12:42 PM (GMT -5)
Hi MRob!!

I've had heart pains, but they are usually only one or two and they don't happen daily, or even weekly for me. I'm on my own here, so no doctors to help guide me.

Chest pains are much more common, and can be from the muscles in the wall of the chest, or from inflammation in the cartilage within the rig cage and around the sternum. The latter is called costochondritis (medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/costochondritis).

I've actually been dealing with this off and on for the past 2 weeks - I kind of forgot the intensity it can have!! Ick!!

Do you have a LLMD or at least a Lyme friendly doctor that you can go to yet?

And yes, many of us deal with "crazy" symptoms, so you are far from alone!! When I first came here, back in 2007, I had all but the more serious heart issues, male only and infant only symptoms in the extensive Lyme Master symptom list.
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