Posted 6/27/2017 8:29 PM (GMT -5)
The nephew of a friend of mine has been sick for months. He's 17. He had to drop out of school to be home schooled. He's had every test under the sun and seen every specialist. At his last doctor's appointment, he literally could barely walk. And the doctor basically said that they can't find anything wrong with him, so there was nothing they could do and were done treating him. His mom got his medical records to find other doctors. That's where she saw that Lyme showed up on his spinal tap that was done months ago. She contacted the doctor and asked him about it, and the doctor said he didn't mention it because it wasn't Lyme. That makes me so mad!!! So my friend contacted me for LLMD information. Hopefully, he'll get the treatment he needs.
One of DH's coworkers, whom we both know pretty well, has been sick for months. Started as back pain. Went to many docs and got minimal relief. Then he started having chest pain. Then the pain started radiating to his arm. The cardiologist did a stress test but had to stop it because his blood pressure dropped dramatically. Then they did an angiograph and everything was normal. Said it's not his heart. Now he's going to a neurologist. He has other symptoms too. This has been going on for about a year. I told DH to tell him to get tested. He's only 45 and in decent shape. He shouldn't be this sick. Judging from his symptoms, I'd be shocked if it wasn't Lyme.
This just makes me so angry. They have both seen a gazillion doctors and not one of them even considered Lyme - not even after it's found in a spinal tap! I don't even live in an endemic area, and all these people are falling ill. The number of people who actually have this disease is staggering.
There's really no point to this post, and I know I'm preaching to the choir, but I just had to get this off my chest.