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Looks like (maybe) you are in the moderate or intermediate risk group.
Over 5 is high risk
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randibear
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how come all of a sudden everything is going to heck in a handbasket?
I do walk a mile every day. course it takes me 30 minutes. those ducks waddle faster than I walk. doesn't that count? my sisters can't even do five minutes.
can you imagine the shape I'd be in with sinus infection, if I got tetanus flu pneumonia and whatever zoster is? I'd wind up the walking dead thats what.
if it ain't my husband its the doctors...Lord help me.
and, yes, round is a shape..lol
geezzzz..i need some support not, oh never mind...sigh...
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Keebler
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- Would it be possible to alter the "filter" settings on what the doctors say. Not sure how to verbalized this but maybe something like
just getting the facts. These matter, however, just because the facts of a certain test say "this" or "that" does not necessarily mean what it may seem. More later on that.
Hear what the doctors say about test results, what they say it means and what they think should be done. But don't take that as the last word for the moment. This is information gathering; being your own investigative reporter. You are still gathering research at this point.
Then study up from various reputable sources, prominent medical authors, LLMD's articles / books for how they address the concerns of certain tests / diagnoses, etc.
When you gather a good amount of critical thinking from various doctors, then you can mull it over for a little while to see what resonates and makes the most sense for YOUR body, for your situation, all things considered.
The reason it's so important to read up / listen to video presentations from some LLMDs on the subject of concern is that
with lyme, so much is just very different than the typical person or the way the typical doctor might think / work.
Don't compare yourself to what the ideal is to be. After you gather a good amount of research, take into account the action plans that make sense for you, then just do the best you can.
It sounds like - forgive me if I'm projecting but this is a common pattern of which I'm most certainly familiar and it's not easy to break.
Wanting to be a "good patient" and "common sense" patient, do what the doctor tells us, agree with them on your / our state of health (what may be perceived as personal shortcomings) . . .
but it can be insidious, the way all this can make patients feel bad about themselves
(so, as for shape, focus on healthful habits, do not put size as goal -- and it does not matter how long it takes you to walk any distance. Toss out measuring sticks) -
- or be confused as they know they are doing the best they can
but there are factors - serious factors - that are not being considered when a person with chronic stealth infections such as lyme, et.al. is put through our cookie cutter medical system.
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randibear
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well my husband is going with me for the nuclear test and follow up. he'll remember and understand better than I will.
he has some medical background, even if it is veterinary!!
no point in worrying until this is over I guess.
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