I'm new to the group. In mid-august I had a terrible cold, and I never completely recovered. By late August I was noticing that my eyes were tired and my vision blurry. I was also experiencing constipation that lasted a month but seems to have improved somewhat. I have been experiencing fairly minor pain in my left eye, as well as fairly significant pressure around that eye. Sinus CT was fairly normal. CT of brain appeared normal, and I will be following up with an MRI tomorrow. Over the last couple of weeks, my neck has begun hurting on the left side; it is stiff and sometimes cracks when I rotate it. My ENT is mystified, so he started Avelox, an antibiotic earlier this week, and I began feeling terrible. I stopped the antibiotics Thursday afternoon, as I was feeling extremely lethargic. My muscles were weak and achy. I'm now taking prednisone for the pressure in my head and ears. I have to yawn regularly to open my ears. I have felt lethargic in the past, especially on days when I felt the pressure in my head. No fever that I've detected, though I've sometimes felt hot. No rash noticed either. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Posted by humanbeing (Member # 8572) on :
Hi Todd, Welcome, I'm sure many others will come along but you may need to start looking for a lyme doc to help you get a good diagnosis.
You have many lyme symptoms -- and predisone is not good for lyme disease.
First, ask your doc if you absolutely must take predisone..if not, Stop immediately...go to "find a doc" --get the proper diagnosis treatment.
Read all you can about lyme and don't get discouraged as it seems overwhelming...take it one day at a time...finding a good doc is half the battle.
Hang in there, come here often...
Posted by Truthfinder (Member # 8512) on :
What made you think you might have Lyme, Todd?
We have a bunch of people in my small town right now who must have caught your cold. A lot of them just can't seem to recover from it - it keeps coming back. I just got it about 3 days ago. It's a doozy. I feel almost human today, but I sure have a lot of gunk in my head and pressure in my ears.
I assume you have tried all kinds of other meds for the head/ear/sinus congestion?
Tracy
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
quote:Originally posted by toddm7777: Hello All,
I'm new to the group. In mid-august I had a terrible cold, and I never completely recovered.
By late August I was noticing that my eyes were tired and my vision blurry.
I was also experiencing constipation that lasted a month but seems to have improved somewhat.
I have been experiencing fairly minor pain in my left eye, as well as fairly significant pressure around that eye.
Sinus CT was fairly normal. CT of brain appeared normal, and I will be following up with an MRI tomorrow .
Over the last couple of weeks, my neck has begun hurting on the left side; it is stiff and sometimes cracks when I rotate it.
My ENT is mystified, so he started Avelox, an antibiotic earlier this week, and I began feeling terrible. I stopped the antibiotics Thursday afternoon, as I was feeling extremely lethargic .
My muscles were weak and achy. I'm now taking prednisone for the pressure in my head and ears. I have to yawn regularly to open my ears .
I have felt lethargic in the past, especially on days when I felt the pressure in my head.
No fever that I've detected, though I've sometimes felt hot. No rash noticed either.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Welcome Todd! I'll send you by PM, private message, my 18 pages of newbie links/advise/long list of lyme symptoms! Bettyg Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Did you have a tick bite? Pets in the home? Anything make you think it could be Lyme??
If it IS, then prednisone is the absolute worst thing you could take.
Speak to your Dr if this might be a concern for you.
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