Hello all. I have been off all abx for six years this month, made a full recovery, gotten on with my life, etc. now in college, i've been dating a girl, and, well...i hear talk of lyme and sexual transmission, and i also hear talk of the bacteria never (fully) leaving your blood. any thoughts?
my symptoms were really severe at the time i was sick - i missed high school for two years, couldn't speak or walk, etc. you know the drill.
i don't want to pass it on, but i don't know if i should worry or not after i've felt good for so long. i was tested again two years ago, and it came back negative, but i never know how reliable the tests are (i forget what test it was), and i feel like it's not the worst idea in the world to cover all my bases here. feedback is appreciated.
thanks.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
It's very smart to be asking! I'm SOOOO happy you are doing so well! You have an amazing story. Would you care to add it to our Succes Stories link?? PLEASE??
I really don't know the answer to your question about sexual transmission. I DO believe it can be passed that way, but I don't know if you're completely free of disease.
I would advise using protection until you know for sure. And using protection forever wouldn't be a bad idea!
Hopefully someone here will be able to give you more info on that!!
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
Yes, it is possible that it can still be passed - maybe more possible male to female than the reverse. In any case, I think it is our responsibility to share the information with a potential partner and involve them in the decision. I think the only wrong decision here is not sharing the information with your potential partner.
Posted by Paula 007 (Member # 8002) on :
Do you know everybody the gal has ever been with? There are a lot a very good reasons to use condoms ........... Remember, "Practice Safe Sex"
Posted by AshBlessing (Member # 11062) on :
good call...but i've never not used a condom, and don't plan on changing that anytime in the near future. i'm also thinking along the lines of whether or not i'll ever have healthy kids. i dunno yet...
Posted by Visual Afterimage Man (Member # 10435) on :
Healthy kids?
I have had Lyme since April 2005. My first born is now 7 months old. He's healthy.
My wife was igenex tested and came back neg. However we decided to give her 3 mo of doxy just to be safe.
So what does that tell us? Nothing really... except that she's not symptomatic, is Igenix neg and my child is healthy thus far. You are going to get different opinions on this topic. The LLMD that I'm seeing belives that once you get the infection controlled (like you) then the likelihood of transmission is low.
Posted by Kendrick (Member # 10990) on :
I completely agree with safe sex, but in the long run with her... strept is contagious through sexual contact. Who has never had strept? It can lay dormant. They don't check for lyme when you get blood transfusions... does that mean every person that's had surgery should never reproduce.
I mean, we're talking about the end of civilization and sex if everyone who has had Lyme disease, strept, ... can not have sex.
I think it would be more of an epidemic if spread sexually. The quickest way to get something spread, is for it to be a STD because people have sex.
The only doctors I've seen(maybe there is others) that claim it can be spread sexually, only consider it so because a whole family has it(or just husband and wife). But we know that the dog and children have it too a lot of the times, and well, I'm not going to go there.
As the post above me...
Posted by JimBoB (Member # 8454) on :
I agree with Scott on the last part, but not necessarily on the first part, UNLESS they have come up with something positive about spreading it that I haven't heard about in the past couple of months.
I have rarely used a condom in over 45 years of sex. It was a little scarey when the aids epidemic first came out and for awhile afterwards. But I don't think about that now. Course I wasn't fooling around with all the babes out there. I pretty much just stuck with the one I had already married or was going to marry.
I agree that we are in BIG trouble IF it can be transmitted. BIGGGGGGGGG trouble. It is much more likely that it is being spread big time with blood transfusions.
My wife is still symptom free after 6 years of condomless sex.
Jim. Posted by tvalentijn (Member # 5255) on :
I agree as well. My wife and I specifically asked my LLMD about sexually transmitted Lyme and he said there has not been proof that it can be transmitted that way.
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