RE-infected...again . My previous infections were in 76, 99, 03, 05 and I had been doing fairly well. I went to deer country in CA to visit family last month and I was very well protected, I thought, the ticks just find me though.
My symptoms began on Monday 11-25 and the fatigue was enormous, aches, etc. On Saturday I located the tick bite in my hair line. Went to the ER and have been taking 400mg Doxy a day. Sunday I ALSO removed a nymph from my back.
Tomorrow I see my general Dr. back in AZ. Can I get tested, does it matter? What drugs should I take? (I am allergic to family 1 & 2 cillins and cephasporine..sp?)I have not been keeping up with the treatment suggestions so I feel I am in the dark again. I appreciate any help. Thank you.
Posted by Vermont_Lymie (Member # 9780) on :
Dear deersharon,
Sorry to hear about that. Where in California were you?
That is what I would take, that amount of doxy. But sounds like the most important thing is to get an appointment with an llmd.
You know the drill all too well; your general Dr. is just not going to know about possible co-infections and what to use. Your llmd will.
Take good care and I hope you get over this new bout soon. Knock it out early, it is good that you saw the ticks. Did you save them to get tested?
Posted by deersharon (Member # 18354) on :
I was all over Northern CA, from Santa Cruz to Santa Rosa to Chico, visiting family. I know all areas have lyme, that is why I moved away from there. Some people just attract ticks...that's me.
How long should I stay on the doxy? The soonest I could have been bit was on the 20th, syptoms started the 25th, Doxy the 30th. Thank God I found it early this time.
I feel a bit better than I did last week. I really hoped I would never have to deal with this again. Oh well, God has a different plan than me! Thank you for your reply.
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hi Sharon -
I think ticks like me too--
I got reinfected about 5 months after becoming symptom free -
A friend of mine brought his 2 scratching dogs to my house and brought in some unwanted gusts with them- he lives in the sticks -
3 days latter I was sick as hello and 2 days latter I saw the tick and found a new bulls eye-
I started ABX right away but it took 6 months of ABX and alot of feeling perty bad to get to feeling perty good again --
Remember that you got a new set of germs and co infections --
You can get clothing called Buzz Off- it has built in bug repellent and its is supposed to work on ticks also - It dose seem to work at least for mosquitoes
Its kind of expensive but can be found on Ebay cheaper --
I purchased shocks pants and shirts -
--jay-- It dose seem to work at least for mosquitoes
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