After an appointment today, the ID doctor is sending son's girlfriend to hematologist TOMORROW to rule out bone cancer -- based on her blood counts. He is thinking this is the problem and not bartonella/lyme.
I realize how immunosuppressive bartonella is supposed to be... but I do not know anything about blood counts, etc. so I do not know what to think at this point.
Anyone else suspected to have cancer and then found it to actually be lyme and/or coinfections?
[ 05-27-2010, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: mjbucuk ]
Posted by SmurfyMom (Member # 13688) on :
Yes, but not officially. My right shin hurt so badly for so long and the pain was so deep, I was seriously concerned it might be bone cancer.
I had other symptoms though, so I thought I'd see if ONE thing could explain everything instead of a LIST of things.
Just a couple of months after first thinking that I learned about Lyme and Co. I knew then I had bartonella.
My blood counts have been wonky before with this stuff, though.
Posted by Amy C (Member # 19297) on :
I had bone pain so bad that I also thought it was cancer. I do know that the blood counts can be messed up from lyme or co's too.
Posted by hshbmom (Member # 9478) on :
The pain is so bad it makes me wonder if it's bone cancer.
Posted by Pinelady (Member # 18524) on :
I had x-rays of hands and fore arms. Nothing showed.
They wanted me to do a bone scan but I did not have it done as I was thinking Lyme by that time.
It was Lyme and in treatment it is a lot better.
Posted by mjbucuk (Member # 843) on :
they took 17 vials of blood from her.... labs won't be back until late next week. Preliminary diagnosis so far is bone cancer, leukemia or LONG TERM INFECTION.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
I hope it is long term infection. I have lumps along my shin bone from bartonella and places where it is caved in. It also hurt like &^$$% when I was not in treatment.
Don't let them cut your legs off!! You know how stupid those doctors can be.
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :