40 year old male. Symptoms of fatigue, malaise, and bilateral arthritis which came on after flu-like symptoms. Avid hiker. Hiked in California and Oregon this summer. No recollection of rash or bullseye.
I have no family doctor right now, so I went to and Urgent Care. I talked the doc into running a Lyme test, and he ran the Western Blot. I turned up reactive on one band, band 30 of the IGG. Now I'm finding out that while this is officially "negative", I might still have Lyme. The doctor simply said the test was "negative", but I insisted on getting a copy, which is when I found out about band 30.
The Urgent Care doc gave me 10 days of doxycycline before he drew my blood because I sweet-talked him.
My symptoms persist. Can anyone recommend a Lyme-literate specialist doctor in the Greater Cincinnati area?
Thanks!
[ 09-14-2012, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Little Red Machine ]
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Good thing you checked for Lyme - many doctors feel that even one really positive Lyme band on a test shows Lyme.
Yep, Lyme is all over the West coast. Only 20-30 percent get a bull's eye rash.
10 days of doxy is not enough.
You are welcome to discuss symptoms, etc, in General Support or Medical Questions, if you want.
I used to visit my grandmother in Cinci - the last time I was there, I lay down in leaves under beautiful autumn trees. I wince over that memory now.
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
I'm sending LLMD info.
Pam
Posted by hopeful4 (Member # 8486) on :
Sent you a PM. Good luck.
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