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Originally posted by brando:
Hello, here is my story.

I have been sick the last four weeks with a variety of symptoms. Headache, nausea, loss of appetite, sore wrists, ankles, knees, shoulders, collar area, and hips, chest tightness, mild abdominal pain, lower back pain, sore muscles, brief episodes of rapid heart beat, trouble concentrating, vision problems, fatigue, and a general feeling of sickness.

All these symptoms seem to come and go hourly/daily. Some days it is very hard to even get out of bed whereas other days I feel ok to work and excercise. It all started with the chest tightness. I was x-rayed and checked out with the diagnosis of a upper respiratory infection. 10 days of amoxicillion were prescribed. After a few days I felt better. The fourth day I got the chest pain back but this time even worse.

Went to see the Dr. and this time they ran some lung/breathing tests. Everything was fine. Was advised to continue meds and call if I wasn't getting better. Two more sick days went by then I went back to the Dr. where they did a cbc, mono, and influenza test. Blood was normal (hct a hair low) and influenza, mono was negative.

Now I was getting all the other symptoms I mentioned. They sent me home with a diagnosis of a viral infection that I just was having trouble shaking (I am 29 and in perfect health). By this time a friend of mine had mentioned lyme disease. His uncle went through months of Dr. visits before being diagnosed with LD.

He said my story sounds similiar to his so I got a LD test. It came back negative. I went back to the Dr. for more extensive testing(blood work). I mentioned LD to him and some things I had learned about it and he dismissed the idea because of a false test.

He said my symptoms indicate a later stage of the disease and the test would show a positive. He was more concerned about a few autoimmune diseases to test for. So far the tests he ran that are done are all normal. To top it all off, last April I found a deer tick on me. It had to be there for at least two days. I never got a rash but called my Dr. anyway.

He put me on three weeks of doxycyline even without a visit to him. I should mention that this was a different Dr. than the one I am using now. My normal Dr. goes on vacation for the month of March. I should also mention that I am an avid outdoorsman and even my job is 95% worked outdoors.


I guess I am telling my story simply to hear from anyone else who has had a similiar one and maybe for some advice on what to do next and if it really could be LD.
Thanks.

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