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When I first had the bite on my ankle, (December 2008) neither my doctor or myself had ever heard of lyme.
The bite & my ankle was badly swollen & infected and I was given 2000mg daily of Flucloxaillin for the infection, as it got worse very quickly the doctor added 2000mg daily of Penicillin VK. I took both these together for 2 weeks. After this it was still very inflamed but I could just about weight bear on my ankle.
6 months later & i've still got bad pain in that ankle & now also the knee. The bite turned into an ulcer and that took 4 months to heal. I now seem to be getting more & more lyme related symptoms.
I have had two negative tests. I have heard that previous abx can prevent a test showing as positive.
Also could this dose of abx made the lyme abx resistant.
I've contacted a LLMD and hope to see him asap, but the more I read up on lyme the more nervous i'm getting.
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In theory, a round of antibiotics could have cleared the infection from the bloodstream but not the tissues. Consequently antibodies may have disappeared from the bloodstream. Borrelia burgdorferi is a stealth organism. Your LLMD will explain this better than I can.
-------------------- Sick since at least age 6, now 67. Decades of misdiagnosis. Numerous arthritic, neuro, psych, vision, cardiac symptoms. Been treating for 7 years, incl 8 mos on IV. Bart was missed so now treating that. Posts: 765 | From nw ct | Registered: Sep 2008
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