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Hi, I'm seeking a doctor either in New York City (I work in midtown Manhattan), or in Rockland County,NY (I live in New City).
I've been bitten in June of 2007 in my leg. My leg was very swallen I hever had "concentric circles". Very soon, I started to feel dizzy, I had episodes when I felt like I was suffocating, I had irregular heart beating, stiff neck, and pain in my joints. But the doctors in Manhattan refused to believe it was Lyme and treated me for panic attacks with Xanax for over a month (which did not help).
I finally went to a Dr in Rockland County. She told me that she has just seen several patiens with the same symptoms over the last few days. She took a test for Lyme but it returned negative. I ended up taking antibiotics for 3 months before I started to feel "ok".
Now, a year later, I'm starting to develop stange symptoms again. I have episodes of facial pain and numbness and blurry vision in my right eye, pain on the right side of my neck, and muscle twitching, especially in my right leg. I have behind my cheeks when I'm driving or in an elevator. I went to ER this week because I had symptoms of a sinus infection several times before, and I've had a CT scan of sinuses which came back ok. I've been on Levaquin for sme time now but I'm not getting better. My physician thinks it's Lyme but she NEVER sends me for any tests of any sort except for that first initial test. I just don't want to keep swallowing more antibiotics if I don't know what's wrong with me, especially since they don't help.
I hope it's not Lyme, but I just want to know WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME. I've been seen by various doctors but they don't find anything wrong, and antibiotics don't seem to help much now.
Thank you very much, O.P.
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check my profile for llmds in private message being sent now.......................
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we recommend 6-12 WEEKS of doxycycline antibiotics; 2 months symptom FREE before stopping antibiotics.
so glad you found dr. burrascano's 05 lyme guidelines!
call your dr. and DEMAND MORE! you are now in the LYME WAR CONTROVERSY ... another thing you didn't ask for!
please see BELOW LINK about ACTION ALERTS....CALLING 4 WASH. DC PHONE NOS. GIVING THEM YOUR FULL NAME/COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS AND TO "PUT LYME DISEASE ON THEIR AGENDA!"!!!!
IDSA, infectious disease society of america, are infectious drs. who:
.. do NOT believe in CHRONIC LYME;
.. treat from 1 day to 3 weeks MAX ANTITIOBICS, AND YOU ARE "CURED"! HOG WASH!!
ILADS, intl lyme associated disease society, are our LLMDS, LYME LITERATE MDS, and they:
... believe in chronic lyme AND TREAT US AS LONG AS NECESSARY!!!
... another controversy; various STATE HEALTH DEPTS. FILING CHARGES on our llmds for treating antibiotics longer than 4 weeks!!!
example: see activism; read about DR. CHARLES RAY JONES, KIDS NO. 1 LLMD IN CONN! starting his 3rd year of charges trying to take away his license!!!
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Also, if you are needing a LLMD, LYME LITERATE MD, please post on board in SEEKING DR. forum. Go to FORUM HOME, right corner click, and then chose seeking dr.
We ask that ALL members post in seeking dr. and START THEIR OWN ``NEW'' POSTS vs. adding on to someone else's because we can NOT keep track of who has been answered and who NEEDS to be replied to ok!
Many of you have been sending me a private message asking for llmd names and have NOT posted on the board. I require you to post online because when you show the state and largest cities nearest you; others from YOUR STATE WILL JUMP IN and give you the MOST CURRENT info that they have.
We have nationwide lists do NOT have most current info! We do what we can, but we depend on members to share all updates, deletions, phone nos. not working or changed, etc. with us. Then we let the others know promptly who have lists!
So thank you for starting YOUR OWN POST in seeking dr! We/I will help you as much as possible over there! Betty *******************************************
When you post or reply, please break up your solid, continuous block text
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now please break up your WORDY SENTENCES into one sentence paragraphs. Then hit ENTER KEY ``THREE`` after each paragraph; we need that space for comprehension.
if you are NOT a wordy person, you can do 2 or 3 total ok. do this for your entire post.
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[QB] just delete these 4 characters, and BOLDING is GONE! my eyes will really appreciate that; it's one very bad side effect of my having lyme for 38.5 years!! xox
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we thank you for helping us; otherwise, we will SOB, SCROLL ON BY, since we can't read to help you. If I see posts like this, I SOB them; to hard on me. I'm also in the early stages of losing my eyesight from diabetes retinopathy.
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otherwise, we will SOB, SCROLL ON BY, since we can't read to help you. If I see posts like this, I SOB them; to hard on me. I'm also in the early stages of losing my eyesight from diabetes retinopathy. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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