This happened when my babesia flared up/relapsed/whatever. Then antibiotics made it go away. Now its back. I honestly feel like I'm dying... will be shocked if I am still posting here in 2 years, 3 years...
But wanted to know if anyone has experienced this.
Posted by tulips (Member # 44773) on :
My lymph nodes are swollen on and off. Are you taking abx or herbs for Lyme and co-infections?
Posted by sonee123 (Member # 18632) on :
I have had a swollen lymph for over a year now. It shrank very slowly.
Posted by Clint31 (Member # 16420) on :
quote:Originally posted by tulips: My lymph nodes are swollen on and off. Are you taking abx or herbs for Lyme and co-infections?
Both ABX and herbs... doxycycline, flagyl, an anti malarial drug as well.
Posted by Clint31 (Member # 16420) on :
I wanted to post this, to see if anyone else has had this symptom? My lymph nodes are again swollen on my left side. Its bothering me.
Posted by Clint31 (Member # 16420) on :
Basically if I have had a battery of blood tests, and such; can I stop worrying about cancer and maybe just chalk it up to lyme and babesia infection? even though I am on antibiotics?
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
I was in treatment for lyme, Bartonella, and Babesia for 5 1/2 years and spent 16 months on IV. With that said, I'm in my second remission and doing very well.
With that said, I use to suffer from a lot of issues with swollen lymph nodes. I had them in my neck and also under one of my arms that may have been port related. Hard to say.
But I'm here to say that after all those years of treatment, they DO go away. It may not feel like it while you are going through it, but it honestly gets better.
As far as what you can do for relief while going through this and waiting for the antibiotics to kick in.....I had relief from lymph drainage.
I stumbled on that by accident since they had me going to physical therapy once I was able to start walking again. I went from wheel chair, to walker, to cane to being normal again but due to the loss of muscle from being bedridden, they wanted me going the P.T. route.
It was my physical therapist that did the lymph drainage and it worked instantly. The bad thing is that it did fill up again as treatment went on but she kept at it at each appointment.
My right lymph node under my arm was so big, I couldn't even put my arm down by my side and I felt like my throat was always swollen.
But with treatment, they did stop coming back but the above is only mentioned on some way to get some relief. Good luck to you! It's a long road but so good to be back on the other side.
Posted by Clint31 (Member # 16420) on :
Thank you for the hopeful post. This seems to be a new symptom. I also have chronic epstein barr, which I think can be associated with Lymph Nodes