I was diagnosed with Lyme disease 18 months ago, Babesia 10 months ago and Ehrlichia 2 months ago.

I would like to hear from other people who have lyme and several co-infection, how you are/have been treated and how you are feeling now.

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I was diagnosed with lyme in October 03, and babesia in December 03. I was treated for the first month with Doxycycline and the second month with Omnicef and Doxycycline, then my LLMD found the babesia. I have just finished 8 rounds of Mepron/Zithromax and am finally feeling good most days. I was diagnosed early and received treatment 6 weeks after the bite. Babesia seems to have been the bigger issue for me. It took a good 5-6 rounds of Mepron and Zithromax before I had several good days in a row. I have just recently resumed a walking program and hope to return to work later this fall. I would be interested to know how your treatment for erlichia is going? Take care and hang in there. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Rene

Several of us are going through the babesia treatment now -- you can check it out "in progress" at Mepron Buddies.

Thank you for the responses and support. I am already feeling better.

I know that many people have coinfections, nevertheless, I have not been able to find much information on how to treat multiple coinfections. My doctor says that you cannot treat babesia before the ehrlichia has been treated, while I read somewhere that you cannot treat ehrlichia before treating babesia. Based on my own experience, I am beginning to fear that both may be right.

Not all Lyme docs think the same. I guess that is because it is complex, without any easy answers.

The doc who treated me for babesia and lyme at the same time said his experience was that in co-infections, whatever he wasn't treating got worse.

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Originally posted by fulton:
My doctor says that you cannot treat babesia before the ehrlichia has been treated, while I read somewhere that you cannot treat ehrlichia before treating babesia.

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I don't know about humans, but having an Ehrlichia dog (co-infected with Babesia at one time), I know that in dogs Ehrlichia is usually treated before Babesia.

Several of us are going through the babesia treatment now -- you can check it out "in progress" at Mepron Buddies.

Where is this and how can I find it??