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duke77
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Member # 5051

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I have been having some pain in my left shoulder and left knee. I think it is more of a connective tissue issue than arthritis. My knee feels like it is going to hyperextend when I walk it isn't swollen though (maybe acl). My shoulder hurts when I raise it above my head. My PCP said sounds like a rotator cuff injury. My dr. gave me an annual physical last week and he did test the RA it came back negative.

The RA doctors all want a referral and they won't take the referral without a positive RA test. Don't they know Lyme can cause these problems without swelling or a positive RA test. How do I go see a doctor about this?

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treepatrol
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 4117

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Lyme Lyme Lyme are'nt you still being treated. I had all that plus more.

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duke77
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Member # 5051

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I was treated a little over a year. My symptoms have always been mild. I really wasn't having any symptoms in October and couldn't not tell a difference on or off the abx. My LLMD told me to take a break from the abx. I think I was doing okay until early December I got the flu or some kind of illness and I think maybe the Lyme is showing up again.

I will make an appt with my LLMD again. Does this answer my question? I don't think the LLMD will be able to help me with the knee and shoulder problems they will tell me to go to a RA dr. Or are the symptoms just Lyme problems that will go away with more treatment?

[This message has been edited by duke77 (edited 19 January 2005).]

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SandiB
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My husband last year was advised he had a rotator cuff problem and needed surgery. That was a month before he was diagnosed and started treatment for Lyme disease. Four months after his diagnosis his shoulder and rotator cuff problem disappeared. Now over a year later he has no hint of any shoulder or pain in his body anywhere. He is athletic and works out at the gym three times a week.

Lyme manifest itself in many different parts of the body...no two cases are exactly alike.

Hope you get tested for Lyme. Find a Lyme literate physician first, and then get the Bowen Q-RIBb test. It will save you both time and money.

Go to website: http://www.personalconsult.com/articles/bowenresearch.html
for information.

Best,
SandiB

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duke77
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Member # 5051

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SandiB,

I was already tested almost two years ago. I had a positive PCR, positive LUAT, positive WB from IGenex negative ELISA though, go figure. There is no doubt that it was Lyme. I knew it was before the tests the symptoms were a textbook case. Problem was convincing my local drs that it wasn't stress or viral meningitis. Finally got to a LLMD and was tested. I was treated for 14 months of different variations of heavy oral abx for Lyme and coinfections even though tests for coinfections were negative.

What I was trying to determine was whether or not the pains are from Lyme damage or from active Lyme. Makes me think it is still active Lyme because the pains come and go and move to different parts randomly like Lyme.

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Aniek
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 5374

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Why do you want to see an RA doctor? From your tests and Lyme history, it doesn't sound like you have RA. Especially if there isn't inflammation. It could be Lyme or a co-infection that never got caught.

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duke77
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Member # 5051

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I guess I don't know who to see, I just want answers. An RA dr would do tests mri, etc.

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bg
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Member # 46416

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I'm experiencing what you talked about.

I feel it's HERXING major. It started in my right arm day after I started on my 2 difference abx treatments. Still here today after 5 months and the other stuff has joined in.

I do not feel a RA dr. will help you whatsoever. Betty G., Iowa

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duke77
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Bettyg,

But It can't be a herx I am not on abx and have been off for sometime. Come to think about I never really had a herx when I was on abx. The closest would be the first 2-3 on abx there was some crazy stuff going on but I was feeling better and could tell. After the first 3 weeks I couldn't really tell a difference on or off abx.

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