After 3 months of oral antibiotics, I'm switching to an IV on Thursday. I'm meeting with my boss in 2 hours to tell her what's going on. I'm worried that I'm going to get fired over this.

Damn, I hate LD. I guess I'm not looking for any feedback here, just needed to vent a bit. (And to look like I'm working)...

In my experience when I have had severe pain (now from Lyme and in the past from Ovarian Cysts) that made it very hard to work or concentrate I was able to function best by taking small amounts of strong pain killers every few hours. Taking a large dose would kill the pain but would also make me fuzzy and unproductive. Codeine works best for me. I don't know if it available without acetominophen.

I was always surprised how much more productive I was when taking painkillers that when trying to just tough it out through the the pain.

Aspirin, tylenol, advil never did much to help me with pain.

Fortunately my work schedule is flexible and I am able to work from home a lot. I don't think I could have kept up a regular schedule in my first months of treatment. Now I probably could.

If you also have swollen lymph glands, a sore throat, and ickiest of all, nosebleeds along with the headaches, consider rifampin or levaquin for bartonella.

I'm also curious about the Tylenol.

Jake and Jordan have severe, unrelenting headaches. Tramadol/Tylenol helps take the edge off the pain.

Lumbar punctures are the only thing that has helped them significantly.