Don't worry. It may be something you ate-literally. Lots of things can discolor your urine. I did have it, and during Lyme it was some blood in the urine. That doesn't mean it is for you. A small amount of blood can make urine appear very dark. Go to your doctor this morning and they will test your urine. I had kidney involvement. After treatment it went away. Are you on antibiotics? Difficulty urinating-slow flow or urgency? It may also be a urinary infection. All are common with Lyme.Good luck.

Try not to worry but tell your LLMD what you are going through.

Thanks again for your reply.

I had the same trouble as you in the beginning. I have an HMO, my gp said "you have all the symptoms of LD, but thats impossible, there is NO Lyme Disease in Michigan"

I then did the smartest thing, I left and went to an LLMD. I paid for it myself.

Amox isn't the best choice for LD or the co-infections. It does not cross the blood brain barrior (BBB) as well as other abx. Doxy or Mino work better, as well as others. Look at Dr. B's guidelines for treatment. If you want to fight with your PCP then bring them in.

Good Luck,
Lisi

I went to the PCP, my urine was +4 for blood and had alot of other "junk" in it. But he said he doubted it would come back from a culture as a "clean catch" since the one that I did on Thursday didn't and it suggested contamination. He said he wouldn't change my meds so I am still on Amox 1500mg/day despite my trying to convince him.

He said the blood might be from the catheter. He also said that my urologist report (from the cystoscope) said I had a narrowing of the urethra. I never had issues before with peeing...so unless the narrowing was maybe from the other procedures I had 2 weeks prior (with catheters, etc) I can't understand why that would cause me to all of a sudden be having urinary issues. Unless as others have said they had urinary retention problems and straining to pee with LD.

PCP said he would send a referral in to the reviewer and if they denied me he would try to get them to change their mind. He said he doesn't know if it is or isn't LD, but he would refer me...and in the meantime to continue the Amox...wouldn't give me the Doxy.

I get worried because the catheter comes out Monday. I mean what if it goes back to not being able to pee. I call on Monday to make an appt with the LLMD.

So....that is where things stand...

In response to your question...I have no appetite, nausea occasionally and sometimes a low grade fever, but not ALL the time. My reg temp is usually 97.5-98...and my temp might get to high 98's or 99. No major fever...haven't had a majorly high one.