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Over the last few years, I have been troubled by certain symptoms that, having come here because of my daughter's Lyme disease, I have come to learn could be associaited themselves with Lyme. They include...a sudden weight loss of over 20 pounds, neurally mediated hypotension (positive tilt table test), daytime exhaustion, strange bruising on areas like the inner arm surface, low platelets, ptosis, shingles, can't shake resp infections. I am beginning to get paranoid that I may have Lyme disease..especially since my Sx began around the same time my daughter's did.
I have suspected in the back of my mind that I, too, may have it...but have never really given it credence...tonight, for some reason, it has gotten harder to shake the fear and I can't even imagine if we both had it at the same time...On the other hand, unlike her, I have been able to push through and work, run my house, raise three kids, etc...I know I probably sound like one of those med students who thinks he has every disease he studies...but frankly, when I went to the doctor, none of the symptoms were ever addreessed as part of a larger disease process...just treated on thier own...i.e., florinef for the NMH, bed rest for the shingles, etc...my PMD way back then did include a Lyme test (not sure which one) and when it came back positive, I was told "it could be any number of disorders" and I left it at that...Now I want to call for the records and see what exactly it was that came back positive...could it be that I, like my daughter, have been walking aorund with Lyme all these years...this is feeling really scary!!
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This is exactly how I figured out that I had Lyme. You'd do well to get tested and either start treating or set your mind at ease.
As you can see from my signature, we've gone through the multiple family members being treated at one time thing and it isn't bad, really. We've been much more understanding of each other's ups and downs since we've all been through the same stuff.
Get tested and just go from there. It is definitely better than fearing the unknown.
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