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My legs are hurting when I walk too far (about 2 blocks) I was like this when I had heart failure 5 years ago.
But I have also been very short of breath for almost a year. last year at this time I was ballroom dancing. now i get pains in my legs walking 2 blocks
many of my symptoms have gone away on the antibiotics, but some havent
the LLMD is sayign I need to go to a pulmonologist, but isn't this a cardiac problem? why dont they have cardio-pulmonary specialists? it should be one field!
last time i went he said he was going to start babs tx next time, but now he is saying "not everythign is lyme"
if i go off the doxy or even go down to half dose i get fever back. i havent tried to go off the rifampin or biaxin.
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Hmmm, interesting what you are experiencing. Could be heart probs and /or lungs.
Babesia is known to make people short of breath. (been there done that- 3x treatment thanx very much!!)....and my legs felt like lead weights, but I never experienced pain.
You should get checked out immediately.....could be blockages too....which lymies with sticky blood/hypercoagulation are none to have.
Please don't wait, and come back soon and give us an update!!!
Gail
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My legs and feet hurt after walking a good five or so blocks (which I actually just did today at a health expo and, right now, my legs and knees hurt and are extremely weak and I was sooooo exhausted afterwards, wanted to sit down most of the time -- Probably will pay for this tomorrow for overdoing it!! ). I also get shortness of breath when walking that much. I'm only 24 years old, and I'm pretty sure I don't have heart failure (I've also had many, many heart tests done in the past because of heart palps, shortness of breath and tachycardia and those were fine). I chalk it up to being my Lyme and Bart.
But since you've had heart failure before, I think you should definitely see a cardiologist or pulmonary specialist -- listen to your LLMD!
Better to be safe and just sure about everything.
Hope you feel better soon and get this checked out.
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I experienced a period of extreme leg weakness: climbing a single flight of stairs would leave the muscles burning with exhaustion.
Despite my thyroid hormone tests coming back normal, a doctor let me try T3 thyroid hormone supplementation. The leg weakness disappeared by the next day. It returns if I stop taking T3.
Since beginning to treat the infection, I've been able to reduce the amount of T3 I need.
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I have had weakness too, but that is a different kind of feeling. weakness feels like my muscles just wont keep going, liek they are exhausted.
this is just pains. and they go away when i rest and put my feet up. I am not as swollen up with fluid retention as I was when i had the heart failure, but slightly swollen.
i know its probably the fibrin/coagulatin/sticky blood thing, its not cholesterol since mine is 152 with good ratio.
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Roro, Are you taking CoEnzyme Q10?
This supplement is necessary for the cells to make energy, and it can help to reverse heart failure.
You can google for articles.
Carol
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Your lungs AND your heart or just one can do that to you, just as you described.
When I had mycoplasma pneumonia, I had the same exact symptoms as you described.
Please get your lungs AND heart checked out.
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Pain only when walking can be signs of circulation impairment-esp if it is OK when you sit or lie down. You really should get it checked out.
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