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Wow.. haven't heard that one. I would think it could happen after years of Lyme, but 6 wks??
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Leelee
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I understand the limpness feeling as I have had that too in my arms and my legs.
I am not sure what you mean by your arm getting smaller unless you mean it is weaker. That I have definitely have experienced.
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Muscle wasting does happen with lyme disease, but that seems like a pretty fast reaction. When you say you started showing symptoms 6 weeks ago, do you mean that is when you were bitten, or could you have had this longer, in a latent status?
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Could be a muscle spasm. My left arm is frequently about 6 inches shorter than my right. I also thought it must be muscle-wasting. But when I went to a chiropractor and she released the muscle, my arm went back to normal length- for a short while anyway. It keeps shrinking back, after treatments, and hurts quite a bit. If anything, physical therapy made it worse. Ben Gay in my neck helps a little.
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