you and your husband having lyme makes you more aware of the signs and symptoms
all the info you have has made you smarter
so if your little one is infected - well then you will use this knowledge to get her healthy
kids bounce back better than we do!!
take my 19 year old
most likely congenital lyme baby
not dx or tx until age 14
doing A+ in college
14 years w/out tx yet she is much much better
i hope and pray your dd does not have this
but if it turns out she does - take heart - she will get better --
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cactus
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I'm also the only one in the family who is sick.
Prior to my getting Lymed, our lives were outdoors.
I think I was infected long before that though - in childhood.
But everyone else has certainly had many opportunities for exposure.
Wishing your daughter well...
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Thank you so so much for some encouragement. This really helps me.
njlymemom- That is awesome to hear such a great success story with your child. This really gives me a lot of hope.
cactus and wantae- Thank you for answering this post. I'm greatly relieved that not everyone in the family is sick.
Your all so wonderful, Thank you!
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We don't ALL have Lyme, but 7 out of 8 either have or had it. The one that doesn't had repeating flu symptoms for a couple months after we were all infected, but has been perfectly healthy since then. I pray he's not just harboring the bacteria.
We only have one that's really sick, probably due to the delay in diagnosis & treatment.
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I have six kids and only my daughter who was bitten has/had Lyme.
I think my husband might carry it but is not sick. He gets bottom of the foot pain .... which can be bart, but also can be a sluggish lymphatic system.
None of my other kids are sick at all. I had Lyme prior to being pregnant with any of them. The one who has it was not congenital .... she had an attached tick for several days.
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My father and sister are healthy and do not have Lyme.
My mother has MS and may have Lyme but she's never been evaluated for it.
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My husband is pcr positive, I am pcr positive.
My daughter "had" it and is now experiencing what seems to be either a re-infection due to recent tick bites or reactivation due to illness.
My son was tested via pcr (series of 10 tests blood and urine) about 5 years ago and was never positive. (I know that this does not mean he is not carrying the bacteria).
He is overall healthy with some minor issues that could be lyme related, and I can't help but worry that he is a time bomb like my daughter.
One important thing to mention is that just this summer alone, I have removed over a dozen ticks from them. (As soon as they come in from outside, it is tick check time)
So, even though we are all probably positive, there have been many, many tick bites for all of us.
At least if she is positive, you will treat sooner rather than later. It should be easier and there will not be so entrenched in so many parts of the body.
Even though my daughter is so sick, I am still hoping to hear that the llmd does not feel her issues are lyme related. I just do not want that for her. So, I feel for and with you. Hugs.
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I had it 12 years ago. I have it a second time. I have seen ticks on me, but never have been aware of a bite.
My husband who works in the mountains and has had numerous tick bites is as healthy as the day he was born.
My mother, whose dogs pick up the ticks that crawl onto her, has had several tick bites. She is almost 84 and in better shape than most of us!
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