Monica
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I told my doctor Saturday that I feel as if I am taking one step forward and two steps back.
He attributes all of my new symptoms to herxing.
I scanned through Dr. B's 9/2005 guidelines and they seem very different from his previous publications. Is that true or is it just my perception?
There seems to be a school of thought that treatment should be for just about all tick borne infections, regardless of test results, based solely on symptoms.
But don't a lot of the symptoms overlap?
Let's say I am bitten once and contract a tick borne infection identified as Bb. My symptoms are consistent with LD.
Over time, with herxes, I develop other symptoms that could be connected with other TBIs. Does that mean I have suddenly developed other TBIs or just that the LD symptoms are expanding?
I would be very interested to know what others think.
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I think (and hope) that it is LD expanding.
I also feel the one step forward, two steps back thing. As soon as I get ahead and start back on my abx, something else happens that I have to take a break. And I just feel worse and worse and more and more tired.
When will it all end.
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Last visit to my doc, same thing -- you are worse because you are herxing. Treat the symptoms so you are comfortable, and hang in there for the long haul. That's what my doctor said.
But now after reading all this information and others' experiences, I wonder if I have coinfections.
So when I see him again in a month I am going to ask straight out for treatment for them. As long as my body and mind can handle it.
I did an experiment. I went off abx for two days now. I have fewer nausea/neuro/pain symptoms. I actually got up and returned a rental car for my daughter this morning. For four weeks I haven't been out of bed before 2.
So maybe he is right, it is just herx.
But I am scared of these coinfections.
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hopeful123
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as others have said repeatedly, watch out for the co-infections.
i now have added erlichiosis to the co-infections i have struggled with. got re-tested and it showed up whereas it didn't earlier.
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cantgiveupyet
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i fear the co's too.....want to be treated for babs but fear it.
everytime i start abx something happens...first it was 'yeast' then the stomach flu.......its like my body doesnt want the abx.
I see our LLMD on saturday....it should be an interesting visit.
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