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Any symptom and I get frightened when my children get sick. Like I overanalyze it in my head.
I am so over-aware of my own lymie symptoms that if my kids (5 & 9) get over-tired or have a cold or ache... I freak out (internally). I keep wondering if I should have them tested about every 6 months.
I think my 9 year old son is really affected by my being sick for so long. He worries and gets quiet or distant. He is my momma's boy and he tries to read my every mood and thought. He's gotten so serious and seems to have developed a heightened sense of responsibility.
It just consumes me that my poor kids are wincing from my illness. I try to stay upbeat, but they know I have to nap in the afternoon and that I get way tired at their bedtime.
They don't have any onging physical symptoms that might indicate Lyme. I just worry with every cold or flu or sports injury.
Sounds crazy, eh? Anyone else?
wiserforit
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sizzled
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Knowing what you know about Lyme and TBDs makes you sensitive to any changes in your children.
You are not neurotic, just concerned and protective,just like a good Mom.
Go easy on yourself. Of course, your children are concerned for you too!
This is a season for colds and flus so try to be prepared...which I have a feeling you already are!
Peraps someone has a site where Moms can Lyme chat about this??
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Geneal
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When I was dx with Lyme in Oct of 2006, I immediately took my children to their pediatrician. I know there was a tick on my daughter, but it wasn't attached.
My husband just tested positive for Lyme on the ELISA. Sure does freak me out.
My children are not normally ill. Many family members feel that I overreact with visits to the pediatrician.
However, I took my daughter yesterday as she started coughing and running fever the day before and she was dx with pneumonia.
I think it is a mother's instinct to protect and watch over her children. I am constantly wondering if I am missing Lyme in them, and am always looking for symptoms.
I pray every night for God's divine protection over my babies.
You are not alone. I guess I am a little paranoid about their health......and proud of it.
Geneal
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Your'e just a good Mom. I worry about my children all the time.
I don't want them to ever have to go through what I am going through.
Hey, I'm a fruitcake, but who cares. I'm also a good mom.
Take care of those little ones,
Karen
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lymeladyinNY
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Yes, you're just a good mom.
I was nine-months pregnant when I got bitten by a tick on my abdomen above my navel.
My little boy, who will turn 4 soon, tests positive for Lyme but has few if any symptoms.
I worry ALL the time that one day he'll be as sick as I am.
Next month our LLMD will be putting him back on antibiotics but he's very non-compliant - he spits out the liquid medicine.
I have two older sons who did prophylactic antibiotics because of tick bites before I was infected. I've never had them tested for fear they'll be positive. I don't know if I could handle that kind of news!
My middle son is very clingy and a "mama's boy" because he's always so terribly worried about me.
My oldest son has Down syndrome/autism so he doesn't really know what's up with his mom.
My youngest son has been deprived of my company since birth - lots of family members and babysitters taking him because I've been too ill to properly care for him.
Lyme sure does devastate families in so many ways.
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You know, you get so over-sensitized to everything by this illness, that you just have to double-check to see if your concerns are in the ballpark of sound reality!
I don't know what I'd do without this wonderful group!
I'd write more, but my neuro is crumbling right now...
Best to all,
wiserforit
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