Lyme Disease Support Group

So I recently added zith to my ceftin and bang!!!

Im sick

It has been 2 weeks on and off with this cold like thing...

I ache, my tonsils swell, and today my nose started running badly...pouring right now...

I dont want to be one of those that blames everything on a herx but I would think on 1000mg of ceftin and 500 mg of zith It would be a little bit harder for me to catch something

Detox....detox....detox and hang in there.

Nice to meet another TN Lymie.

Weird because I was told there is NO lyme in TN from the head of ID at Vanderbilt. Funny huh??...

I see you went the vandy route...Everyone that I know of has had a bad experience there.

I had to go far away to get a good llmd.

Ok, well im glad I finally know what a herx should feel like then. Now at least I have something to go by and I'll Start detox back up today.

PM me what part of TN you are in. I know of a great support group in chattanooga if you are interested.

I dont even care I dont Have time to be sick im going fishing tomorrow...Lyme can kiss my butt

I am just south of Nashville, so Chattanooga would be a bit of a drive for me. We have been there several times sightseeing and camping. It's beautiful there, I have been wanting to take our jetskis down there and ski the river. But I am not sure I can do all that just yet.

I went to Vandy because my Neuro couldn't get me in for 2 weeks and I thought my brains were going to come out of my eye, ears...etc. I was in so much pain, had 48 symptoms at the time... so he told me to go to the Vandy ER.

They said Lyme doesn't not exist in TN and if I hadn't crossed the state line I didn't have it. Even though we camped, fished hiked...etc...Lyme was not here..They did some labs and threw me in the MRI to check for MS....

That came back clean so they made me an appt. for a "wonderful" neuro at Vandy the next day. I felt so robbed that I canceled the appt and contacted www.turnthecorner.org and they found me a local LLMD...

Oh-ya, my 9 year old daughter is also CDC positive. And I have a good friend from Chatanooga that is also CDC pos.

Lyme and Vandy can kiss my butt...lol

I started Flagyl 250mg 3 x per day.

The exact same thing is happening.

I was better for a week or so and now it is back.

My tonsils swelled up and are VERY sore.

Muscles are aching and im gettiing joint pain this time.

My vision worsened and my neck is sore and stiff. Cognitive function is suffering.

I was at the top of the range on strep titers.

Could this be a strep herx or do I just keep reinfecting myself with a viral cold...

If this is a herx then the first time it took almost a month to herx on ceftin-zith.

I Guess my main question is can a herx cause tonsilitis and sinus problems?

Can you have a strep herx?

This took 5 days on flagyl at the max dose

Post edited by: ptm82379, at: 09/19/2010 05:18 AM

Post edited by: ptm82379, at: 09/19/2010 05:25 PM

I never get just a cold - I always get sinus infections with it - but I've never had so much fatigue, muscle twitches, and head pressure, etc.

I'm convinced I'm herxing from both the Lyme and the sinus infection, so I'm increasing my detox too.

With all the pounding, I feel like a one-man band!

Tomorrow it will be one week since the first symptoms of this cold, and since I started the antibiotic. I keep telling myself tomorrow I will feel better.

I almost did today - until I had to blow my nose...

Oh, well. Maybe tomorrow.

Supermom2