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speedybak Posts: 9
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Welcome to the world of Lyme Disease. I just got the official results back and not only have Lyme Disease, but I also have Babesia Co-infection. I know exactly what you are going through. I first came down with Meningitis, and then was admitted to the hospital 3x after that for uncontrolled fever, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue. While watching "Mystery Diagnosis" on Discovery Health channel, a young man was profiled on the show and he was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. He described all of the symptoms I was experiencing, and I began to research Lyme Disease on the net. Despite my primary doc testing the antibody for Lyme Disease and was negative on that test, I sought a LLMD and had the Western Blot, Babesia FISH, and the CD-57 tests done; all of them tested positive for Lyme Disease and Babesia Co-infection. I don't actually recall seeing the typical rash nor did I ever see the tick itself, but my problems started about a week after my husband & I went camping in Roan Mountain State Park, TN. I was very active in the Reserve Unit of the local Sheriff's Dept as a reserve officer, worked FT, and was both a student and a assistant instructor in Taekwondo. Since coming down with the symptoms of Lyme Disease, I get fatigued just taking the dog for a walk around a short block, just taking a shower will fatigue me, I can't work a full 8 hour day, even though my job is a desk job, I get severe pain in various joints, I also get killer headaches that feel like someone just whacked me in the back of the head with a brick, along with transient fevers, nausea, vomiting. I've had to take medical leave from the reserves as well as Taekwondo. I live in NW FL and I travel 7 hours to see a LLMD in LA. Hopefully now that we have been properly diagnosed, we have accomplished the first step to recovery. I'm here if you need a sounding board. I wish you the best and keep me in informed of your progress. Post edited by: speedybak, at: 09/11/2007 02:32 |
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