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 "Diagnosed with Lyme disease October 2011" (smokeyblue66)

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11/23/2011 09:04 PM
nank59
nank59
 
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It really appears as if I've aged quite a bit since becoming infected in June. I saw a photo of myself a few days ago and I thought "Whoa". Has anyone else experienced this this?
nan

I am not a doctor, nor have I ever been. All comments are based on my personal experience or opinion.

IgM
41+

IgG
41+
31 IND
39 IND

Currently treating Lyme & Babesiosis.
Have many Bart symptoms.

Blessings! :)
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11/23/2011 09:10 PM  Top
Avs1823
 
Posts: 261
Member
I have. saw a recent pic of me and thought "what the hell happened??" my hair is starting to get better, was straw and falling out, my skin still looks grayish. I feel like I've aged 10+ yrs in the last 2 yrs.

I hope it gets better as I get better.

11/23/2011 09:37 PM  Top
smileanyway
smileanyway
 
Posts: 637
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I hear you. At the age of 28 I found gray hair. GRAY HAIR!!!!. Umm is that related to lyme?

Alanis Morset come to mind right know.

I'm sick but I'm pretty baby.

Somehow it makes me feel better.

11/25/2011 08:37 PM  Top
Rchamp
Rchamp
 
Posts: 79
Member
I had gray hairs at 24. The skin around my eyes is wrinkling.

Previous discussions I participated in:
Use of Hot Water Therapy
FINALLY!!!!
HGH releasers

11/25/2011 09:31 PM  Top
tizmo
tizmo
 
Posts: 676
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I'm 27 and am noticing increased wrinkle lines since getting really ill and I've heard this is a symptom of lyme. If I don't get better soon I'll look old in no time.

11/25/2011 11:21 PM  Top
equestrian06
 
Posts: 381
Member
No offense y'all... but all of this starts to happen to most people around their mid-twenties. Wink

Anyone that spends any time in the sun will atleast begin to get crows feet in their mid-20s. Laugh lines, frown lines. Mini-lines everywhere. Skin will start losing elasticity. cellulite, saggy skin.

Dont just lump it all into Lyme Wink Chances are, it might have caused some of it - stress, nutrient deficiency, lack of physical activity, etc, will obviously play a big part in aging - so do your best to minimize those.

11/26/2011 12:30 AM  Top
Bettyg
 
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my 1st white/gray hair was 13; classmate pulled it out at a softball game.

8 yrs. BEFORE being bitten by a tick off folks' cut xmas tree!!

actually for 42 yrs. chronic lyme, i've aged quite well; i don't have wrinkles or eyes. i've not used makeup in decades except for my war paint ... lipstick Laughing Silly

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11/28/2011 08:55 PM  Top
alisa
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Hi, you have hit a pet peeve with me. I have heard lyme patints complain they don't look sick so therefore people assume they are ok. Everyone who knows me can tell when I am sick when they see me. I have cognitive problems and I can not remember specifics. to give you as examples exhaustion is one eyes are another and that's all i can remember, I would love to look ok.

But I have had this for a long time 1996 for absolute sure but isuspect 1992-1924 and then kicked it never thought of it again until 1996 when I fell very ill with what i thought was spider bites which was really multiple em's/ I hate looking like crap.

11/28/2011 09:31 PM  Top
jeanetter44
jeanetter44
 
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I look sick 98% of the time. The other 2% people don't see how long it took me or how painful it was to blowdry my hair and style it.

They don't see the numerous breaks I have to take to even get to looking like "me" again.

We all have varying levels of sickness with this. I've been bedridden most of my days for the past 2 years, it's gotten really bad.

However, the last FIVE DAYS IN A ROW I have had the shackles and chains of the horrible pain leave my body. Hard to get too excited...hard to not. I can't believe after two years in complete hell, I may be seeing some light.

Lyme is a tricky one though, I know it can all be gone tomorrow when I awake and struggle to move my body.

For today, and the last FIVE days. I'm grateful.

KEEP FIGHTING!!!!! KEEP FIGHTING!!!! Don't give up!!! Much love...J

I am not a doctor nor a health professional. All comments are based on personal experience.

“Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death” Elbert Hubbard

Percocet 10/325 mg 4 x's daily
Seroquel 200mg at bedtime
Klonopin 2mg at bedtime

Multivatimin
Calcium plus D

Tried numerous NSaid's and muscle relaxers (no help)
Cymbalta/Savella (made me WIRED, heart racing)
Lyrica (dizziness, depth perception skewed)

Trigger Point injections no help. Makes me bedridden for 4-5 days.

PT three times, makes worse.

Tried Gluten Free diet (no help)

11/28/2011 09:50 PM  Top
VicMac
VicMac
 
Posts: 1648
Senior Member
Sad Well, without my makeup and close up, I look alot older than I am.

Yesterday at a museum, I was offered the senior admission price. And one time someone asked if my Mom and I were sisters.

This disease has definately aged me. But so has having a hysterectomy.

But at the same time, along the lines of what someone else just said here, my illness is just not visible, and people think I somehow look fine.

I guess the main problem is lack of decent sleep. We could probably all use it!

Nank, dont let the premature aging thing get you down. You are definately not alone in this.

Post edited by: VicMac, at: 11/28/2011 09:51 PM

I wish I had solutions for everybody here who is suffering, but I am still hunting for them myself and seem to be more of a student on this board than a teacher. All I have to offer is my experience, support, and prayers based on what I have learned in my recovery. I am not a physician.
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