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05/08/2007 10:55
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Hello my name is raylene and i am currently awaiting test results for lyme disease here is my story on april 28,2007 me and my family had taken a little camping trip we rode the 4 wheelers all day later that evening my leg started to bother me it was red and swollen and my stomach was upset i laid down in the tent woke up the next morning my throat and my ear had started hurting i had told my husband that i had woken up in the middle of the nite and my back molar on my right side was throbbing i had him look in my mouth and to our supprise there on the right side of my tounge was a big sore any how we returned home still feeling crappy and as the days had progressed the pain had moved in to my neck and up in to my eye so on friday the 4th of may we went to the Dr he wasnt sure what was going on he swabbed my throat and diagnosed me with strep gave me an antibiotic and sent me on my way well the next morning i woke up to my suprise and the right side of my face was drooping scared my hubby took me to the ER and there i was diagnosed with bell's palsy gave me steriods an anitviral med and a ointentment for my eye that was sat the 5th i had along nite my stomach was cramping and i was sick all nite so sunday i went to a diffrent hospital and wouldnt you know they diagnosed me with strep ,bell's palsy and the stomach flu i did have them test me for lyme disease i am currently awaiting the test results and as i read more info on the web about the signs and symptoms i have more of them then not i am going to see another Dr at a diffrent clinc tommrow which is may ,7th ,2007 if there is anything at all you could do to point me in the right direction i would greatly appreciate it thanks Raylene
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05/08/2007 20:29
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This sounds like textbook lyme. DO not take steroids, it suppresses the immune system. What is wrong with these doctor's ? To find a good doc in your area go to

www.lymediseaseassociation.org

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05/09/2007 05:35
jaime1978
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It just amazes me that these docs never "look into " something....they dx the first thing they see. I have been saying this for years. 10 years ago I had this one doctor and I was just a teenager... everytime I went in to him, I felt like he would just tell me I had what the majority of people who came in with my symptoms had...he didn't investigate.

If you feel something is being overlooked, make sure you stick to your guns. I hear a lot of the blood tests for lyme are inaccurate, so you will probably be told you don't have lyme....

also check out www.lymenet.org

Please do not take anything I say as medical advice. I am not a doctor.

~lyme disease support group leader~
please pm me with any special concerns
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