ramandarae
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| Rank | New Member |
| Online Status | OFFLINE |
| Member Since | 11/03/2011 10:16 AM |
| Last Online | 07/19/2012 06:17 PM |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthdate: | 03/29/1990 |
| City: | Sandpoint |
| State: | Idaho |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Occupation: | Lymenator |
| Blog: | http://imalymienow.blogspot.com/ |
| A little about me: | I have had symptoms since 2003. They came and went and came again... they changed a lot and I was always thought of as psychosomatic by my docs, family and close friends. I was "dramatic". I finally was having more severe symptoms this past year that made me look at my medical history and try to find a link. I randomly watched Under Our Skin one day on netflix and said, AH HA! That's me!!! lol My husband thought I was crazy and said, "Oh dear Lord, please don't tell me you think you have that, too!" So I shooed it under the rug and moved on with life. Well then my symptoms got worse again, and I read more about Lyme online. I looked up symptoms and what to ask the doc. So one day, my mother in law took me to the doc because I had diarrhea for weeks, and I would explode (sorry if TMI) every time I ate. The doc told me it was IBS... Well she didn't even care to look at any of my other symptoms. She said "go to a therapist for anxiety." I asked her to do a Western Blot (before I knew anything about the false-negatives). It came back 1 band positive, but only like 5 were tested. Then I went to a different doc to see what he thought of my medical history and to see if there was a link. He diagnosed my with Somatization Disorder (psychosomatic). I knew that there was something to the one positive band, so I went to a LLMD in Seattle and was clinically diagnosed. I started treatment: doxy and tindamax as well as some other supplements. I took another western blot and wham bam thank you ma'am, POSITIVE according to the CDC! Sooooo.......... I'm a Lymie now. |
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 | Just sending out a quick hug to everyone. I know the struggle can really wear you down, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel...you can and will get better...should you fall...we will help you dust yourself off and pick yourself up...You are each and everyone of you worth it...Lots of love to everyone... |
| Sending hugs and prayers to you, my fellow Lyme Warriors.... Let us stand strong and united this weekend for Worldwide Lyme Disease Protest day... Let us speak the truth... the ugly, shocking, scary, unbelievable truth... Let us be heard... and Let us be healed. *hugs and prayers* purple |
| Hugs to all my fellow Lyme Warriors and Lyme Supporters :)~~~~~~~ Until the site problems are cleared up. ~~~~~Please use the GREEN REPLY button instead of the quick reply box when responding to a post.~~~~~ hugs and blessings, purple |
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