Another Vote for Chronic Lyme Disease
I was talking to someone yesterday who got Lyme disease 5 years ago. She says she was full of energy and never sick in 70 years. Then, she became a Lyme victim and got arthritis and a list of other ailments one after the other. She says she’s had many relapses over the past few years.
A woman standing nearby said she must have meant to say Lyme survivor. She responded immediately that she definitely meant victim because she hasn’t overcome the Lyme disease – it still is bothering her.
I don’t like the thought of being a victim, though. Maybe Lyme fighter?
I’m personally doing pretty well this week, although I still have no stamina to speak of!
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November 11th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
The entire chronic v. post-Lyme is an odd debate to me. I really have no clue what post-Lyme is supposed to mean other than, well, you basically still have it!
I hear you with the stamina. I just got over my second bout of a wonderful J-H reaction to my second round of doxy that continues onward. I was pulling open the bag in a box of cereal this morning. It revealed yet another thing that is different. I used to have unusually strong hand strength. But my fingers just are not what they used to be.
My wife refreshed my memory of a bout three conversations we had recently that I had absolutely no memory of, something else that has never been the case unless I was intentionally not listening
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And sleep is just not coming in large enough doses – ever.
So do I have early symptoms of chronic Lyme? These as well as my NK cell count test which just came back last week say yes. It was a whopping 18. Twenty is apparently dangerously low. Some research indicates that this is an effect of long-term Lyme infections.
I am also worried about possible Epstein Barr since my spleen and liver are enlarged and uncomfortable since the Lyme reactivated the momo I had when I was a kid.
Basically my body is a total wreck. I guess bacteria have been around longer than humans so it’s no wonder why our bodies have a tought time fighting them. They just adapt better.
So onward we go right?!