On Nov 1, 2012 I woke up very late (unusal for me) and felt like I had the flu. I hurt all over and was very weak and fatigued. I did notice a bump on the back of my head and I originally thought it was a tick which I had earlier proceeded to scratch and pick at. I now was thinking it might be a spider bite? I was sick like this for a week when my husband made me go into a dr. locally. I did mention the probable tick bite. He did test me with the standard medical lab for lyme titers and it was negative so they automatically don't run a western blot. The dr. told me I was suffereing from exhaustion and was working too much.
After about a week I started feeling better, but never did I feel 100%. A month went by and boom, it happened again. It was worse this time. Because of my begnin heart condition and the heart issues I was having, I went in for an echo to make sure my condition hadn't changed. No change here. The anxiety was getting worse. Again I started to feel better.
This happened at least 3 more times and then the last time, I never got better. I got worse and by March I was pretty much bed ridden. It was so hard to even walk across the room. My muscles were stiff and very very weak. I would get tingling sensations. My husband took me to the coast and insisted we stay there until we got answers. We began going back for this test and that. After 3 MRI's they said I didn't have MS. Tried to refer me to a neurologist or RA. I new this story after researching on the internet. I didn't think it was any of this. My instincts always said lyme. I found a lyme literate dr. online in Seattle and made my appt. I thought I might not live to make it to the appointment, how badly I felt. I've been to the ER two or three times in the interim because I thought I was dying.
When I got there, it was barely. She told me she thought I had lyme, bartonella and erlichia based on my symptoms. She started me on herbal meds while waiting a month and a half for labs. Over this month I gradually improved to the point I was able to work a little!
Labs are in and they are raging positive for all this stuff. I have seen at least 10 dr's/facilities and told every one of them about the tick bite!! What a waste of money....Well here in May I could feel the hideous bugs cycling back and had to move on it, and here I am today.
I will post a thread of all my symptoms shortly...
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