Lime disease.

[philoshop]

Has anyone here ever been actually diagnosed with this? Any information would be helpful, because I've been suffering from some fairly unusual afflictions for the last year that just don't match up with the modern medicine game plan. I pulled a deer tick out of my hip in 2012 and never got it checked out.

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[NFA-ADK]

Get tested, I don't have it but my 2 brothers and father have it.  It can be treated but the longer you wait the more damage it can do!

[philoshop]

I'm calling the hospital lab on Monday. At least eliminate it as a cause of my current problems.

[bugsNbows]

BTW, FYI it's called Lyme disease... the other lime is a fruit! LOL

[philoshop]

53 minutes ago, bugsNbows said:

BTW, FYI it's called Lyme disease... the other lime is a fruit! LOL

No problem B-N-B!

[Jeremy K]

My dad just pulled a tick off his neck last night .

[Water Rat]

I was treated for Lyme disease (again) on 10/27/16. The doctor put me on Doxycycline Mono 100 MG.

My wife pulled 3 ticks out of me a couple of weeks ago after my friend and I hung up my ladder stand. The headache is the worst symptom imo. The fever and chills I could deal with but the headache never went away until I started the meds.

[philoshop]

It's not an expensive blood test, and I will never again ignore any possibility. Just sayin', folks.

I've spent most of the last 24 hours talking, e-mailing, and texting with various outdoors-people I happen to know. A wildlife biologist from Maryland, A couple of En-Con officers here in NYS. A hunting and fishing guide from Quebec. A logger from Pennsylvania. And a commercial fish farm owner and international consultant in the industry from New Hampshire.The one thing that every one of these people has said is, "Don't wait to get tested, and don't ignore the possibility of anything being related to Lyme Disease."

I'm just trying to get a handle on what's happening to me and my body right now, and if there's a possibility that all of the expert medical specialists I've seen over the last six weeks have overlooked something, I'm hoping to find out what that is.

I won't elaborate on this at all, but I'm not a whiny crybaby when it comes to being injured. I found myself wide awake and sitting upright in my bed at 2:45 this morning with tears streaming down my face just wishing I knew what the hell was wrong with me.

[Paula]

Awh, I hope the blood test will give you answers. 

 

[The_Field_Ager]

There are articles and web links related to the positive effects of Stevia (the sweetener) on Lymes

[Lawdwaz]

24 minutes ago, philoshop said:

It's not an expensive blood test, and I will never again ignore any possibility. Just sayin', folks.

I've spent most of the last 24 hours talking, e-mailing, and texting with various outdoors-people I happen to know. A wildlife biologist from Maryland, A couple of En-Con officers here in NYS. A hunting and fishing guide from Quebec. A logger from Pennsylvania. And a commercial fish farm owner and international consultant in the industry from New Hampshire.The one thing that every one of these people has said is, "Don't wait to get tested, and don't ignore the possibility of anything being related to Lyme Disease."

I'm just trying to get a handle on what's happening to me and my body right now, and if there's a possibility that all of the expert medical specialists I've seen over the last six weeks have overlooked something, I'm hoping to find out what that is.

I won't elaborate on this at all, but I'm not a whiny crybaby when it comes to being injured. I found myself wide awake and sitting upright in my bed at 2:45 this morning with tears streaming down my face just wishing I knew what the hell was wrong with me.

I wish you well and hope the docs get to the bottom of it PDQ.

[JRod 8G8H]

I have lyme.. Initial symptoms were fever fatigue migrating joint pains... Liver enzymes were off.. If left untreated it can cause permanent damage, neurological damage etc. Need western blot. Yes i am a dr but do not deal with this. Get tested, good luck

[Pygmy]

Good luck with your testing, Philo !

[halfnelson]

The only time I got bit by a tick was about 3 yrs ago up in Cicero.  Came home from a trapshoot and had 104 fever for 3 days, broke out in blotches/rashes-not a bullseye.  Doctor confirmed lymes.  She put me on 21 days of Doxy, I asked her for another course of meds for another 21 days because I was certain I had just been bit. Whenever I go outside at home( southern tier) I have tick treated clothing and boots on- for some stupid reason when I went upstate that time I didn't.

Thank God my case was caught immediately , and I've had no problems since.  But I'm extra careful now...I always spray clothing and footwear with permithrin tick spray, which I've found to always work well.

Hope you get the right treatment and get well soon.

[philoshop]

Roughly one year ago I was primarily concerned with limiting the destruction of my woods while still keeping my little shack heated with firewood. Careful toppings and take-downs were key issues for me. Today I can't even lift my bigger chainsaws to carry them into the woods. This is not something that just happens normally to guys in their late 50's.

[Steve D]

Can't believe no one (dr.'s) thought to test for it before. From what I understand the sooner it is treated the better. No comparison but I lost a good coonhound to Lyme disease last winter. By the time it was diagnosed it was to late. Not a pretty thing to watch. Ticks are getting worse an worse. Wish the state would spend more time and money fighting something like that instead of gun control.

Hope everything goes well and they can get you back up and running!

[philoshop]

1 hour ago, Steve D said:

Can't believe no one (dr.'s) thought to test for it before. From what I understand the sooner it is treated the better. No comparison but I lost a good coonhound to Lyme disease last winter. By the time it was diagnosed it was to late. Not a pretty thing to watch. Ticks are getting worse an worse. Wish the state would spend more time and money fighting something like that instead of gun control.

Hope everything goes well and they can get you back up and running!

The whole thing about quick/immediate testing is the point. Nobody in the medical system seems to care about Lyme Disease, and they don't order the very inexpensive blood test to take it out of the equation.. I can be really cynical about the US health care system and say that there's just not enough money in the effective treatment and prevention of Lyme.There is simply a lot more money to be made in remediation than in prevention.

[raymerlo]

I think this ban on burning has a lot to do with it,,no controlled burns any more,I would bet that in those parts of california that had all those brush fires there aren't any more ticks,,whenever you are feeling down in the dumps,have aches and pains,there is a good chance you may have come down with lymes.Go to the Doc and tell them that you want a lymes test

 

[raymerlo]

I had lymes quite a while back,was tested and came back negative.Went to westchester hospital and was put in a lymes study and was treated with tetracycline that was what they used back then,all the problems subsided but never really are gone...Sorry for the double post

[bugsNbows]

Arthropod "control" (including ticks) can be tricky. It's basically a manipulation of populations and management of factors to decrease numbers. It's essential that all methodology be employed at correct times and cycles. To that end, I doubt the state could do much other than spend taxpayer $. Everybody needs to assume their own strategies based on their own circumstances. 

[Nomad]

I wish you well .

A couple years ago I pulled a tick off and called my Dr. to see what to,do. They had me come right in and tested me, they also,started me on Meds. that day, not waiting for test to come back , which came back negative .

[fasteddie]

WalMart has a small device similar to a Tick Key that extracts ticks quite safely for about $4 . DICKs has the Tick Key for $6 or $7 .  Either place is cheaper than Amazon . 

 

[philoshop]

I've never seen such a thing Eddie. I just used a very precise pair of surgical-grade tweezers that get used for sliver/splinter extractions and have become standard truck equipment since the late 1970's.

[NonTypical]

When I went thru this 2 years ago, I asked my Dr to test me. She gave me the whole song and dance on how there was no way I had it. I had to insist that they do the test. Of course I had it. I don't know when I was infected. It was treated and things improved. Lately I've been feeling like crap again. I think it's time to go get tested again, but this time I may go see a Rhumetologist. 

[grampy]

Hope you feel better soon!

This past Monday I got back to my truck after doing a little scouting, farther down from a ridge set up. I felt something on my hand, it's a tick. Then the other hand, another tick. Look at my pants and there had to be a dozen of them on me. The rest of the afternoon I had at least six more crawling on me! On the way home, yup, another one on my hand. I couldn't wait to get home, strip down, put everything in the washer and get in the shower! I've never seen them this bad in the hill towns of Albany county. So far I'm surprised to not find one embedded in me. I do think the Under Armor base layer, helps to keep most of them off my skin. But man, do I hate them things!!!