Lyme Disease questions
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How long was the tick on there? It generally needs to be attached 24 hours.
Did you save the tick to have it tested and identified?
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Sorry to hear, Aqua.
It sounds like you already know the common facts about Lyme that are in this FAQ. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/epidemiology-fact-sheets/lyme-disease/
But it did say this: "The EM rash can appear from 3 to 30 days after tick exposure (usually by seven days); other symptoms begin to appear at the time of the rash."
That's different from what your doc told you.
Good luck. Hope your tick was harmless.
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@lufins-dad said in Lyme Disease questions:
How long was the tick on there? It generally needs to be attached 24 hours.
Yeah, I know the things. It could very well have been but no way to know.
Did you save the tick to have it tested and identified?
It broke up into several pieces, so they couldn't identify it. I did bring it in.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Lyme Disease questions:
@lufins-dad said in Lyme Disease questions:
How long was the tick on there? It generally needs to be attached 24 hours.
Yeah, I know the things. It could very well have been but no way to know.
Did you save the tick to have it tested and identified?
It broke up into several pieces, so they couldn't identify it. I did bring it in.
Then yeah, start the Doxy. Your doctor should be willing to do so. If not, go to an urgent care. They will put you on it ASAP.
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad said in Lyme Disease questions:
Your doctor should be willing to do so. If not, go to an urgent care. They will put you on it ASAP.
Better have an appointment. Otherwise they'll sit around smoking cigarettes and watch you die in the parking lot.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@catseye3 said in Lyme Disease questions:
@lufins-dad said in Lyme Disease questions:
Your doctor should be willing to do so. If not, go to an urgent care. They will put you on it ASAP.
Better have an appointment. Otherwise they'll sit around smoking cigarettes and watch you die in the parking lot.
Nah, urgent care is great for mild stuff like this. For serious problems, hell no.
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@horace said in Lyme Disease questions:
I hope you don’t have Lyme. Good for you to be proactive about all that. How does one see a doctor in such short order?
It's funky here. I got a next-day appointment, and there was no one in the waiting room.
My ophthalmologist requires 3-4 months advance scheduling. Used to be 3-4 weeks.
My doc sent the one-dose doxy to the wrong CVS, though, so I was trying to transfer it.
CVS 1 basically refused to fill it. They said it would take days. Everyone was working the clinic.
CVS 2 never answered their phone.
CVS 3 in the next county over could do it, no problem. There was nobody in there. -
@loki said in Lyme Disease questions:
My Lyme disease hit me very hard, mostly utter exhaustion. Scary that the doxy didn’t seem to be working the first couple of weeks. In the end I have not experienced anything since, it seems like a lifetime ago.
Did it ever come back?
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@aqua-letifer said in Lyme Disease questions:
@loki said in Lyme Disease questions:
My Lyme disease hit me very hard, mostly utter exhaustion. Scary that the doxy didn’t seem to be working the first couple of weeks. In the end I have not experienced anything since, it seems like a lifetime ago.
Did it ever come back?
No. My recollection at the time was that there were three phases and if you got it in phase 1 you were absolutely fine, by phase 3 it was in you forever. I think phase 1 is many months so you are well within a safe period if all that still holds.
In fact I haven’t thought about it in years until you mentioned it.
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@loki said in Lyme Disease questions:
My recollection at the time was that there were three phases and if you got it in phase 1 you were absolutely fine
Sorry? I'm not getting this. What do you mean by 'phases'? Phases the bug is in when it bites you, or something?
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@catseye3 said in Lyme Disease questions:
@loki said in Lyme Disease questions:
My recollection at the time was that there were three phases and if you got it in phase 1 you were absolutely fine
Sorry? I'm not getting this. What do you mean by 'phases'? Phases the bug is in when it bites you, or something?
No, a timeline from when you got bit to when you do something about it.
You may or may not get acute Lyme. But wait too long, and you can get chronic Lyme, which is not so much an infection as it is a permanent autoimmune disorder.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Lyme Disease questions:
You may or may not get acute Lyme. But wait too long, and you can get chronic Lyme, which is not so much an infection as it is a permanent autoimmune disorder.
Ah . . . like malaria.
Bummer.
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I have a good friend who's daughter got the chronic version as they didn't catch it in time, and it's pretty awful. It's basically stopped her from being able to have a reasonable career.
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Sorry to hear this. I hope you don't get it. We used to have a vaccine for Lyme. We might get one again in a couple of years.
h/t Quirt @ wtf
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Getting a prescription was a serious pain in the ass, but I got one. Starting today.
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Now, consider the prep guys who try to always gave a few on hand...It ain't as easy as some write about...
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Well, fuck.
I've had some moderate problems with dizziness for the past two days. Haven't been able to shake it. When I lie down I'm pretty close to fine, but sitting or standing, I get pretty light-headed and my legs feel pretty wobbly.
Found the tick on Sunday, took an initial doxy dose on Wednesday, started the twice-daily 30-day program on Saturday night. I think I caught it early enough. Hope I did anyway.
This is gearing up to be a rather crappy month, but my main fear is that this doesn't go away after that and it's followed by worse shit.
My doctor's office is fucking worthless. Nurse Practitioner I initially spoke to was loathe to give me anything, and the doc I spoke to last week is absolutely convinced I have COVID. She wanted me to get properly tested at a facility that uses literally the same rapid tests we have here at home. I know that because I've gone there, asked what they used, and whether I could get the same kit for the house, which I can. So it's either go to the place and risk getting COVID to prove to a dipshit doctor I don't have COVID, or find a different doc. I'm going with option B.
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