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?
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:27 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:31 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:35 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:42 last edited by@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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wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:45 last edited by
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?
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wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:52 last edited by
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.
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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?
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 16:53 last edited by@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. -
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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 17:44 last edited by@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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@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?
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 18:14 last edited by Loki 8 Dec 2021, 18:15@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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@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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 18:17 last edited by@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?
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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?
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 18:36 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 18:38 last edited by@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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wrote on 12 Aug 2021, 19:00 last edited by
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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wrote on 13 Aug 2021, 11:00 last edited by
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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wrote on 13 Aug 2021, 13:43 last edited by
Getting a prescription was a serious pain in the ass, but I got one. Starting today.
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wrote on 13 Aug 2021, 13:55 last edited by
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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wrote on 16 Aug 2021, 16:26 last edited by Aqua Letifer
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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wrote on 16 Aug 2021, 16:35 last edited by
You need a new doctor, preferably outside that organization.
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wrote on 16 Aug 2021, 16:40 last edited by
@mik said in Lyme Disease questions:
You need a new doctor, preferably outside that organization.
Ironically I had to deal with these quacks because last week my doc was on vacation.
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wrote on 16 Aug 2021, 16:43 last edited by
Sorry to hear about these worries Aqua.
Before changing health care providers, be sure to consult with your health care provider.