Guest guest Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 I had drs. that felt I had strokes, but nothing ever showed up as a stroke. I believe I read somewhere that strokes can happen with Lyme. I did have brain lesions and was misdiag. with MS for a time. I have had chest pains, too. I have costochondritis or should say Lyme mimicking it. That causes chest pain. One time I was admitted to the hospital for pain and had an abnormal EEG. They thought I was going to have a heart attack. Turns out it was from the arthritis in my C-spine which may be from Lyme, also. One drs' site I read said Lyme can mimic any disease and any symptom. A good site to go to is www.CanLyme.com and go to the symptoms link. I did that and found I had 5 of the mentioned diagnosis and then 38-40 symptoms. If you had the rash as I did, don't test with just any lab, test thru IGeneX. I tested neg. 3x's with the reg. labs and so was left untreated until recently. Also, don't see just any dr., be sure to see a LLMD! jan PS If you get tested by IGeneX and your dr. tells you the test was neg., be sure to get copies. They can read neg., but actually be indeterminate in areas that would mean a positive diagnosis to a LLMD That is what happened to me. > > while it is almost certain I have lymes I now have a neuro who sent me > to have a MRI. He called and told me it showed I have had 'small > strokes' and he wanted me to have a MRI of the neck and brain stem. > Meanwhile I am in the hospital for chest pains. No heart attack > though. Has anyone had symptoms like this? I had a bulls eye rash so > I'm fairly certain I have lymes. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Thanks for the reply, it is very frustrating since I am in North Carolina and a LLMD is hard to find. The infectious disease Drs. here are very much on the party line. I think the Neurologist is more open but we will see. Are you OK now? > > I had drs. that felt I had strokes, but nothing ever showed up as a > stroke. I believe I read somewhere that strokes can happen with Lyme. > I did have brain lesions and was misdiag. with MS for a time. > > I have had chest pains, too. I have costochondritis or should say Lyme > mimicking it. That causes chest pain. One time I was admitted to the > hospital for pain and had an abnormal EEG. They thought I was going to > have a heart attack. Turns out it was from the arthritis in my C- spine > which may be from Lyme, also. > > One drs' site I read said Lyme can mimic any disease and any symptom. > A good site to go to is www.CanLyme.com and go to the symptoms link. I > did that and found I had 5 of the mentioned diagnosis and then 38- 40 > symptoms. > > If you had the rash as I did, don't test with just any lab, test thru > IGeneX. I tested neg. 3x's with the reg. labs and so was left > untreated until recently. Also, don't see just any dr., be sure to see > a LLMD! > > jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 Did you go to the LDA site to look for a LLMD referral? http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/ jan > > Thanks for the reply, it is very frustrating since I am in North > Carolina and a LLMD is hard to find. The infectious disease Drs. > here are very much on the party line. I think the Neurologist is > more open but we will see. Are you OK now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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