My husband has been recently diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease after many years of suffering, Dr visits, thinking he was crazy and having mutiple tests done. Lyme and others came up negative, not once but a few times. SEE HIS STORY AT http://www.jeffslymejournal.blogspot.com.
We found a specialist, a "LYME" specialtist and drove 2 1/2 hours to see him.
After my husbands hour and a half visit, tests etc.... he suggested that I get the Western Blot test also to see if I have Lyme because we were here at the specialist and WHY NOT? So I got the test also. Weeks later we received the news.
My husband tested positive for Lyme and I so did I!
Wow! We were happy,(as you could be for that matter), that finally the tests showed up positive and treatment was prescibed for my husband but I was shocked that I tested positive for active Lyme!
I had very mild symptoms and never in a million years thought that I had LYME! I just thought that I was getting older, achy joints were normal and just ignored the other mild symptoms because they were so few and far between.
NEITHER ONE OF US SHOWED THE CLASSIC BULLSEYE RASH THAT MANY PEOPLE GET!
So now treatment begins for me. My husband has been on the med's for a month now with very much improved results!!! I just started and it feels strange because I was never on many medications all at once. But I am glad that we caught it early. Lyme is a terrifying disease. So many people have so many different things happen to their bodies. "UNDER OUR SKIN" is a documentary on Lyme disease and it is very eye-opening and shocking to see but a must, I believe, for everyone!!
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