Pandas mom positive for lyme

[sf_mom]

I am mostly IgM positive and sometimes that means longer term infection. I was trying to figure out if there was an indication for you and since you are IgG 31 ++ it can be an indication of longer than a year.

 

My girlfriend has really high C3D and her CD57 are in the 30s....... I am figuring she will have a tougher time with treatment but you never know. 20% do not herx.

 

Anyway, the thought of treatment also really scared me and so far, its going to be o.k. Definitely, more energy and couple days that made me feel better than I have in a long time. I've been on one antibiotic since beginning of August and multiple for about 3 weeks now.

 

-Wendy

Edited October 18, 2010 by SF Mom

[Iowadawn]

Frankly--I think I have had this all or most of my life. The condition my mom is in has me wondering if she doesn't have lyme. SHe has bad fibromyalgia, her knees have been replaced and were the worst looking things the doc had seen along w/ her ankles, her eyes are a mess--she just had a tearduct removed & replaced, along with a nasty lacrimal sac. She has had nasty irritable bowel stuff--she's 74, but seems much older. Her moodiness is getting more yucky at times. I was sick so much of the time as a child. I came out of the shoot screaming and all accounts from family members are that all I did was scream as a baby. I was anemic very early on and had eczema. I doubt I will ever get my mom tested for lyme--she says she would never be able to tolerate the abx if she was positive. I have my hands overflowing w/ trying to get our family well. I wouldn't be surprised if I have had this forever. Evan has had it out of the shoot, and I would lay money down that my oldest has it, and I would put a little down that my middle one has it, too. I don't know how longevity of infection bodes for treatment success. Dawn

[PacificMama]

Hi Dawn,

 

It does sound like you have been dealing with this for a long time. Well, you will have some good support here.

 

I don't know if you've checked out the Iowa Lyme Support Org... I think they are pretty strong, and do a good newsletter, etc. Here is the link:

http://www.iowalymedisease.com/

 

Mary