Thread: Can't get Dx
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Old 08-15-2010, 06:16 PM
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Since the symptoms have started I have tested negative for Lyme and they started about 4 years before I got tested so I'm pretty positive it's not Lyme disease.

When I brought up MS to my neurologist he said all my symptoms were there but in the "wrong pattern" whatever that means.

I did google deficiency in B12 and the neurological symptoms that come along with being deficient for a long time are pretty much word for word what I'm experiencing. So I calld my neurologist and told them to hold off on the heart monitor for now. I have a family doc appt. on the 23rd and I'm going to ask for bloodwork on vitamins like D and B12 plus things like folic acid. If those things, plus my biopsy on the thyroid nodule, all come back negative then I will go ahead with the holter monitor.

Lyme can be cured but there is a lot of controversy in the meds they prescribe now. The routine medication is 30 days of doxycycline which is a broad spectrum antibiotic (and what I was prescribed). However, some docs believe that this doesn't entirely get rid of the bacteria and that it can lay dormant for a long time until stress or other factors induce a relapse (like mono). However, I know what Lyme feels like and it is completely different from this. These symptoms have been going on for years. Having had Lyme, that feels like my joints are in a vice and I just cannot move whatsoever.
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