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09-13-2016, 05:01 PM | #1 | |||
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I wish you well with the IV and line. ...don't worry about the risks....I know tons of people who used them with no problem. Glad you are able to work...that is terrific. D. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | madisongrrl (09-13-2016) |
09-13-2016, 09:49 PM | #2 | |||
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I think there will be some trying and dark times ahead of me with IV antibiotics. I'm lucky that I can work from home sometimes, else I would have never have been able to stay employed. Did your face pain and disequilibrium ever get better with treatment? I know that we both share some of the same facial symptoms, which is some of the worst pain that I have some days.
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09-21-2016, 08:42 PM | #3 | |||
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May I suggest, if you are doing IV abx for the first time, you should prepare for the possibility of a herx. They gave me pretty high doses of Rocephin and I did herx and it was tolerable but, I was already off work and a family member came to stay with me so my husband could work so I was well taken care of. Since you are the breadwinner, and if your employer is not understanding, maybe take some vacation time. If I had to do it all over again, I would do IV again in a minute. I was not "cured" but it brought the pain level down and helped a lot of symptoms, the worst being seizures,migraines, insomnia, narcolepsy and neck pain so bad, I couldn't sit upright. It also brought back some cognitive function I had lost and just made me feel, cognitively, a bit more like my old self. The equilibrium got much better but sadly, pain in my face, which is actually the pain in the entire right side of my head, was better while on IV and for several months afterward but, it came back. I had to stop all abx because my c.diff issues were becoming very serious and my docs advised no more abx, ever. It is the main reason I have too stay on gabapentin or Lyrica. I stay on the lowest dose possible of Lyrica...it just takes the edge off. I also take opiates for the pain. Also, if you are paying for it yourself, I knew folks who had no insurance and had to be resourceful. One woman went right to abx maker and got a discounted price but this was 15+ yrs ago. I just had to purchase some of my cancer meds from Canada because my insurance would not cover them and that is another option although I know the PICC line insertion and nursing costs are what rack things up. I also knew people who enlisted family members who were nurses to help manage the PICC line rather than pay an agency. If you do the PICC line, hydrate like crazy the entire day before you have it in...it helps insertion. Prior to my PICC line, I had a midline and my nurse not only had me hydrate, she had me wrap a hot/wet large towel around my arm for 20 minutes prior to insertion...it REALLY helped. I have tiny, crappy veins. I was so scared before the first time because I am such a wimp about needles but they taught me how to do the Rocephin twice a day, flush with saline and heparin and it was easy. Seriously, if I can do it, anyone can do it. Best of luck. Please let me know if you decide to do it. I'll be your cheerleader Diandra |
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09-26-2016, 05:35 AM | #5 | ||
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So, my 3 weeks of doxy is just about to finish and i feel that there hasnt actually been any improvement in my symptoms after all.
Although there was initially some scabbing of the skin over some of the problem areas (my fingertips), these cleared up quite quickly without significance and now im worried now that perhaps my Lyme diagnoses was incorrect, and that the 2 positive test results i had were false positives. I have another appointment with my doctor in 2 days time to discuss how the treatment went and im wondering what to do next. Should I push to continue the Doxycycline and see if i get any results from a longer trial, or should I ask to be retested, maybe with a broader test for other infections such as bartonella? Could a positive test have actually indicated another type of infection other than Lyme disease? Thanks |
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09-26-2016, 08:44 AM | #6 | |||
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you have/had open sores on your fingertips?
This link explains what might be happening to give a false positive result: Lyme Disease Test
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"Thanks for this!" says: | JimJamJones (09-26-2016) |
09-26-2016, 11:59 AM | #7 | ||
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great! that's exactly the kind of info i needed. Thanks Mrs D
But no, i never had open sores on my fingers, just specific areas of skin on my fingertips about the size of a pea, which are hypersensitive. It was these areas that dried out and hardened during the first week of the doxy which lead me to think it was doing something. Unfortunately, they healed just as quickly and went back to being hypersensitive again :/ |
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