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Dadl48, So no I could not convince my PC and 7 other doctors I had it because I life in the high desert and we don't have Black leged ticks here. It finally came from my Orthopedic doc who started in medicine as a Microbiologist in the south. I see him every 60 days for a shot in my hip for burcitias. Everytime I would come in he'd asked me how I was doing and if had any of doctors I had seen had any idea what was wrong with me.
One night I watched a golf show that had Pro Golfer Jimmy Walker on. Toward the end of the show they asked him about his Lyme disease that he and his wife both had.
All of a sudden the Light Bulb went off. I imediately came up to mmy office and started reading about it. Copied off a bunch of articles about it. Went into to see my ortho guy for a shot that week and tookthe articles with me. He just smiled! He said he felt I had Lyme disease but it was out of his field at the hospital.
He said the first time I told him my symptoms he knew what it was. He also knew that the way they intially treated me with a small dose of antibiotics would cover it up. It would not show up on the blood test.
Spent the last year and a half researching it.
Something that has come to light recently is that golfers are very suseptable to Lyme Disease because we go out in the brush looking for our ball. Being in the golf business I have played in most areas of the country. Didn't realize that a pro golfer here in Albuquerque,Tim Heron, had it also.
My PC still will not admit that I have it, partly because of hospital protocal, but we've worked out where he treats the "Symptoms"! In my case Headaches and Fatigue are my Biggest problem!
I take two Oxycodone's every day and i hardly have them anymore. I've given up telling others what I take because the look at my arms for the Track Marks. Although new info I have read recently that the brusing on my arms and legs aren't from the Blood thinners I take,but now they say they are from Lyme.
My family still does not understand what it is like.
I had to take a four day business trip a couple weeks ago. It was all driving 1600 miles. Worked four stright 12 hour days. I knew what would happen and it did. I have been moreorless down since them although I'm starting to feel better. Although today I slept approx 16 hours. But I'm getting my strength back.
I don't know if you have seen but there have been two celebrities, Justin Bieber and Shania Twain who have come forward that they both have Lyme.
It helps to have some famous people come forward that has suffered from it! They try and explain it will never go away. I've found that people have different effects from it, but the headaches, fatigue and musscel soreness seemed to be comon.
Sorry for going on about it, but I truly believe it is misdiagnosed 90% of the time.
I'm sure because of it as an autoimune disease and my age puts me at higher risk for the coronavirus, I reaally don't give a Hoot!
Take Care!
Sundance(RB)

My brother took me out today, I didn’t realize so many businesses were closed. 2 shopping centers with over 400 shops.
17 cases in my county, (550,000 people) no deaths.
I’ve been home for nearly a year so isolating myself is no big deal.
Instacart doesn’t let me order TP, paper towels etc.
People are going crazy hoarding stuff.
I was running low on candy today, now there’s cause to panic!!!
@lioness, Linda, I think I read a post earlier today where you said Instacart has free delivery if you spend $35. To qualify for the free delivery don’t you have to pay $99 a year? I usually pay $3.99 but occasionally the delivery fee is $7.99 and I don’t know why the difference, do you? Plus all the other fees plus tip . It is convenient but it gets quite expensive especially when you have to order from multiple stores to get the things you need. Last time I ordered from four different stores and still didn’t get everything I requested.
My dad, Aunts, Uncles & Grandparents lived through the 1918 epidemic, 50-100 million deaths. We don’t know what hardship is. We’re so spoiled.
Stay safe all,
Jake

My brother took me out today, I didn’t realize so many businesses were closed. 2 shopping centers with over 400 shops.
17 cases in my county, (550,000 people) no deaths.
I’ve been home for nearly a year so isolating myself is no big deal.
Instacart doesn’t let me order TP, paper towels etc.
People are going crazy hoarding stuff.
I was running low on candy today, now there’s cause to panic!!!
@lioness, Linda, I think I read a post earlier today where you said Instacart has free delivery if you spend $35. To qualify for the free delivery don’t you have to pay $99 a year? I usually pay $3.99 but occasionally the delivery fee is $7.99 and I don’t know why the difference, do you? Plus all the other fees plus tip . It is convenient but it gets quite expensive especially when you have to order from multiple stores to get the things you need. Last time I ordered from four different stores and still didn’t get everything I requested.
My dad, Aunts, Uncles & Grandparents lived through the 1918 epidemic, 50-100 million deaths. We don’t know what hardship is. We’re so spoiled.
Stay safe all,
Jake

My brother took me out today, I didn’t realize so many businesses were closed. 2 shopping centers with over 400 shops.
17 cases in my county, (550,000 people) no deaths.
I’ve been home for nearly a year so isolating myself is no big deal.
Instacart doesn’t let me order TP, paper towels etc.
People are going crazy hoarding stuff.
I was running low on candy today, now there’s cause to panic!!!
@lioness, Linda, I think I read a post earlier today where you said Instacart has free delivery if you spend $35. To qualify for the free delivery don’t you have to pay $99 a year? I usually pay $3.99 but occasionally the delivery fee is $7.99 and I don’t know why the difference, do you? Plus all the other fees plus tip . It is convenient but it gets quite expensive especially when you have to order from multiple stores to get the things you need. Last time I ordered from four different stores and still didn’t get everything I requested.
My dad, Aunts, Uncles & Grandparents lived through the 1918 epidemic, 50-100 million deaths. We don’t know what hardship is. We’re so spoiled.
Stay safe all,
Jake

Dadl48, So no I could not convince my PC and 7 other doctors I had it because I life in the high desert and we don't have Black leged ticks here. It finally came from my Orthopedic doc who started in medicine as a Microbiologist in the south. I see him every 60 days for a shot in my hip for burcitias. Everytime I would come in he'd asked me how I was doing and if had any of doctors I had seen had any idea what was wrong with me.
One night I watched a golf show that had Pro Golfer Jimmy Walker on. Toward the end of the show they asked him about his Lyme disease that he and his wife both had.
All of a sudden the Light Bulb went off. I imediately came up to mmy office and started reading about it. Copied off a bunch of articles about it. Went into to see my ortho guy for a shot that week and tookthe articles with me. He just smiled! He said he felt I had Lyme disease but it was out of his field at the hospital.
He said the first time I told him my symptoms he knew what it was. He also knew that the way they intially treated me with a small dose of antibiotics would cover it up. It would not show up on the blood test.
Spent the last year and a half researching it.
Something that has come to light recently is that golfers are very suseptable to Lyme Disease because we go out in the brush looking for our ball. Being in the golf business I have played in most areas of the country. Didn't realize that a pro golfer here in Albuquerque,Tim Heron, had it also.
My PC still will not admit that I have it, partly because of hospital protocal, but we've worked out where he treats the "Symptoms"! In my case Headaches and Fatigue are my Biggest problem!
I take two Oxycodone's every day and i hardly have them anymore. I've given up telling others what I take because the look at my arms for the Track Marks. Although new info I have read recently that the brusing on my arms and legs aren't from the Blood thinners I take,but now they say they are from Lyme.
My family still does not understand what it is like.
I had to take a four day business trip a couple weeks ago. It was all driving 1600 miles. Worked four stright 12 hour days. I knew what would happen and it did. I have been moreorless down since them although I'm starting to feel better. Although today I slept approx 16 hours. But I'm getting my strength back.
I don't know if you have seen but there have been two celebrities, Justin Bieber and Shania Twain who have come forward that they both have Lyme.
It helps to have some famous people come forward that has suffered from it! They try and explain it will never go away. I've found that people have different effects from it, but the headaches, fatigue and musscel soreness seemed to be comon.
Sorry for going on about it, but I truly believe it is misdiagnosed 90% of the time.
I'm sure because of it as an autoimune disease and my age puts me at higher risk for the coronavirus, I reaally don't give a Hoot!
Take Care!
Sundance(RB)

Unfortunately many things have not been taught in history. I am 84 and was 6 years old when WWII started. I vividly remember many things at that time. I remember being quarantined when I had scarlet fever in 1941. My unmarried aunt took care of me in an upstairs bedroom since my sister was only a few months old and my mother could not be with me. My father owned a threshing machine and since it was July with the oats were ready to harvest, he and grandfather had a "threshing ring" where they moved from farm to farm harvesting neighbors grain. Dinner was always served by the wife where they were working and they brought the meal outside to my dad and grandfather, instead of letting them eat in the house with the rest of the men. A sign would be put on your door QUANTEENED SCARLET FEVER and warning people to not enter and also red measles and a few other diseases that I can't remember.

Until 1953 when the vaccine was developed and a few years later, polio was very rampant in the summer time, so we didn't go anywhere. Several of the people living near us and a cousin of mine had this and were in "iron lungs" to help their breathing (probably a forerunner of the ventilators now. People who did recover were often paralyzed, or had other ongoing health problems the rest of their lives.

We are resilient and will get through this. Just be patient (a lacking attribute now) and we will get through this. Stay home and help each other when you can.