Have been diagnosed with borreliosis (lyme disease)

[Kirsten]

Thank you everyone for your support and advice! Seems like so many people are dealing with this, and yes, there are a lot with severe problems! Maybe I'm lucky that my infection was detected early! Looks like I still have to learn a lot about this disease. Ordered a little info book for starters today.

I'm still not doing well, actually this is not a good day at all. I'm feeling so ill!! But it's hard to tell whether this comes from lyme disease, Hashimoto's, stress, or anything else.

Looks like this is not a good time for my family: My stepfather, Reinhold, fell down some stone steps and obviously hurt his ribs (don't know if they are broken because he refused to go to the doctor! ) and is in severe pain, my brother-in-law is in hospital with an intestinal obstruction and will probably have surgery (it's for the second time this year that this happened, and it happened before; he has the Crohn disease), and my mother will have her knee joint replaced in November, she can hardly walk. Rough times!

Kirsten

[Asiel]

Sorry about the rotten luck Kirsten. The good news is that you caught it early before it could affect too many organs and have you dragging for years. At least you know where you stand and knowing the cause always makes it easier to cope rather than keep wondering what is causing the symptoms. Had no idea you had ticks out that way, this came as a surprise.

[Barbara]

Sorry to hear about your family- the only thing I know from own experience is that broken ribs hurt- but they seem to heal on their own.

[M&M's Mommy]

((hugs))

You're in my thoughts & prayers.

[Kirsten]

Thanks!

Had no idea you had ticks out that way, this came as a surprise.

Oh yes, we have, and there's an increasing number of people with borreliosis over here. There's also another severe illness caused by ticks, it's called FSME. I think in English it's called TBE, tick-borne encephalitis. It's life-threatening, but there's a vaccine against it.


I'm still feeling very ill btw, with flu-like symptoms. Have to go back to work tomorrow, and I hope I'll manage somehow.

Kirsten