TOPIC: the dreadful lime disease

My great season last ur came with a price. I've gone threw some terrible side effects due to are little pest the tick. It started out with a little rash that didn't look like the bulls eye rash. I though nothing of it . it went away after a week then things were OK. A month later major joint pain in the fingers and knees n neck the arm where the rash was went numb n had pins n needles feeling. Wentto my Dr n he said arthritis n sent me to c heart Dr. I'm only 35 n the thought of living with arthritis that long was not to fun. My heart Dr ran some test n did the fun stress test n found out my heart was skipping a beat and first thing he asked was had I ever been bit by a tick I laughed n said many. Did lime test n Dr said it was definitely lime. A whole month of nasty antibiotics which made me sick and gave me fungal infections in not so nice places. But doing good now knees hurt still n Dr says only time will tell if it will go away n might need a pace maker now. Have any of u had lime disease? What have u dine to cope with the pain? Hope none of u ever get it if u haven't had it it really sucks.

Hobler, I got bitten by a deer tick last September. Like you I thought little of it until it developed the bullseye rash and got hot and painful. I went to my doctor and he put me on some high powered antibiotics. I've never developed symptoms of Lyme since. But I will tell you it scared the hell out of me and has made me regular user of insect repellent. Deer ticks seem to be a newcomer to my area in Kentucky. I know we didn't have them when I was a kid. So please everyone protect yourselves and your kids when in the woods. Lyme is nothing to take chances with.