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cracking?

Hi again

Does this sound familiar...when I'm walking down stairs, my ankles crack pretty loudly. Sometimes I get stares from people..haha. Also I've noticed when I turn my head it feels like bones are rubbing together in my neck. It doesn't hurt but feels odd. Is this something I should mention if I ask to get tested for lyme. I've read that cracking can be a symptom.

Thanks again
-Sarah
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Bob,, LOL, where you fingers snapping and cracking on the keyboard, LOL Just kidding!!
I crack all of the time, never thought it had something to do with Lyme... My fingers snap and crack, my back, neck , knees sound like the "dry twigs being stepped on", and my ankles,,, I would've never thought lyme,,, interesting... Thanks
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Olives, olive oil, and olive lesf all contain compounds that support bone growth.  I ate a lot of all of them.
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Oops sorry about the multiple posts, pinkyies are numb!  And I have bad connectivity out here in the country.
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Ha!  Right up my alley, I'm the king of cracking joints!  40+  years of it!  Oddly, I don't know which coinfection was behind it. It's one of the first symptoms in me to go in reverse!  Least with the herbals I was taking.  Neck doesn't snap anymore when I turn it, shoulders still fall out of joint, but it feels like there's less bone to bone scraping.  My back doesn't pop anymore, only one of my ankles still cracks, but only if I rotate it a certain way, and it isn't as sharp as it used to be, more of a thud than a crack now.  I don't think its Borrelia itself, though it could be, I think it's one of the coinfections, just my oinion, what do I know after packing it so long?
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Ha!  Right up my alley, I'm the king of cracking joints!  40+  years of it!  Oddly, I don't know which coinfection was behind it. It's one of the first symptoms in me to go in reverse!  Least with the herbals I was taking.  Neck doesn't snap anymore when I turn it, shoulders still fall out of joint, but it feels like there's less bone to bone scraping.  My back doesn't pop anymore, only one of my ankles still cracks, but only if I rotate it a certain way, and it isn't as sharp as it used to be, more of a thud than a crack now.  I don't think its Borrelia itself, though it could be, I think it's one of the coinfections, just my oinion, what do I know after packing it so long?
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Ha!  Right up my alley, I'm the king of cracking joints!  40+  years of it!  Oddly, I don't know which coinfection was behind it. It's one of the first symptoms in me to go in reverse!  Least with the herbals I was taking.  Neck doesn't snap anymore when I turn it, shoulders still fall out of joint, but it feels like there's less bone to bone scraping.  My back doesn't pop anymore, only one of my ankles still cracks, but only if I rotate it a certain way, and it isn't as sharp as it used to be, more of a thud than a crack now.  I don't think its Borrelia itself, though it could be, I think it's one of the coinfections, just my oinion, what do I know after packing it so long?
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Welcome --

Just note to say that gorbybelle hasn't posted here for quite a while, so you might not get an answer from her -- but someone else might pop up.

What meds were you treated with, and for how long?
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Have you found out any more about your cracking?  I contracted Lyme & Ehrlichiosis a year ago.  I am still having symptoms, but lately my back cracks ALL the time with the slightest movement whether sitting or standing.  Please reply with any information you have found about cracking.  Thanks!
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My neck, often.

My ankles, sometimes.  Snapping sounds like rubber bands.

My knees crackle sometimes like Rice Krispies in milk.
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Cracking is a very common lyme symptom.  I crack all over even my jaw.  I sound like walking on dry sticks  in the woods.
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I get a lot of cracking, esp; in my neck & shoulders - I am seeing LLMD soon and I am going to mention EVERYTHING!!!   What other symptoms do you have?
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