lyme can't be ruled out just because you live in the city and haven't been around red deer!
I think you should do some research into lyme - it will help you decide if it is a possibility - many docs. do not know very much about lyme - especially once it goes past the initial infection - lyme can lay dormant in our bodies - often showing it's self during times of stress.
THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYONES HELP TO MY POST I WISH YOU ALL A SPEEDY RECOVERY. ITS BEEN SO MUCH HELP KNOWING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEMS. IM TRYNG TO ANSWER EVERYBODYS POST HERE . I DO NOT REMEMBER THE BLOOD TEST I WAS GIVEN , I THINK IT WAS JUST A NORMAL SCREENING OF BLOOD AND A COUNT OF MY BLOOD CELLS . I WAS THEN TOLD MY BLOOD TEST WAS FINE AND MY (WHITE CELL COUNT WAS NORMAL ) I THINK . I LATER LEARNED THAT IF YOUVE HAD LYME FOR A LONG TIME MY CELL COUNT WOULD LOOK NORMAL OR NOT OVERLY ABNORMAL. IN 2001 I WAS ONLY 19 OR SO AND IT WAS MY FIRST LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP LIVING TOGETHER ETC SO WITH SAID PAIN I WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT INFIDELITY . AND THIS WAS ON MY MIND TOBEGIN WITH AND THE DOCTORS EXACT WORDS WERE ITS NOT SEXUALY TRANSMITTED ITS JUST A TICK . WITH THAT I WAS HAPPY AND DIDNT ASK ANYTHING ELSE KINDA IGNORANT. I LIVE IN EDINBURGH SCOTLANDS CAPITOL THE ONLY NATURE YOULL SEE ARE PIGEONS WHICH I WASNT NEAR . AND WASNT AFFICTED WITH LICE OR ANYTHING . WHEN THE DOC GAVE HIS DIAGNOSES I THOUGHT IT MAYBEE SOME INFECTION BUT HE WANTED TO PUT MY MIND AT REST ABOUT INFIDELITY AND DISTANCE IT FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE ETC. MY EPIDIDIEMIS SWELLED SO MUCH , IT ALSO WAX AND WANED FROM BEING LUMPY TO SWOLLEN LIKE A BALOON. I CANT REMEMBER THE ANTIBIOTICS FULL NAME ,SPELLED PHONETICALY SOMETHING DOXYCYCLINE I DIDNT FINISH THE COURSE THEN TWO MONTHS LATER THE PAIN RETURNED . I HAD MOVED TO A NEW DOCTORS BY THEN , THEY RAN THE USUAL TEST FOR SEXUALY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND I WAS CLEAN . THE PAIN WASNT AS BAD AND IT CAME AND WHENT SO I PUT IT TO THE BACK OF MY MIND . YEARS LATER I WOULD START TO GET THE ODD PALPATATION NOW AND THEN ( FLUTERING OF THE HEART ) BUT NOTHING TOO SINISTER . THEN THINGS GOT PROGRESIVELY WORSE . MY BREATH STARTED TO SMELL BAD ONLY WHEN MY MOUTH WAS DRY, AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY WISDOM TEETH COMING THROUGH AT THIS STAGE IT WASNT TO THE EXTENT IT IS NOW ONLY I COULD REALY SMELL IT MY ORAL HYGIENE IS QUITE GOOD HAHA. THE DENTIST SAID I HAD TO WAIT 6 MONTHS BEFORE REMOVING MY WISDOM TEETH . WHEN THE TEETH WERE REMOVED GUESS WHAT ,I THEN GOT DIAGNOSES OF ORAL THRUSH ,LOTS OF DIFFERENT TREAMENTS LATER THE SMELL IS OVERWHELMING FROM 6 FEET AWAY.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IM PRETTY DEPRESSED AND HOUSEBOUND. MY CURRENT DOCTOR RULED OUT LYME BECAUSE IVE NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH RED DEERS AND MY NEGATIVE BLOOD TESTS . HE ALSO PRESCRIBED ME THE SAME ANTIBIOTICS I RECIEVED IN 2001 , AND DRAWN A LINE UNDER IT END OF. THE REPEAT PRESCRIPTION DID NOTHING AT ALL BUT IF IT WAS LYME I WOULD NEED SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BY NOW . THE PAIN AROUN MY KIDNEY AREAS TERRIBLE AND REALY BAD WHEN I WAKE UP IF I HAVENT MOVED ALOT IN MY SLEEP DOES ANYONE ELSE GET THIS , HAS ANYONE HAD BAD BREATH DUE TO LYME . PHEW LONG POST , THANKS FOR READING , ANSWERING
considering the doctor gave you antibiotics when you first got sick - 2001 wasn't it? [just read your MS post] - and the fact that you didn't finish the course also you haven't been well since that time - it sounds a lot like lyme to me . You mention 'flare - ups' of your symptoms - many people with lyme notice their symptoms flare every 4 weeks or so .
Did the doctor say that the 'original pain' in your groin was caused by a tick-bite?
As 'Patsy10' said above - you need a Lyme literate doctor - known as LLMD's. - with the blood tests for lyme being so unreliable - an LLMD. makes a diagnosis based on symptoms/history etc; I myself and others here are being treated for lyme without ever having a positive blood test - it is possible to have co-infections along with lyme - you need a doctor who knows the 'whole picture' of this disease - symptoms and treatment .
If I were you my next move would be to locate an LLMD. - it may not be lyme and/or co-infection but it is definately worth an appointment with a knowledgeable lyme doc.
Many folks with lyme are told that it is 'all in their head' - when tests come back negative - anxiety is a symptom of lyme - in my experience - G.P's/M.D's. - know very little about lyme especially once it goes past the initial phase of the standard treatment.
gorbs.
Hello, I have much the same probs and you do and i am very sorry for that. Can i ask what tests you have had done included blood tests?
HI PATSY ,THANKS FOR REPLY . IN 2001 I HAD TERRIBLE PAIN IN MY GROIN I WAS KINDA WORRIED THAT IT COUDVE BEEN SEXUALY TRANSMITED . THE DOC REASURED ME IT WASNT . HE DID SAY A TICK . I WAS JUST HAPPY IT WASNT SEXUALY TRANSMITED INFIDELITY ECT . I LIVE IN SCOTLANDS 2ND BIGGEST CITY AND HAD NOT BEEN CLOSE TO NATURE SO THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT BUT I TOLD MY NEW GP ABOUT THIS YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER . ALSO CAN LYME END UP TERMINAL , AS IN THE PAST I WOULD CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES WHEN I HAD A FLARE UP IM SO WEAK NOW AND ANXIOUS OF THE NEXT ONE . BUT MY MEDICAL RECORDS PORTRAY ME AS A STRESS HEAD SO THEY OFFER LITTLE HELP , AT THE SAME TIME I DONT WANT TO BE NEAR DEATH AND STUBOURNLY REFUSE TO CALL 999 , DOH THANKS AGAIN FOR ANY HELP
Much of what you described are lyme symptoms. Were you bitten by a tick?
Testing for lyme is not very accurate so it is possible to have it and test negative.
An appt. with a doctor who specializes in lyme may help you find answers as to whether you have lyme or another disorder.