swollen face

[JanJG]

Hi everyone - Did anyone ever have or hear of waking up with a swollen side of the face.  It has happened to me two times each time on opposite sides of my face.  My lip and side of face swollen.  Very noticeable.    I finished my antibiotics yesterday - feel somewhat better except for lingering headaces (weird type) and still tired.  Rash is gone.  Starting to have trouble sleeping again.  My tests did come back with early lymes infection - took antibiotics for 21 days but still do do not feel right.  Anyone hear of this at all?  Its weird.  

[wonko]

Oh yeah,. and ditto what JackieCalifornia said.  21 days is not enough for many patients, if you still have symptoms, don't wait around, get thee to an LLMD!

[wonko]

By chance is the side of your face that is swollen the side on which you slept?

I don't get visible swelling.  However, if I sleep on one side I wake up with many symptoms on that side, my guess being that it is all inflammation related.  

For example, if I sleep on my left side, I'm likely to wait up with strong tingling on  the left side of my face, and more aches/bizarre sensations all through the left-hand side of my body.  Same deal if I sleep on my right, I'll wake up with more symptoms on that side.

As you may have guessed, I try to sleep on my back as I do best that way.

Whatever it is, hope you feel better.

[JackieCalifornia]

and PS, my face didn't swell up, but my eyes and my brain do.  And my knees.

[JackieCalifornia]

Were you tested for co-infections, meaning other diseases carried by the same tick that carries Lyme?  Not only does Lyme have different symptoms in different people at different times, but the coinfections confuse the picture with their own set of symptoms interacting with Lyme.  And coinfections don't always respond to the same antibiotics as Lyme.

It's also possible that 3 weeks of antibiotics didn't kick the Lyme infection, tho 'mainstream' MDs can be stubborn in that regard.  Even without antibiotics, the rash usually goes away by itself.

I'd get back to the MD right away and see what s/he says.  Is your MD a Lyme specialist?  If not, then I would consider finding one, sometimes called an LLMD for shorthand -- it's not a formal title, just one that means the MD has a more open mind about these things than mainstream docs.  

If your MD is not an LLMD-type, you can get a referral to one on various websites.  Let us know if you need more information on that.

Hope you are better soon.  Do call the MD!  Don't wait!