Lyme disease....

[ivanputski]

i got bitten by a tick 2 weeks ago... for 4 days I was achy, fever, exhausted, sweaty chills... got tested, and despite having all symptoms came back negative. only felt better after starting doxycyclene . I have to get tested again since I may not have built up any antibodies when tested, so i might be positive.

Just took the last pill last night... side effect is nasty sunburn, even with layers and layers of 50 spf sunblock. tick bites are no joke.

Please show the tick bite if you can nebe.

get well.

[Nebe]

OK heres some pics...

First pic is about 4 days after i though something was wrong.. No bullseye, just angry. I thought it was a staff infection from poison ivy, because i had poison ivy on my ankle at the time.

2nd pic is showing a slight bullseye. I took the picture because i wanted to track this.. i thought the bullseye would become more pronounced. It did not and it just faded to a pink color..

3rd picture is my leg today at the DR's office... the pink had spread a lot and i figured it wasn't going away and only getting worse.

The DR said i did the right thing by waiting a while as people will come in immediately after being a tick bite and want antibiotics.

Hope this helps someone in the future.....

[Nebe]

3rd pic wouldn't post for some reason, so i just took another.

[cow tamer]

Originally Posted by ivanputski

i got bitten by a tick 2 weeks ago... for 4 days I was achy, fever, exhausted, sweaty chills... got tested, and despite having all symptoms came back negative. only felt better after starting doxycyclene .

Same for me too.