
Lyme Disease Support Group
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. It is now one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the U.S. Lyme disease is caused by infection with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, and is primarily transmitted to humans as well as dogs, horses and other domesticated animals by the bite of infected ticks.

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I've had Lyme Disease for almost a year. I am on my sixth month of antibiotics and am wondering when does it all end? I feel OK for a few days then wam!, it's as though the bacteria multiplies in my body and the antibiotics only shut it up for awhile not kill it. I am so tired of fighting
this. And to think that all this could of been prevented if the doctor I saw would of had a clue as to what a Lyme Disease rash looked like. Even though I told her that the three large bulls-eye rashes I had looked just like the pictures of Lyme I saw on-line. She said, "not it's not that!"
OK, you're the doctor.
I used to have so much energy and now I can barely do the basics at home and that's with lots of caffeine. I cry so often. I feel so stuck. I wonder why God allowed this. I can't be involved in the ministry He has given me. I know He's in charge but I feel forgotten and don't know why.
Can anyone relate?
this. And to think that all this could of been prevented if the doctor I saw would of had a clue as to what a Lyme Disease rash looked like. Even though I told her that the three large bulls-eye rashes I had looked just like the pictures of Lyme I saw on-line. She said, "not it's not that!"
OK, you're the doctor.
I used to have so much energy and now I can barely do the basics at home and that's with lots of caffeine. I cry so often. I feel so stuck. I wonder why God allowed this. I can't be involved in the ministry He has given me. I know He's in charge but I feel forgotten and don't know why.
Can anyone relate?
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Yes, I can relate. I have been sick since June 2008 with lyme too. I didn't know it until last month that I had lyme and had been to many, many doctors and having all kinds of health issues. I live everyday with horrible fatique, cloudy thinking, and horrible head pressure that never goes away. I have been on antibiotics since I found out this is lyme but doesn't seem to have made any difference at all so far. If anything, I definitely feel worse. My teeth hurt, my jaw hurts, my hands hurt, my eyes hurt, my knee hurts, my back hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts. I'm sick of being sick too. I was extremely healthy before the lyme and hardly even caught a cold, now I feel like I have a flu everyday. I haven't had any good days yet, so it would be nice if I even had one good day to do something around the house. I spend most of my day laying around and going to work, that's all the energy I have. Lyme is horrible! I have been asking God why since it started, I know He can carry me through this and He will carry you through this too. What gets me through the day sometimes is to think of all the things that I can still do. I can think, see, hear, talk, walk, work, and I still have my family. I am blessed and so are You. God Bless You.
He is the one who heals us..
It is a hard disease to beat and unfortunately most doctors are blind to it and it;s symptoms. So don't expet an overnight miracle it will take a while. Take it one day at a time.
You will have good days and bad days. I can remember one year ago, I never had a good day. So the Lord is good and his mercy endures forever, Be strong.
But this is what I know about God, even when I do not feel it: He sees us, He knows us, He has a plan for us and He loves us. He did not send Lyme to us, but He will use it to make us more like what He wants us to be. He is teaching us things we might not have learned otherwise.
A month ago it looked like I was going to have to quit my job, but they gave me an unexpected additional 30 day leave. And this week I am returning to work. A month ago I had to just let go of my job, my health and my plans and leave them all in God's hands. That was not an easy task. And it's a task that I have to keep doing. But I have learned (am learning, will keep learning) that surrender is an on-going thing, not a one-time event.
So don't lose heart. God knew when He gave you your ministry that this Lyme was in your future. He knows He is in your future, and He is bigger than this disease.
Hugs and prayers,
Laura
I am banging my head against a wall because I had a good month and thought I was free...but it snuck back on me as badly as before.
I think God is allowing us to have this because he knows we are stronger than we think. Pull closer to God now, don't allow this to pull you away from your faith. I also think we are being used to educate others.
Remember, God never says "oops," so there is a reason for this even though we don't know what it is.