My brother; Who lives in Connecticut and has contracted Lyme disease three times, clearly recalls my getting a tick bite and seeing the tell-tale bull's eye reaction at the bite site on the back of my leg, typical of Lyme disease. I became sick, but lacking any medical insurance didn't do anything about it, and eventually got better on my own.
Then, years later, I contract slow-onset TM, get very sick, then mostly recover, with the exception of getting seizures due to an "anomaly" on the brainstem; plus the usual constant aches, bee-sting pains all over, fatigue and weakness. I take pregabelin, gabapentin, prozac, and dilation for seizures. My brother is convinced that the TM was caused by the latent effects of in-dwelling Lyme bacteria, and I am partially convinced by his point of view; partially, because it was in the Middle East--that caldron of diseases--where I caught, and was diagnosed as having, TM. It was likely a contributing factor that could have increased the likelihood of getting TM in the first place, and also likely changed the nature of my symptoms. That is, I could have gotten some other bug which, when combined with the Lyme disease bacteria, led to developing TM (or also could have been MS, for that matter). It's getting tricky out there, with a host of new diseases that I cause on-going infections only partially treated successfully at the time, but I believe increases the likelihood later on of getting something a lot more serious like MS, TM, or even that killer ALS. Dalton Garis Flushing, Queens New York, USA On 7/16/13 5:35 AM, "I.WHIDDETT" <i.whidd...@sky.com> wrote: > Hi group, typical Brit, moan about the non-summer, it finally arrives and now > I'm too hot!! > > I've just been reading on Facebook about a little girl in Aberdeen who was > paralysed from the chest down but after intensive physio has beaten the odds > and made a good recovery. Brilliant outcome, I think we all especially hate > youngsters to get this horrible condition. Unusually, they are giving a > reason for her TM. It seems it was caused by a tick bite. I'm sure I > remember that someone in this group has blamed a mosquito bite. As though we > don't hate these bloodsucking pests enough already....! > > Iris > > > Sent from my iPad >
