Life After Lyme Disease

Had my second appointment with the infectious disease specialist today, and what a disappointment. I told him that I am not feeling better and my joints have actually gotten worse. The Doctor said that four weeks of Doxyciclene is plenty of time for it to kill the bacteria. He said that if I’m not feeling better it is because my body does not realize that the Lyme is gone. Then he proceeded to tell me to take Aleve (Naproxen) for my joint pain.

I did some reading earlier and found out that the reason Lyme Disease is difficult to eliminate through the use of antibiotics is because it forms cysts that the antibiotic cannot penetrate and hides in these cists. When I asked the doctor about it he appeared not to know anything about it simply replying that Lyme Disease is caused by a bacteria and antibiotics taken over a four week period will kill any bacteria in your body.

I couldn’t believe my ears! This was supposed to be an infectious disease specialist! He’s supposed to know better! But it looks like this doctor is totally useless. He gave me a very strong impression that he knows nothing of Lyme Disease and was basically writing me off.

Looks like I will be searching for a new Doctor.

I had my appointment with an infectious disease specialist today. The Doctor seemed very casual about it, almost like it’s not a big deal. That did not make me feel all that good about this Doctor but I will give him a chance.

He asked me a long list of questions trying to narrow down my symptoms and try to evaluate how far the Lyme Disease has spread throughout my body.  Based on that the Doctor said that he thinks I had Lyme Disease for less then a year.

He prescribed Doxycycline 100MG twice a day for 30 days saying that it should clear it up fairly quickly. Hopefully it will work. He also gave me a referral to get a cardiogram done to make sure that the Lyme Disease did not spread to my heart. He said it was just precautionary.

I’m really hoping the Doxycycline will work.