For the non-lyme literate: Common Lyme abbreviations: abx=antibiotics  dx=diagnosed/diagnosis

HAWAII

Casey Nonaka - Aloha- 8 years of pain and doctors telling me to live with the pain, it's stress, fibromyalsia, etc. Finally when I started to throw up in the morning I could not take it anymore so I went back East to get the diagnosis I have know in my heart all along. Had numerous Lymes test that came back negative, until I did the CD-57 suggested by my sister nothing came back unusual. doctors in Hawaii know nothing about Lymes they don't have it here, I got it on a visit back home to Maryland. It's been a long hard road and the healing process has not been easy either. I have been 2 months on antibiotics and had the Herx reaction 2 weeks ago that was really scary. I'm still trying to work part time but that is difficult with the low energy level I have since I have been on the anti-biotics. I have Epstein Barr also since my immune system was so tired. Very low MSH and very high C4A which I am still waiting to find out what that means. If it wasn't for my strong belief in God I would either be dead or addicted to pain killers, my faith has taken me this far and I look forward to feeling myself again, even though I can't remember how that is after all these years. God bless anyone out there and don't give up!!!

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