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NEBRASKA
Linda Morgan
- I live in Nebraska and have been misdiagnosed for 3 years with
Lyme. Have been told I could not get Lyme where I live. Wake Up
Doctors. I pulled this tick out of the back of my head right at
home. In 2002, I started having leg pain. Saw a doctor that did
X-rays and a neurologist who did nerve testing and also tested for
Lyme. All came back negative. In 2003, my feet became painful and
started having tingling in my face. I saw a podiatrist for my
feet. He made orthotics, did shock wave, sent me to physical
therapy, sent me to another foot doctor that did an MRI, and Lyme
testing. Everything was negative and said I had plantar facitis. I
was lucky enough to use my gut feeing and not have surgery on my
feet. By 2005, my feet were really painful, the tingling was down my
arm and I was noticing memory loss. A stress test was ordered, but I
had no signs of heart conditions. My feet were so painful, I could
not stand at my job anymore. I lost my job in 2005. In 2005, my
family remembered me getting bit by a tick. My daughter looked up
symptoms on the internet. All my symptoms were the same as Lyme
disease. We found an LLMD in Missouri. My test came back
positive. He started me on orals right away. I was on orals for a
year when my hands and feet became numb. Thought I needed a second
opinion. Went to a neurologist. He said I did not have Lyme. He said
I had inflammation of the nerve. He had me stop my abx and started
me on prednisone and methotrexate. That was the wrong thing to do.
Both of these meds make your immune system down. My feet became
really painful, I was crawling on my hands and knees. I used my gut
feeling and got back on abx. My LLMD started me on IV abx. Did IV
abx for 11 months, and had to quit because of insurance reasons.
Went back on orals and am still on orals as of Feb. 2008. Because of
the doctors around here and their inadequacies, my symptoms became
chronic. My goal is to get back on my feet. To all you Lyme
patients, think positive, and do a lot of praying.
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