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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:54 PM
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Test was positive. ElderGreenKid has Lyme disease. Please send more
healing vibes that we can get this thing killed off in its early stages.

Thanks! :)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:56 PM
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1. ((( ElderGreenKid))) nt
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:57 PM
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2. Thanks :^)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:59 PM
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4. We've got your back.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=73530&mesg_id=74156
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:01 PM
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8. Super sweet! You guys are teh awesome! :^) (His shoulder hasn't hurt for a few days, so
it must be working.)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:59 PM
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5. Bad double post!
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 04:00 PM by BlueIris
Blech.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 03:58 PM
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3. Vibes for you and him
:hug:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:00 PM
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6. Thanks :^) We're just lucky he got a bit of a rash or else we never
would have thought to have him checked! :o
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:00 PM
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7. That sucks! He has my well wishes.
:)
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:02 PM
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9. Thank you :^)
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:03 PM
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10. Vibes for EGK.
Speedy recovery, and peace of mind to you all.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:13 PM
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12. Peace of mind may be the hardest to find. :^) Kids don't want to go outside now
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:04 PM
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11. I had Lyme twice, in 2000 and 2001
Early use of antibiotics worked like a charm. 30 days of high doses of an antibiotic (I forget which one), but I started on them within a couple days after exhibiting symptoms. It helped that I was living in a part of New York that was rife with Lyme, so they assumed it was Lyme and started the antibiotic while waiting for lab results to confirm.

But, if it's early, it should go away quick and with no long term implications.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:16 PM
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13. That's what we are hoping is the case here. He had an achy shoulder and
headaches and an odd looking (but not typical bulls-eye) rash. After the rash persisted and grew for ten days I decided it was questionable and time to get it looked at. Glad we took care of it when we did. Doc said he'll be on antibiotics for 21 days.

Did you ever find the actual tick on you? They sure are small. :( We pulled one off of YoungerGreenKid in April, but it wasn't a deer tick as far as I could tell.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 07:44 AM
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26. Never found the tick and I never got the rash
I did pull numerous deer ticks off of wife and me, we managed to keep the kids pretty tick free by restricting where they went. Our son did develop the rash but no other symptoms and was on antibiotics for a month.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:20 PM
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14. (((VIBES)))
:hug:

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:45 PM
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17. Thanks! :^D
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:33 PM
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15. Vibes for EGK
Plenty of antibiotics should do the trick for him, vibes or not. I know people who weren't diagnosed for a few weeks and antibiotics knocked the daylights out of it.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:45 PM
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16. That's the plan. Knock the crap right out of it. LOL
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StrongBad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:46 PM
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18. I had it about 7 years ago.
If you caught it in the early stages everything should be fine after a strong course of antibiotics.

Good thoughts for ElderGreenKid...
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:05 PM
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24. He most likely was exposed no more than 2 weeks ago since that was when the rash and pain kicked in.
I had an archeology prof in college who had it pretty seriously. He had trouble with his fingers swelling and aching, making it hard for him to clean up the pieces he'd found. He thought he might have picked up a tick while out on a dig way back when and just missed the early symptoms.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:48 PM
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19. Biggo vibes for EGK!
I'm so relieved that you know what he has!

That makes it much easier to fight!

I wish him a swift and total recovery...

And some good night's sleep for you!

:hug: :hug:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:02 PM
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23. Thanks, NursePeggy! *hugs*
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fight4my3sons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:49 PM
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20. ((vibes))
My hubby got it the first year we moved up here to Maine. We just had my older son tested two weeks ago (it came back negative), but our ped said that the previous week 7 kids had tested positive! Hope ElderGreenKid is feeling better soon! :hug:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 04:52 PM
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21. 7?! Dang :^( What worries me most is that 50% of the time there is no rash so it
Edited on Fri Aug-08-08 04:52 PM by GreenPartyVoter
goes undetected, written off as growing pains or the flu. I'm gonna call the doc every time the kids say "Ow" now. LOL

Glad your kiddo is ok. :)
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fight4my3sons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:02 PM
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22. yep
they tested him because he had flu like sypmtoms, but tested negative on the quick strep test. No rash, but I had picked an engorged deer tick off of him about a month ago. He is five and does NOT like me to do checks around his 'private area' so I let him put his pjs on after bath time one night (if my husband is working late I leave it up to him to check himself). The next morning he needed help buttoning his pants and there was a tick right around his pantline. ugh...

We just moved up to Camden from Phippsburg last weekend. I don't know if the ticks are any better up here than they were down there. I was picking them off all the time down there.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-08-08 05:06 PM
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25. I'm in Castine and we seem to be a hotspot. There are deer running through
the trailer park frequently, so these little buggers drop off in the field where the kids play. It's a mown field too, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
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fight4my3sons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:01 AM
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27. When we lived in NY there were deer everywhere.
My husband did lawns on the side and I was sure he would get it then. We were so surprised when he got it when we moved up here (only saw one deer since we moved here! and have yet to see moose much to my disappointment. Yes, I have driven to Jackman. lol)

My mom, mom's husband who is a farmer and is outside all the time, and my dad who is never outside all have had lymes multiple times. They all live in NY.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:28 AM
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28. Sending best wishes...
and healing vibes.. for a speedy recovery for ElderGreenKid. Glad they found out what it was. :hug:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:29 AM
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29. Sending my best vibes.
:hug:

My cousin was just diagnosed a few weeks back. He seems to be doing ok.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 09:37 AM
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30. My sympathies.
That's nasty stuff. Don't blame you at all for wanting it killed early.
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 12:27 PM
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31. I hope you're successful beating this thing.
:hug:

I'll be thinking good throughts. I hope you have a really good doctor working on this. (Is it Rheumatologists that deal with Lyme disease?)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 04:51 PM
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32. Vibes
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 07:14 PM
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33. I will certainly send healing vibes ElderGreenKid's way.
:(
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