Lyme disease pointers please

[kinzel]

In the midst of all the celebration of my mother and step-father's 50th anniversary we discover a family member(neither of us), is diagnosed with AND suffering very much from Lyme disease to the point of being unable to travel 8 miles to be part of an event months in the planning.

We are looking for non-generic Lyme disease information, that is, for information and resources proven useful for someone you know, if not yourself. The victim is male, in his early fifties, generally an active and rugged out-door type with wide ranging interests... who is recently reduced to "hurting in places he didn't know he had" ... as his son reports it.

Generic information or resources localized for Maryland or the Mid-Atlantic might help as well.

We're on the road, have had a very mixed connectivity weekend, and may not be able to check in again until Tuesday or even Wednesday.

TIA!

Steve

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Lyme Treatment

[(Anonymous)]

I had Lyme with the neurological symptoms (facial paralysis, optic neuritis, etc) way back in 1989. I ended up at Hopkins (in Baltimore) in the neurology ward for 2 weeks of IV drugs--ceftriaxone. I have had no real long term effects except that the family trait arthritis kicked in way early. My doctor at Hopkins has, of course, moved on to another hospital. But, as you have found out, Maryland is a hot-bed of Lyme and I am sure that Hopkins has a program (they have a program for everything, after all).