As some may know I have Lyme, diagnosed over 3 years ago. My understanding is it's an incurable disease that even with medications , it goes dormant but is always in your system. You can not just stay on the medication constantly .
Last year it flared up and I went back on antibiotics and it went dormant again. Well it's once again reared its ugly head . I noticed it about a month ago in my hands , arm and shoulder but put it off . It's now affected my leg , knee, hip and extremely painful. Sleeping is difficult , walking is a struggle as well as getting in and out of a vehicle or climbing. I can not raise my leg more than a foot off the ground.
Yes , I'm back on the heavy antibiotics and hope it subsides . For someone like myself , this is VERY tough to deal with due to my active lifestyle. Right now I just power through the pain and hope the meds start to work soon ..
 
Be very careful of those nasty bugs !!!     

Sorry to hear your disease is flaring up again HT. Godspeed in your recovery.

We'll leave some prayers on Heaven's doorstep for a speedy recovery and no more relapses.

Sorry to hear HT, a nasty condition at any time but I can only imagine your frustration with having a flare now when you have so much going on! I do hope it eases quickly and hope you are able to give yourself a break, for a short while at least, to give your body a chance to rebound. 

Thanks folks, just me crying the blues. Being laid up and struggling is hard for me. Seems getting older is , well, I'm sure not getting wiser..
There are far many people that have much more difficulty than me .
Please remember those in our thoughts as well.
Thanks again
Peace and Tuna

 Sorry to hear that, RJ.  I'm finishing up a course  of Doxycyclin, today. I have no idea when I got it, just attributed tons of aches and pains to arthritis. Of course, thanks to testing, now I know I don't have arthritis.  Lyme's  is curable in many cases, especially if caught early.  I'm starting to wear permethrin treated clothes to fish and hike, I  was going to last year, but gave my spray to a farmer friend.  I'm back working with a semi-functional leg, I couldn't walk for a week.  I did do one plumbing job for a cabinet maker friend for a had-to-happen  installation with a walker and a cane.  Fun!   
    I stopped in here to see what was happening on the lake and what the  silly season ahead may look like;  kind of a bummer to see your news.  Prayer sent and get well,  say hello if you see me on the river. 
   
  

I have a friend in Saratoga who is on his third case, not relapses, but reinfection.  The **** ticks are everywhere even here in Monroe County, the Parks Department has been putting up warning signs in the parks.  I mentioned it to my doctor a couple of years ago, and he added it to my test panel based on the amount of time I spend in the woods.  It doesn't help me do the check when I get home, but if I get a " silent" case, it will detect it and we can start mega-dosing the cypro or doxy.

My homestead is surrounded by woods and brush,so I rarely walk off my mowed grassy area(which is about 15% of the total 5 acres),so I am very aware of the tick problem.I check my body and clothes every time I venture outside.Beside that now we have the skitters and the potential of West Nile virus!
Sorry for your problem Rich,hope you feel better soon,Sept is around the corner.

Sorry to hear Tuner!
My best vibes coming at ya.
Hope this helps[tube]https://youtu.be/671AgW9xSiA[/tube]
 
 

I will say the meds and good vibes Lukas gave us last week have helped tremendous. I'm good to go again for awhile