Re: venting now woman handling this diseases

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In a message dated 9/12/99 1:13:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, WISHXXX@...

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I have definitely been where you are. I don't know how old you are but

have you had your " female " hormone levels checked? I do think they have

something to do with how we women seem to respond to this disease compared

to

how men seem to handle it. I must say that at about the same time that I

began the antibiotic combo (biaxin and >>

My doctors are LLMD and plus she has it her husband and three kids... They

told me that woman esp woman during the child rearing age have a much harder

time with this diseases. (esp woman in there teens) When I was first

diagnosed at 16 they said that the reason why I was sooo sick was because of

my age and sex... I was in Jersey Shore hospital for a month in 89 and 80

percent of the chronic lyme patients were teen age girls 15 percent woman in

there 20's-40's....