Marta, hives

[Guest guest]

Hi Marta,

Mine are actually hives. Big ole itchy welts. Benadryl readily takes

care of them. It's really strange. I've actually been infected 3

times from my belief. The first was in 1989. I had a rash around the

bite the size of a dinner plate, though it was not a bullseye but

uniformally red, this is not a rare presentation of the rash. This is

the infection that the AF let go for 2 years even with positive test

because they just wouldn't believe that Lyme was in Arkansas. (This

bite was on my thigh). I had a bite with a bullseye on the back of my

right arm in '93 which was treated immediately but I still got sick.

I think it set off my old infection. Then again in '95 (I think) just

below my right shoulder blade (another bullseye rash and immediate

treatment). Here comes the strange part. Until my second infected

bite I always broke out starting at the site of the first bite on my

thigh. Then I started breaking out with the hives originating from

the site of the bite on my arm. Then after the third infected bite,

and since then, (I've had no other bite since the third) they've

always originated from the bite below the shoulder blade. I know that

hives can be a form of the rash. It's just wierd the way the origin

changed to correspond with the site of the most recent bite. Can

anyone explain this one?!! The strangeness of it just blows me away.

It's like each new infection was stronger than the previous one and

that's the one that took over. Maybe they all mixed together to

create a new strain. Beats the hell out of me!!

Oh, BTW, I'm glad I could give you a good chuckle the other day. You

may not believe this but I really wasn't in " RARE " form that day.

What you really saw was the real me! I am a complete nut! I just had

a really baaaaaaddddd winter!!!!! It really did try to steal my sense

of humor from me but I always win out. I enjoy laughing too much to

let it leave me for good! I enjoy making others laugh too! ) I am

doing better, in great part because of you guys and I'm laughing all

the time lately. It's like milk, " it does the body good " ! On that

note let me leave you with one of my favorites. Why does beer go

through you so fast? Because it doesn't have to stop and change

colors!! ) Love ya!!

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn,

My funny new friend...LOL, glad you are getting your old personality

back, not that I didn't like the old one too. Laughter is the best medicine

as they say. Those big itchy hives you mention, I had them once, on my

abdomen, showed them to my LD doctor and he dx'd it as yeast, he put me on

diflucan and I have not had a problem since, of course I also take large

doses of acidophilus: " Primadophilus Bifidus "

The rash you describe from 1989 is common in tick bites, although not

bullseye, the size leads me to believe it is believe this. The three

different bites with each rash going back to the prior site is strange, but

then so is this disease. You must be a tick magnet to get so many bites. I

still think I just had the one.

Carolyn, hold on to that sense of humor, it will keep you sane through

these hard times, loved your beer joke.

Hugs,

Marta

>From: " CAROLYN ROWE " <skidrowe@...>

>

>Hi Marta,

>

>Mine are actually hives. Big ole itchy welts. Benadryl readily takes

>care of them. It's really strange. I've actually been infected 3

>times from my belief. The first was in 1989. I had a rash around the

>bite the size of a dinner plate, though it was not a bullseye but

>uniformally red, this is not a rare presentation of the rash. This is

>the infection that the AF let go for 2 years even with positive test

>because they just wouldn't believe that Lyme was in Arkansas. (This

>bite was on my thigh). I had a bite with a bullseye on the back of my

>right arm in '93 which was treated immediately but I still got sick.

>I think it set off my old infection. Then again in '95 (I think) just

>below my right shoulder blade (another bullseye rash and immediate

>treatment). Here comes the strange part. Until my second infected

>bite I always broke out starting at the site of the first bite on my

>thigh. Then I started breaking out with the hives originating from

>the site of the bite on my arm. Then after the third infected bite,

>and since then, (I've had no other bite since the third) they've

>always originated from the bite below the shoulder blade. I know that

>hives can be a form of the rash. It's just wierd the way the origin

>changed to correspond with the site of the most recent bite. Can

>anyone explain this one?!! The strangeness of it just blows me away.

>It's like each new infection was stronger than the previous one and

>that's the one that took over. Maybe they all mixed together to

>create a new strain. Beats the hell out of me!!

>

>Oh, BTW, I'm glad I could give you a good chuckle the other day. You

>may not believe this but I really wasn't in " RARE " form that day.

>What you really saw was the real me! I am a complete nut! I just had

>a really baaaaaaddddd winter!!!!! It really did try to steal my sense

>of humor from me but I always win out. I enjoy laughing too much to

>let it leave me for good! I enjoy making others laugh too! ) I am

>doing better, in great part because of you guys and I'm laughing all

>the time lately. It's like milk, " it does the body good " ! On that

>note let me leave you with one of my favorites. Why does beer go

>through you so fast? Because it doesn't have to stop and change

>colors!! ) Love ya!!

>

>Carolyn

>