Re: OT: painful soles

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thanks, a lot of that sounds familiar to me. I have the bright red spots (mostly

on chest, arms, legs - not on face) and pronounced veins (I think they are

called spider veins?) e.g. near my ankles. My doctor says this is normal for my

age (I'm 49) but I did not have this some years ago, before I got Lyme.

I also have the pressure sensitivity of the skin. Resting my hand on my chest

for some time will produce a bright red 'imprint' from the hand. Stretchmarks

from clothing etc. remain visible for hours, and if I bump into something

lightly I get severe bruises that take months to heal. No doctor has a clue what

is causing it.

Under a microscope I have sticky blood (at least I had that about three years

ago, after ABX treatment).

What exactly is your jaw pain? One of my remaining pain problems is in a spot

just behind the lower jawbone on the right, a little below my ear. According to

my neurologist this is where the large Trigeminus nerve bundle travels from the

skull downward. He thinks it is inflamed (I had many symptoms related to that).

I can feel something that is swollen, often hard like a steel cable ... When it

gets worse it radiates out like jaw pain, or sometimes like a rotten tooth - but

it certainly comes from just outside the jaw, not the jaw itself. Sometimes

there also is weird 'clicking' in my inner ear and mild choking sensation.

> I have Lyme/Bartonella, I think as time goes on for me, my blood has

> gotten very thick/sticky, more toxins in my body from all the years of

> abx's, etc. and things are moving slowly thru my veins, a lot of veins

> have become red/sore, my feet bother me in the morning as soon as they hit

> the floor, I hobble around and then it goes away, I think this has to do

> with having the feet resting/elevated for a long period of time. If I

> drive for longer than an hour I get pain in my legs, feet for sitting for

> too long. I think it's also due to inflammation, if something presses on

> my skin, it takes a long time for the mark to go away, and have irregular

> blotchy patterns, same with my hands/feet, they stay red for a long time,

> I think it's all related to the blood flow/inflammation/toxins. I also

> have red dots from my face down to my legs, had them ever since this hit

> me and it's never gone away. The dots don't hurt, just unsightly and if

> I'm in the sun or sauna they really get red. I am very fatigued, insomnia,

> anxiety, jaw pain, severe mood swings, etc. I feel this is all bartonella

> related for me.