topdog
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Re: Re: Hey Tom
quote: Originally posted by Tim MACHA
Trevor Bayne, the Daytona 500 winner was out of commission for several weeks with an unknown illness. Amazing, he responded to Lyme treatment even though he tested negative.
Yep...I guess the old addage is as true as ever when it comes to Lymes...if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...by golly...it must be a duck.
I've been bitten by ticks so many times in my lifetime that it's amazing that I've never developed anything before this. I know one thing for sure though...since I started taking the antibiotics, it's like night and day for the better. I've got one more day left on the pills and I'll be done so we'll see what happens when I quit taking them. I feel as good as I have in a long time but I haven't been doing much to stress the system either...we'll see how it goes.
To anyone out there who has those kinds of symptons...headache, shakes, slight fever, sore all over and as weak as a new born puppy...don't mess around, get it treated and don't settle for the "it turned out negative crap" demand that you get the antibiotics because from what I hear and know, it's hard to diagnose at times and many times it never shows positive for Lymes. I talked to a friend who had it so bad he was hospitalized and never once did it test positive...he had to get antibiotics intravenously for 10 days and then another month and a half on pills and it was Lymes all along.
Anyway, I guess we'll have to deal with what ever comes along if we're gonna keep chasing these hound dogs, we just need to pay attention to subtle changes or something like Lymes can knock you down for the count.
The weather is supposed to moderate finally with cooler days and much cooler nights so hopefully we can get a dog out a night or two and start the process of getting ready for the late summer and fall hunts...it sure feels good to not have to deal with so much heat and humidity, even for a few days. My sympathy goes out to all you poor folks down south and west...what a miserable run of hot weather you have had to deal with.
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