Posted by garnet71 on May 15, 2009, at 19:34:46
In reply to Re: mono/allergies/celiac/Lyme; constant fatigue - son, posted by bleauberry on May 15, 2009, at 18:04:00
Thanks for the information about Lymes, Phillipa, Bleauberry. He's been hunting since he was 12, so maybe we both need to make a trip to the Lyme's specialists. I can't imagine all these people dragging deer out of the woods each and every hunting season--but no one get's Lyme. lol Actually, he hasn't taken an antibiotic in a number of years, me much longer. His symtpoms were almost always viral, which I got used to distinguishing from bacterial infections from not having health insurance for a number of years...but an antibiotic is something to consider.
He already had self-esteem issues, so yeah, it complicates things. (Oh and to the anti-hunters: we always eat the deer--if you know how to cook it, it tastes better than beef and it is much more nutritious.)
I agree wtih you about all the mystery illnesses ascribed to people when a doctor is unable to make a diagnosis. I was diagnosed with fibromylagia once, spent a whole summer unable to do much, had horrible swollen joints, intermittent/asymmetric, but quit effexor and it went away and it has not come back since. My PDoc did not even consider my symptoms had anything to do with Effexor. It was like, oh good you've gone to a rheumatologist. actually the reumatologist was one of the better doctors-he talked to me an hour and a half trying to figure out what was wrong w/me when all test results came back negative. He reluctantly gave me that diagnosis. I don't blame him, he did give me tests and took the time. Maybe PDoc didn't attribute those symptoms to an allergic reaction because it was so uncommon? I can't get myself to be mad at them about it!
The auto immune diseases are among the most puzzling even for doctors, i think.
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