Thursday, July 26, 2012

Joint pain-Lyme or Damage?



Joint pain was one of my first symptoms 5 years ago, one day I woke up in a lot of pain and my fingers frozen in the claw position. I couldn't pick my baby up out of her crib, I couldn't unscrew her bottles, it was hard to zip things, button things, snap things, etc.  It just got worse from there and my body would add more and more symptoms as time went on and on until a doc FINALLY diagnosed me with Lyme Disease along with the co-infections Babesia and Bartonella. Fast forward 5 years and 2 years of treatment and my body is in a much better place. I normally don't have joint pain anymore unless I push it. So which is it? Lyme disease or permanent damage from going so long with out being diagnosed and treated? I often wonder this. According to one of my lyme docs my Lyme and Bartonella are in remission and I just have Babesia left. This one has been the hardest on my body and hard to treat and get rid of. So when I over do it and my joints hurt, is it the babesia? Maybe my joints will always hurt and get sore when I am more active. If I do a lot of sewing or crafting, I am sore. If I walk a long ways, I am sore. If I work out, I am sore. Maybe I am just not active enough? Maybe babesia is hanging on? Or maybe that is how it will always be. Its frustrating not knowing. At least it isn't as bad as it was 5 years ago. I just hope that one day it will totally be gone and there are no lingering effects of Lyme and I will be in total remission.

6 comments:

  1. I often wonder the same thing. Here's to hoping it's soon gone for both of us!

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  2. Yes, I, too wonder the same thing as you re: pain. Is my full-spine Arthritis 'Lyme Arthritis' that will be my 'companion' forever? I'm thankful that I don't need pain meds on a daily basis but maybe if I took them more often I would be able to do more. Does Chronic Lyme Disease mean we have had it a long time (in my case I was dx'd at age 54 but told I've probably had it since I was a kid) or does 'Chronic' mean we will always have some residual sx? Million $$ question, huh?

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  4. There are many ways to get rid of joint pain with natural ways or with medication. Joint pain occurs when there is mild inflammation arising from the bones making up the joint friction that comes a sense of pain that painful.



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