I Have A Clinical Diagnosis Of Lyme Disease

I have recently seen a private doctor who has given me a clinical diagnosis of Lyme disease. This video is about this.

I have also found the following article that may be of interest to my regular subscribers who have ME. It is about the possibility of a bacterial infection Chlamydia Pneumoniae (this is NOT the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia!) being involved some cases of ME/ CFS. Dr Bell and Cheney were involved in research into this until the plug was pulled on it because of politics! Sorry I use the term CFS in the video, my brain isn't working too well at the moment. Here is the link:

http://www.cpnhelp.org/chlamydia_pneumoniae_in_0

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• cfs
• undiagnosed
• myoclonus
• involuntary
• movements

[niknik54100]

ive only just seen this video i did send you a message about lyme but i see you have found whats wrong ....well im so pleased for you and i hope your get the treatment you need .........im going through this at the moment

[kaazoom]

It turned out not to be Lyme. The Lyme doctor I saw put me on a high dose of antibiotics for a few months, there was no improvement. He felt it wasn't worth continuing with them. The clinical signs of lyme are so much like M.E., that is true M.E. not CFS as described by the wessely school psychiatrists, that without definitive tests it is hard to distinguish between the two. Until tests that are reliable are found, there will always be uncertainty. it could turn out that I have neither.

[bamptonbred]

Hi, was it the breakspear hospital in the uk you went too?

Im going there in a few weeks for test of possible mycoplasma

[kaazoom]

No I saw a doctor in Wales who has a special interest in Lyme. My tests were negative. I tried a course of doxycycline but it had no effect. He said he would have expected at least some improvement in my health during the time I was on them, but there was none. He suggested that it probably wasn't Lyme so I discontinued the treatment.

The problem is Lyme and ME have very similar symptoms. I couldn't be sure I had been bitten by a tick. So the Lyme diagnosis was based on a possibility.

[laurenvparrott]

I am so glad that you got a diagnosis! I know you'll have to wait for these test results but at last you know what it causing these problems. I wish you the very best and you are in my prayers. Please make more videos and keep us posted!!

[kaazoom]

Thank you Lauren. It does look as if a diagnosis as near at last. thankfully the doctor I saw is prepared to prescribe antibiotics regardless of the blood tests results. Lyme is very difficult to test for as it doesn't stay in the blood long, instead it gets into body tissue. It is also able to hide from the immune system and resist antibiotic treatment. Thank you for your prayers.

[bullaTV]

i have been suffering with numbness in my arms, legs, and face for well over a year, together with tiredness and all i keep getting told is it is due to stress and anxiety, its in my head apparently! maybe not. thanks for the vid.

[niknik54100]

how are you now ?

[AnonInEng]

It's best to be safe rather than sorry. Many people put their head in the sand when it comes to health, until it's too late. Best to be a live hypochondriac than a dead one. That doesn't mean i believe this guy is a hypochondriac-far from it!

[pur3ly]

you probly dont have it and are paranoid.

[ytrxeno1]

Hi Elaine

At last, I have very similar symptoms as Kaazoom. I am seeing a specialist on 25th November 09 fof movement disorders. I was diagnosed with reslless leg 8 years ago etc too long a story to go into now but i would welcome any information you may be able to sent me. Regards Jim in England

[DysautonomiaMD]

I lived on a PICC line for 2 1/2 years....they kept getting infected. I'm so sorry for all the suffering you undergo.

Please know that, if it helps, I understand. Please feel free to ask me questions and/or let me know when issues come up. Highest Personal Regards, Dr M