You can google "Medicare SSDI" and they have a calculator function that should calculate what you will earn in disability benefits if approved. And, if you haven't already done so, hire a lawyer. I...
Thanks everyone. I think the deep depression was brought on by my recent GI problems requiring 2 hospitalizations and more narcotics than I'm used to.... and then getting my Hartford LTD "renewal"...
Mostly my right arm is covered in rashes, bumps, some bleeding, some scabbed over and lots of scars. I have a few on my left arm and a few more on my back. I also had never had acne in my life. I've...
My Medicare approval was based on a Lyme coding which basically interpets as = chronic post-lyme syndrome. I was also dx'ed with Fybromyalgia, Chronic fatigue, Depression and Generalized Anxiet...
prozac - made me climb the walls after just 2 weeks (this was prior to my LD). wellbutrin - currently on 300 mg. a day. xanax - currently on 1 to 5 mgs. a day. I am dependent on this drug, but will...
Lunesta made everything taste metallic.... like tin foil. But, Ambien has worked well for me. I've also taken Restoril, but need at least 30 mgs. Other than a few vivid dreams (much more in the...
I haven't gotton out of bed since Friday. Friday, btw, I had my 2nd colonoscopy and was informed that I have extra large internal hemmerhoids. I actually asked my husband last week if he would...
FYI - I don't know any Philly drs., but I do know that you are NOT alone. Hang in there! With love, JELAINEP...
For some reason, I always think LD survivors are female. I thought RD was a male. Amazing how I (we) prejudge. She'll be OK, I'm surek, and conitnue contact when she's ready. I love you guys (gals) -...
Get a GOOD eye doctor for a COMPLETE exam. I just went through this. The rx for my glasses has definitely changed, but all other dx's were eliminated. Yes, I do believe almost all problems stem from...
I'm preparing to do the same. Can you believe one of my old Rheumatologist's office is approx. 1 block from where I live. He CLINICALLY mis-dx'ed my with RA. I might just have to add lime green...
I need a new pooper (let's see if that gets censored). Anyway, it's going after my right side and my BM's. I am only 45, this all started when I was 35.... and I really do not want to talk about...
i hate pain and i am jealous of healthy people [i][u]ME TOO! ...
WE LOST THIS BATTLE: http://www.idsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=16499 http://underourskin.com/blog/?p=738 ...
Welll - I always said I would stand on my head in a corner and eat worms if I thought it would help!...
my preferred abx? The one that eventually works....
Went to an orthopedic doctor because my knee was swollen and asked him to test me for LD. The EIA was positive but the WB was completely negative. Then, one of the first Infectious Disease doctors...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm MEPRON........... IT'D BE BETTER IF YOU COULD CATCH A BUZZ OFF OF IT, BUT NONE THE LESS, IT IS BOTH YUMMY AND YELLOW!...
i didn't read anything but your title"doubt is like a symptom!!! help" and just thought I'd let you know... I was (maybe still am) in denial for the past approximate 6-8 years. I thought I'd get "it"...
I can make up a pretend...yet "truthful" site in a day or two.... let me know - hehe!...
I have to go to the Vision store to p/u my glasses.... the lady asked if I had medical insurance. I said I did, but did not bring the form with me..... she said to bring it with me when I go to p/u...
Yes - I'm going to ask Dr. C to refer me to someone about this. I'm 10 years in, and the word/memory thing keeps getting worse....
Ya knoww how there's the yellow bracelet for cancer, red for heart disease.... and the "puzzle piece" for autism?... I suggust a humongous green question mark for lyme disease! Or, in GIANT green...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Mepron, both yummy AND yellow!...
Nothing like chronic constant long-term pain to make one contemplate the reason for one's existance.... I cannot believe I have spent ten years contemplating....
I got sick after being married for only 18 months. Like, CanjunGrl, I honostly don't think I would still be with my husband... if he had been the one w ho had gotten sick. But my husband doesn't...
Doesn't look like UOS made the top 5 documentary "Oscar" list. :sad:...
When first testing positive for LD I was asked by a Rhuematologist if I had: Ehlers Danlos - Yes (mild) Strep Throat - Yes (twice) Tonsils removed - Yes Adnoids removed - Yes Lypomas -Yes (2 removed)...
Don't think that it is the same Dr. C as mine in North Tampa....
The Dr. C that I go to is not bad or greedy and has always explained EVERY option to me. The last LD seminar he went to introduced data stating Doxy will send the spirochetes into cyst form. I was...
of my enlarging...
Somebody needs to send "the doctors" the research supporting chronic Lyme. They won't respond favorably to emotional appeals without evidence backing it up. I would think they would have a staff of...
I won't be in touch too often until I get a new PC.... mine finally bit the dust. Any emergency emails can be sent to; aarginta@tampabay.rr.com (it's my husbands email so don't say anything you don't...
FYI - The 5 "emerging diseases" were HIV/AIDS, MRSA, ABX RESISTANT TB, H1N1, and 'the ENVIRONMENT". One doctor mentioned mosquitoes and ticks.................... This has really chapped my @RSS....
I watched "The Doctors" today only because they were going to discuss the 5 most 'emerging infectios diseases': Here is my Email to them: THE 5 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND NO-NONE-NADA - MESSAGE...
5 - I've broken them all, 1:59pm Staurday 01/02/10 - that'as got to be a record of some sort haha!...
Even before Lyme I always thought (obviously still do) that the glass was half-full. It's not that black and white though.... for me???? I want a FULL GLASS!...
Usually Medicare will pay for almost everything but the actual MEDICINE. For example, I have Medicare and CIGNA. Medicare pays for the visits, different tests, etc. But, CIGNA pays for the drugs......
Is the water in my beer distilled? or spring? - Oh, I'm just kidding - lol!...
My LLDr. went to a LD conference a month or two ago and was informed (? - don't know if that's the right word to use) that Doxy will send LD bacteria into the cyst form....
The one and only Herx I had was on Rifempin and Doxy. I wish that "recovery" had lasted. Take only what is prescribed and what you are comfortable with. If you're not sure, I have found that it's...
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MEPRON........................ both yummy AND yellow!...
There's a semi-new book out called "Brightsided" - How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Unlike scholarship that aims to understand or ameliorate social problems,...
Welcome to the Hotel California - you can check out any time you want but you can never leave....
I made a boatload... aaacctuallly a shiiiiiiiuu TT load. So far, I've broken 4.... but leaving this post may make it 5 - lol!...
No - Nothing I couldn't have achieved without 10+ years of He11....
Effexor did nothing and the withdrawals were a real bIIII TT CCC HHHH !!!! Also, "Pristiq" is just another name for Effexor....
MY KNEES AND HIPS HURT FOR YEARS. THE ONLY COMFORT CAME FROM DAILY AND/OR NIGHTLY "DETOX" BATH; HOT BATH WITH 1 OR 2 CUPS EPSOM SALTS AND 1/4 TO 1/2 cup BAKING SODA AND 1/2 TO 1 CUP PEROXIDE (don't...
Everything you described sounds like a panic/anxiety attack. There are medications to treat this. I take Xanax. Increasingly, over a 9+ year period I am up to 5mg a day. In the beginning, that...
Well, Dr. C's keeping me on the IV Invanz for at least 4 more weeeks - YEEAAHHHH!!!!!!!!! He switched my Tindemax to something else (can't remember-lol!) for 2 weeks.... then I'll switch back to...