yo hiker, aloha
lyme is something i know a bit about; I live in connecticut whence 'old lyme' is located and i have a dear (no pun intended)
friend who's had lyme disease for a dozen years.
lyme is caused by a bite from a tick that lives on deer and/or the common brown mouse...it's a spirochete...
the whole disease process is very complex, made more so by treatment that induces or seems to induce a 'cure'
only to have the disease come back stronger...it's a very difficult diagnosis and treatment process...
on the net there is a group called 'lymenet'...with your voiced concerns, you ought to at least consult a "LYME-LITERATE"
doctor...and i mean it not just any anybody, but someone who DOES lyme.
your situation will be complicated because of your taking of antibiotics...very...yes the lymex vacine was found
to cause the disease...in connecticut we had two full days of public health hearings on lyme just last year...
every doctor noted that lyme will cause a systemic arthritis when it gets going good, and curing the lyme also
cures the arthritis...for people (who don't gobble antibiotics) the standard option is two weeks of IV antibiotics;
in complex cases involving repeated problems they use a long term combination of methotrexate and a heavy
antibiotic for a six month period.
best of luck
aloha Ben
