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Topeka, KS

I removed a tick from my abdomen and never have it a second thought until I discovered a 5" bullseye rash. I was sick By then. I was started on doxycycline approx 15 days after the bite. But I still feel pretty rotten! {Esp neck and elbows! Good grief!!} And I only have 4 days of antibiotics left. Is this common? Do I need to be worried? My treatment team would kind of like to just see me quiet, I think. And that worries me. Are there things I should be watching for? My pcp is very nice but… read more

May 4, 2015
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A MyLupusTeam Member

Thankyou so much! I was at the doc yesterday and he thought the doxycycline would suffice. Tears up your gut though! :-/

May 6, 2015
A MyLupusTeam Member

Don't know much about ticks but if u watch housewives of Beverly Hills Yolanda foster was bite last year and she is still very I'll why don't u try a specialist before u end up like her very healthy women went down mean down bad with that tick bite not to scare u but it is serious plz get it checked u hv enough pain going on soft hugs

May 5, 2015
A MyLupusTeam Member

I agree llymes disease which can be dangerous. You need to be on a very strong antibiotics for nealy a month. Please go to the doctore ASAP. X

May 5, 2015
A MyLupusTeam Member

Go back to the doc. A bullseye rash could be Lymes disease and sometimes needs heavier duty antibiotics. This probably isn't Lupus.

May 5, 2015
A MyLupusTeam Member

Thanks Shannon I looked up pictures of Deer tick bites and they are red and swollen. They didn't look like anything I would want to deal with, I am so sorry you have this also. I accept all prayers offered, and willingly give them back. I do believe prayer works. Mind over body has helped me more than medications. Meditation also has helped me a lot. I never give up hope and with Hope I can stay in the current moment and attempt to live a normal life. Now my gransons called me he was in training for a new job and they sent him home and told him to go see a docotr. He was working in a chemical plant and got exposed 3 times in 1 day to various chemicals now he lives with high blood pressure with a set of twins to support and family he keeps hanging in their at the age of 25 yrs old. Dear God Please help everyone that needs it now , hugs, Sandy

May 4, 2015

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