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by Joanne60
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is this ms? Very scared
Replies: 8
Views: 5787

Re: Is this ms? Very scared

Walking Pneumonia is also known as Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Mycoplasma is a common co infection with tick borne illness such as Lyme Disease in fact has been found in ticks so can actually be passed on by them. However mycoplasma can be found in many of the population although not necessarily causing s...
by Joanne60
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: interesting read about Lyme disease, testing & misdiagnosis
Replies: 3
Views: 1549

Re: interesting read about Lyme disease, testing & misdiagno

I posted all 4 of Tom Grier's lectures on my blog links in the right hand side bar but here is a link to the first one and others were posted also http://lookingatlyme.blogspot.co.uk/2010_08_01_archive.html yet another mS patient that realised he actually had Lyme Disease Tom a Microbiologist review...
by Joanne60
Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: interesting read about Lyme disease, testing & misdiagnosis
Replies: 3
Views: 1549

Re: interesting read about Lyme disease, testing & misdiagno

Anyone new to this thread should listen to the presentation by Lorraine Johnson diagnosed with MS ( One of many) only to find it was Lyme Disease she shows her scans with lessions on her brain that improve once on treatment for antibiotics. http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/media/lyme_video_johnson_...
by Joanne60
Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The MS Hug???
Replies: 6
Views: 2609

Re: The MS Hug???

The MS? hug is a very common symptom of Lyme Disease too. It is as you say very scary although another scary symptom of mine was swallowing problems. I had very long term oral antibiotics for my Chronic Lyme Disease and have made an amazing recovery. Sadly the controversy over diagnosis and treatmen...
by Joanne60
Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Antibiotics
Replies: 2
Views: 1670

Re: Antibiotics

Hello Sarah So nice to hear you are doing so well. I heard about you through the Eurolyme forum so was aware that you had made a good recovery on antibiotics for your Cpn. I suspect there will be many patients who could make significant progress on antibiotics, certainly there will be many who have ...
by Joanne60
Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Almost clever checking in ;)
Replies: 8
Views: 2326

Re: Almost clever checking in ;)

I hope you see some improvement soon:) How does one truly know if they have lyme or not? I once tested positive for lyme but have since been twice negative. Do you have to have had a memorable incident of being bitten by a tick? I used to spend a lot of my childhood in America but mainly Florida......

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