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cksmithy

(428 posts)
33. I grew up in the country, in Monterey County, California, born in 1951.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 03:23 PM
Dec 16

Lyme disease was not supposed to exist in California or other western states. My brother got the bullseye rash and was given antibiotics. This happened around 1960/61. Since all of kids, 6 of us, had pulled ticks off of ourselves, I asked my mother, "Shouldn't we all get medicine." She said no because we didn't get the bullseye rash. Fast forward to my 40's to 3 years ago, I had and have all sorts of weird symptoms that all pointed to untreated Lyme disease. I finally found a doctor who listened to me. My doctor ordered blood tests for Lyme antibodies, well, I had them. And as all of my other doctors, and specialists too said, If you have antibodies and symptoms you treat for the disease. Well the weird body aches and pains are gone but the damage is done. I took 3 months of antibiotics and am feeling pretty good, I am now left with arthritis (whole body), celiac, interstitial disease, tinnitus, histamine intolerance, osteoporosis and gastroparesis. My symptoms seemed to be autoimmune but they were also all connected to untreated lyme disease. On top of that I have scoliosis, so my body pains were ignored, but they were also from lyme disease. I can't tell you how many doctors said, you have scoliosis and your getting old. You are just going to have pain.

Long boring story, I thank you if have read this far, I have to cook from scratch everyday, no processed foods at all, or my aching body symptoms come back. The damage started when I was around 9 years old and kept damaging my body until I was about 71 years old. I am too old to repair my body, though I eat very healthily. No doctor on the west coast ever thought my bizarre symptoms were connected to lyme disease, they just thought I was a hypochondriac.

Also, one of the Universities of California, I think UCDavis did a study to prove there was no Lyme disease in California. They were so surprised when the ticks they collected by dragging a sheet though woodland, fields, were pretty much all carrying the lyme disease bacteria. I think it was in the 90% range.

Anyway, I don't think Lyme disease is a bio weapon. In the 1950's everybody was moving to California. I sure a few dogs, camping gear,

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The good ones die young... and this dangerous SOB keeps on going. Sigh. QueerDuck Dec 16 #1
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHEMTRAILS?!! Mister Ed Dec 16 #2
WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE FLOURIDATED CHILDREN!?!?!?!?!? hatrack Dec 16 #3
He is psychotic, delusional, and still using drugs. Irish_Dem Dec 16 #4
Hmmm lonely bird Dec 16 #18
Yes if the dosage is high it could make him more aggressive. Irish_Dem Dec 16 #21
he is 100% insane and needs to go LymphocyteLover Dec 16 #5
it makes idiots appear to be smart. nt Javaman Dec 16 #6
The disease pre-dates their timelines by many years bucolic_frolic Dec 16 #7
"a member was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever" BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #8
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is different from Lyme Disease. yardwork Dec 16 #25
The point was the medical community didn't know the difference at the time bucolic_frolic Dec 16 #26
I don't think that is correct. yardwork Dec 16 #29
the Northeast is still a high-incidence region cab67 Dec 16 #31
One of the pathologists that I worked with hoosierspud Dec 16 #27
Which pathogen? littlemissmartypants Dec 16 #35
Borrelia bacterium hoosierspud Dec 16 #40
Well, if it "doesn't exist" it's very strange a whole lot of us have been treated for it. Vinca Dec 16 #9
Suckers! 😜 travelingthrulife Dec 16 #22
As a sufferer druidity33 Dec 16 #10
yes, the tests suck. treatment is possible but difficult. uncle ray Dec 16 #17
If previous administrations believed Lyme disease did not exist... HeartsCanHope Dec 16 #11
They don't deny Lyme disease OnionPatch Dec 16 #20
Who does this? travelingthrulife Dec 16 #23
The post I responded to OnionPatch Dec 16 #34
Who, exactly? cab67 Dec 16 #28
I misunderstood what I did read of the post. HeartsCanHope Dec 16 #38
The local park a block from my house has tick warning signs. Pa has so many deer because the twodogsbarking Dec 16 #12
One of my sisters has a deer run along the side of her house BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #14
Impeach this psycho for Gods sake orangecrush Dec 16 #13
He attracts more supporters get the red out Dec 16 #15
I have a family member who has believed this "wellness industry" AllyCat Dec 16 #16
I have a patient who continues to insist, against all medical evidence known to science, that he has Lyme disease. Aristus Dec 16 #19
Otzi the Iceman tested positive for Lyme. This is nonsense. I'd love answers. I was bitten by a tick in 1995 and airmid Dec 16 #24
RFK is so dumb it boggles my mind. So Lymes is a bio-weapon the US developed to randomly kill Americans over the Martin68 Dec 16 #30
No Kennedy you moron, no one ignored the threat mdbl Dec 16 #32
I grew up in the country, in Monterey County, California, born in 1951. cksmithy Dec 16 #33
a Lyme vaccine would help.... SamuelTheThird Dec 16 #36
It's too late for many. My cousin suffered with Lyme for years and... littlemissmartypants Dec 16 #37
Biggest tick VanceFan Dec 16 #39
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