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PHYSiATRIST at Compass
Medical – July 17, 2:30 w/ Dr. M's PA E.
WHAT IS
WRONG WITH MY RIGHT LEG?????
SPECIFICALLY,
MY RIGHT SHIN
(And calf and piriformis)?
(And calf and piriformis)?
*Something
has been slowly
Taking over my right leg
Since wearing wrong footwear
And overexertion on a steep treadmill in March,
Extensive walking for my job, etc.,
And extensive walking in Chicago in April.
Taking over my right leg
Since wearing wrong footwear
And overexertion on a steep treadmill in March,
Extensive walking for my job, etc.,
And extensive walking in Chicago in April.
* To Chicago
ER in April
To rule out a blog clot
To rule out a blog clot
*(Ultrasound
again July 5th
Through Urgent Care at Compass t
To rule out a blood clot per Dr. Broderick –
Cause my knee feels thick-
Expired Doxy 7/3-7/5
Reduced the swelling that was spreading from the shin to the calf)
Through Urgent Care at Compass t
To rule out a blood clot per Dr. Broderick –
Cause my knee feels thick-
Expired Doxy 7/3-7/5
Reduced the swelling that was spreading from the shin to the calf)
·
Problem
has progressed from:
-(Inverted
hip of some sort since birth) –
PT recently corrected it???? (He said)
PT recently corrected it???? (He said)
-My right piriformis
–
(BURNS - at night usually – use cold clay bag) –
Can often pinpoint the injury –
But then seems to radiate as well
(BURNS - at night usually – use cold clay bag) –
Can often pinpoint the injury –
But then seems to radiate as well
-Through my
right hip –
Feels floppy sometimes/gives out
Feels floppy sometimes/gives out
–To the
right SHIN ???????/achey, TIGHT, raised
swelling ?????
Like a bruise, and with a line of spots at one side –
One of MY BIGGEST CONCERNS:
IT’S BEEN SINCE APRIL
Like a bruise, and with a line of spots at one side –
One of MY BIGGEST CONCERNS:
IT’S BEEN SINCE APRIL
– And right
calf/numb and tight
Where swelling extended/expanded like cellulitis
** (see below)
Where swelling extended/expanded like cellulitis
** (see below)
– And now
the right knee/achey, stiff, swollen off and on
BURNS at night –
Gives out
BURNS at night –
Gives out
– And this
morning the right ankle/stiff
-
All
of it also has tingling and spasms
Off and on....
Off and on....
----A little in the left leg –
But minimal,
Compared to the right leg
But minimal,
Compared to the right leg
*Acupuncture
weekly since …. May?
*Chiropractor
in April
(Didn’t help –
Actually hurt my left shoulder and neck with the ‘adjustments’)….
Have XRays and report here today
(Sciatica DX)
(Didn’t help –
Actually hurt my left shoulder and neck with the ‘adjustments’)….
Have XRays and report here today
(Sciatica DX)
*PT May – 9 appointments
And only 10% improvement…
opted not to continue… Still do the exercises
To strengthen core and increase flexibility –
But not helping with nerve pain-
Makes it worse?
And only 10% improvement…
opted not to continue… Still do the exercises
To strengthen core and increase flexibility –
But not helping with nerve pain-
Makes it worse?
*Anti-inflammatory (A-I) diet
When able –
And A-I tonics
At least weekly?
When able –
And A-I tonics
At least weekly?
*Went to ID
Dr. in June….
Supposedly Lyme Specialist – at South Shore Hospital…
Told me I needed more sleep
And recommended melatonin.
Worked for one night –
Then rebound insomnia with it,
So stopped.
Also read that melatonin is not recommended for immune issues,
Which Lyme is.
Supposedly Lyme Specialist – at South Shore Hospital…
Told me I needed more sleep
And recommended melatonin.
Worked for one night –
Then rebound insomnia with it,
So stopped.
Also read that melatonin is not recommended for immune issues,
Which Lyme is.
*Also to Dr.
end of June
For skin ‘rash’,
Cellulitis?
Wild parsnip?
Shingles? -
The ‘burns’ still show on elbow, and by arm pits….
Maybe part of what’s on calf now, too?
For skin ‘rash’,
Cellulitis?
Wild parsnip?
Shingles? -
The ‘burns’ still show on elbow, and by arm pits….
Maybe part of what’s on calf now, too?
*I had asked
about my leg,
And the patch on my right shin
At the Chiropractor
And PT and
SShore ID Dr…
No one has given an answer.
No one knows.
And the patch on my right shin
At the Chiropractor
And PT and
SShore ID Dr…
No one has given an answer.
No one knows.
*Since no one
knows,
It’s fair to hypothesize
That it’s STILL the LYME.
It’s fair to hypothesize
That it’s STILL the LYME.
Have been in continuous stages
Of more unwell or less unwell
Since Lyme DX of 6/15 –
For over three years.
Of more unwell or less unwell
Since Lyme DX of 6/15 –
For over three years.
The right leg
Is just the most recent ‘flare up’ –
And which has lasted the longest –
Aside from the brain issue at the start
(And which is still unresolved)
Re: light sensitivity,
And other symptoms
Like those of a concussion,
But which have gotten less acute…
Is just the most recent ‘flare up’ –
And which has lasted the longest –
Aside from the brain issue at the start
(And which is still unresolved)
Re: light sensitivity,
And other symptoms
Like those of a concussion,
But which have gotten less acute…
-
…Primarily due to changes in my lifestyle:
Retired from my self-employed career
Of 26 years
As a music therapist,
Resigned from much church committee work & choir director),
Lie down almost daily,
Retired from my self-employed career
Of 26 years
As a music therapist,
Resigned from much church committee work & choir director),
Lie down almost daily,
-
…And anti-inflammatory diet and cleanses,
Try to get some form of exercise daily (gardens),
Work Part Time as a home health aide for the summer,
Will work Full Time in Easton schools again in the fall
With MUCH walking daily…
Try to get some form of exercise daily (gardens),
Work Part Time as a home health aide for the summer,
Will work Full Time in Easton schools again in the fall
With MUCH walking daily…
LYME IS
INFLAMMATORY
My SHIN is
INFLAMED…since APRIL.
**Looked
like possible deep tissue fascia cellulitis
JULY 4th holiday,
And was in CT,
Where on call Dr of Compass
Would not give even two days of antibiotics
Over the phone-
Said I needed to ‘be seen’ –
Which would have been AWFUL for my health
To go to the ER
On the JULY 4th holiday.
JULY 4th holiday,
And was in CT,
Where on call Dr of Compass
Would not give even two days of antibiotics
Over the phone-
Said I needed to ‘be seen’ –
Which would have been AWFUL for my health
To go to the ER
On the JULY 4th holiday.
SO I DROVE
BACK TO MASS AT MIDNIGHT...
(Hesitant to even drive after dark -
But drove on the adrenalin of thinking it could go septic -
Into my blood stream
And/or lymph nodes) ...
To take the expired Doxy
That I’d saved for an emergency.
(Hesitant to even drive after dark -
But drove on the adrenalin of thinking it could go septic -
Into my blood stream
And/or lymph nodes) ...
To take the expired Doxy
That I’d saved for an emergency.
THE SWELLING AND REDNESS
STARTED TO SUBSIDE.
It had to have been some form of bacterial infection.
It had to have been some form of bacterial infection.
LYME is a cork
screw shaped spirochete that is hard to eradicate.
IT IS NOT “100% CURABLE”.
IT CREATES A
BIO FILM TO PROTECT ITSELF.
AND USES THE
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE ON ITS HOST
TO SURVIVE –
i.e. whenever there is a weakness in the host.
TO SURVIVE –
i.e. whenever there is a weakness in the host.
With me,
It’s been my lungs & asthma
Ant then pneumonia,
My brain
Hyper multitasking for decades
Now have white spots throughout my brain,
And can’t multitask.
Everything takes much longer to do…
So can actually do much less….
It’s been my lungs & asthma
Ant then pneumonia,
My brain
Hyper multitasking for decades
Now have white spots throughout my brain,
And can’t multitask.
Everything takes much longer to do…
So can actually do much less….
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In peace and wellness,
Lisa
