[TowerTalk] Tower Safety- Lyme disease

[K8RI]

On 4/27/2012 6:12 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> You can add me to the list of people who have contracted Lyme disease.
> This happened about four years ago. I became extremely sick. This was in
> contrast to my 60+ year life experience where I seldom have been sick,
> and if I did get sick, I recovered very quickly. (I owe this DNA to my
> mother, 89 and still going strong!)
>
> Dick, K9OM, describes the condition well. I would add to his "tremendous
> fatigue" that I didn't care whether I ever got out of bed again. I was
> ready to order the headstone. Add disorientation, dizziness, can't focus
> your eyes. I had to crawl on hands and knees to the bathroom.

This sounds similar to a common reaction to statins like Lipitor used to 
control cholesterol.  Typically severe muscle and joint pain with or 
without the fatigue.  OTOH it rarely comes with the headaches or 
disorientation.   But...when you take something for the pain all you 
want to do is lay down and go to sleep.  If it has had a chance to 
progress, it can destroy muscle tissue an take months to recover.

73

Roger (K8RI)