DE is the worst state for Tick Bourne diseases. Lymes is only one of 13 kinds of TBD. Lucky me to live in the #1 state for it! My hubby, who works outside, has had TBD 3 times, myself twice and my oldest son (36) got it last year when he came to live with us for a while. He had a very bad case and although treated early will always have issues resulting from it. Please follow your doctors advice very carefully. This disease is sneaky and very risky. Take care and thanks for thinking to warn others about the potential hazzard. Hope you feel better soon.

I live in PA, and my then 7-year-old son got it last year. His regular doctor refused to give him antibiotics until 2 weeks later when he was tested, so I took him to the ER & they gave it right away. He was on it for over a month, and we need to watch for flareups. Two of our neighbors also have Lyme. I'm seriously considering getting a herd of guinea hen to combat them. HATE them blood-sucking things. :(

Oh no, I feel really bad for you. My DH had this about 4 yrs. ago form a tiny tick. He still suffers from it! No...its not funny!

Sorry to hear. I hope they have given you treatment.

I went undiagnosed for a year. what a nightmare! Heavy duty IV antibiotic and am Lyme free.

what kinds of symptoms do you have from lyme disease. i ask because i found a tick embedded and had died on my shoulder. i dug it out and then a month or so later, i woke up one morning with all ten toes and part of my feet completely numb. it was sunday so waited until monday and they thought i may have ms. they gave me some medicine for several days and it helped the symptoms but they didn't go away completely. they sent me to a neurologist and he did some tests for the ms but not the one that would really tells for sure so we just ended up and dropped it for the time being. i had gotten better but still have numbness in my toes and feet and hands. it is manageable so far. the doctors told me it was too late to test for the lyme disease. it has been 3 years and i am better than i was to begin with but still have numbness. they say i don't have diabetes, that their best guess is i have a virus and that they hope the symptoms will eventually go away but that they just don't know, that it might not.

I have a friend that was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and was taking those nasty drugs for 2 years. They weren't helping and she decided that she didn't have Rheumatoid Arthritis and had a lyme disease test done. Apparently there are 7 or 8 different lyme diseases you can have.

Anyway after all the testing, she found out that she doesn't have Rheumatoid Arthritis, she has Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I guess the symptoms for the arthritis and lyme disease are very similar to the Fever.

Most of the time the doctors will only give you one test instead of the multiple ones that are out there for lyme disease.

It is a very bad year for ticks. I think because of the rain. Good advice for all to take.

Vicky

Great warning and word of caution Kookie! On June 6, 2011 I went to the emergency room at our local hospital due to a bite that displayed the rash and distinctive ring. The doctor told me that it takes two to three weeks from being bitten by a tick until you display the rash and ring. Blood work was negative for Lyme disease however I was put on Amoxicillin for 21 days (every six hours around the clock)and told to return and repeat the blood work in three weeks. I don’t even have a garden, but have found ticks on me just out walking my Bella! The ticks are very heavy this year here in New Hampshire as well. Take care all.

Patricia, I'm so glad you're being treated and thanks for the reminder for the rest of us.
HUGS, Sue