Sorry for the previous confusion. I did not go back to the same doctor that ignored me. Since then I have been to a rheumatoid specialist, a sports medicine specialist, and soon I am going to an infectious disease specialist.
When I was diagnosed the doctor came to the conclusion that I was bitten by a lone star tick (I'm from Wisconsin). I was treated with doxycycline for a week and the pain went away. A few days later it came back again and I was given the same treatment and there were no results. That is when the first doctor gave up. A few months later I was referred to a rheumatoid specialist who ruled out ehrlichiosis all together. He claims that I initally did have it, but that it went away after the treatment but it triggered something else. I did question him about being re-infected but he assured me that I have a high immunity against it and it was not very likely. I asked a couple other doctors and he agreed with him.
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Sorry for the previous confusion. I did not go back to the same doctor that ignored me. Since then I have been to a rheumatoid specialist, a sports medicine specialist, and soon I am going to an infectious disease specialist.
When I was diagnosed the doctor came to the conclusion that I was bitten by a lone star tick (I'm from Wisconsin). I was treated with doxycycline for a week and the pain went away. A few days later it came back again and I was given the same treatment and there were no results. That is when the first doctor gave up. A few months later I was referred to a rheumatoid specialist who ruled out ehrlichiosis all together. He claims that I initally did have it, but that it went away after the treatment but it triggered something else. I did question him about being re-infected but he assured me that I have a high immunity against it and it was not very likely. I asked a couple other doctors and he agreed with him.
Thank you so much for your response :)
January 26, 2010 - 8:37amCourtney
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