Recent content by paulzeee

All the best Jamie. Where I come from there is no doctor that will give you any results over the phone, positive or negative, you always have to go for follow up in person.

Thank you all for the suggestions. In Canada I can't go to infectious disease clinic without a referral and I have to go to the neurologist which I am referred to and there is a long wait time (the joys of free health care). Yes I have considered MS as well. The odd thing is the neuropathy has...

Thanks Pat. I can ask about other tick borne diseases but my symptoms are so vague I doubt my doctor will be none too motivated to start testing me for a bunch of things. I haven't had any shots or anything. My GP didn't feel the rash had anything to do with the Paresthesias I had experienced at...

Thanks Jamiet. I am going to have a very difficult time convincing anyone here to give me a proper Lyme test but I will try. In ALS would widespread fasculations come on immediately, like in a span of a week? Also do any ALS people have peripheral neuropathy problems? Sorry to be so long winded...

I am a 36 year old male living in Canada. A couple of months back after I came back from a vacation in the mountains I broke out in an odd rash on my forearms and lower legs (not a bull’s-eye rash). I was also feeling very tired. Shortly after, I noticed the base of my feet going numb and tingly...