Re: do i have a disease? don't know where else to go...

From: mike (kmikek_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: 5 Sep 2004 21:08:50 -0700

OK, i hope this is more readable.

> This answers your question "am I sick". The answer is "yes".
> And you should be worried, as the head contains the brain and you need your
> brain to write software.
> (I am also a programmer).

aren't there thousands of people walking around with all kinds of
symptoms caused by non-fatal conditions like stress? are you telling
me i am sick beyong a doubt because of symptoms?
 
> I sit 15 to 18 hours/day in front of the PC and I have chronic headaches
> too.
> But I fear yours will get worse and mine better. And my headaches prevent
> concentration, yours too?

are you trying to help or make things worse? thanks
for not sugar-coating anything, but how can you say you think mine
will get worse and yours better??

> Does it change with coffee or alcohol?
 
i don't drink either.

> It could be a virus too.

what kind of virus? can a non-harmful virus cause all this for
several months? will it go away?

> OK, this is a neurological problem, that's for sure.
> And the connection with the fever means that it is likely of infectious
> origin.
> What you should do is test whether it's a virus or a bacterium.
> Take 1 month of doxycycline, 300 mg/day. If there is improvement or if you
> get a Jarish-Herheimer reaction (temporary exacerbation of symptoms) then
> it's a bacterium.
>
> You can't do much against a virus.

please explain to me what the difference of being virus related or
bacterium related.

> No, it surely is something to worry about.
> Second opinion is extremely useless.
> Most here had 12 docs before diagnosed, but most in general will never get
> diagnosed.

there you go again making me feel better. :) it's SURELY something to
worry about? like i said earlier, why can't i be a perfectly healthy
person just coming down with something temporary or under a lot of
stress? i personally don't believe stress can do all this to a
person, but "stress-related" is all i got right now. are you saying i
surely have some disease? are you saying i'm surely infected by
something serious? please explain before i get more stressed.
 
> In the meantime, be vigilant. Don't trust tests. Sleep a lot, Eat healthily.
> When you experience cardiac problems (Might happen with Lyme), make an
> appointment with a cardiologist immediately and tell him you fear infectious
> etiology. But the very best solution os to take a course of doxycycline to
> test reliably whether it is Lyme.

i do appreciate you taking the time to respond, but you've really
scared me. you've made it sound like i have some serious disease for
sure, and that it can't be attributed to something temporary or
harmless. i hope this was not the message you intended to get across.
 my opinion is that it's possible i have some serious illness, but
these symptoms can be attributed to many things, many
non-serious/fatal things, right?

i really doubt i have lyme. wouldn't i have known if i got bitten by
a tick? and i don't spend time outdoors much (typical computer geek).

thanks for your time.

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