2026-03-20 12:25 UTC
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@pmdj@mstdn.social 2026-03-20 12:43
@yosh@toot.yosh.is It'll be a really big deal if it works & widely rolled out. There must be a significant population living with undiagnosed Lyme. I suspect I was probably infected in childhood or early/mid teens. There is no awareness for low-level chronic symptoms which in retrospect were definitely there. I started getting more severe symptoms aged ~29. I saw about 8 doctors with no diagnosis; my wife eventually figured it out after much research, then it still took 4-5 doctors until someone believed it.
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@dasgrueneblatt@wien.rocks 2026-03-20 14:27
@yosh@toot.yosh.is That would be so great! 💚 I got lyme from a tick once, and it's really scary. Mine developed the classic red circle, and it was in a place I could see while showering, so I got antibiotics in the early phase, but I know so many people who didn't realize it in time, and then after a while it gets really bad. Very sick for months, lasting effects for life. Also, even with the antibiotics, my red circle kept growing for the first few days before it stopped, and it took weeks of slowly getting lighter until it faded away. 😬