Was going to post on the ‘happy’ thread but given the current topic will stick it here.
Have had limited movement in my left shoulder (can’t raise left hand/arm much above chest height (makes putting a t shirt on very difficult for example)) and is impossible to sleep on the left side too, which was a byproduct of the Lyme’s disease from the tick bite last year. After numerous tests, scans, X-rays, musculoskeletal confirmed recently it should repair with physio and be no lasting damage, but to expect it to take between 18 months and 3 years to get back to normal!
Can function ok as long as the arm is in a lower position but was quite worried it was getting worse and would eventually be very debilitating so relieved to know that’s not the case and things are on the mend.
So on that note just be very careful in any countryside/wooded areas. The tick has to be infected for it to give you Lymes and the assumption is it’s quite rare, but I’ve has 3 ticks in 14 months - the first causing stage 2 dissemination Lymes (6 week’s antibiotics required) the second a few months later (diagnosed early because I saw the telltale ‘ring’ and recognised the symptoms from before (3 week’s antibiotics this time)) and the third one (don’t know if that was infected because I saw and felt it very early, burrowing away (AND I happened to already on antibiotics from the second one!), which might just be very unlucky, but also suggests the infected ones might be much more prevalent than we realise.
Have been advised to use DEET repellent for the rides and walking the dog which seems fair enough but it’s getting a bit serious if you have to use it before washing the car/playing bowls/out in the garden etc.
Anyway, that’s sort of good news, but a note of caution to all too.
