I just found out today that I have been
diagnosed through blood test for Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever. It started 4
months ago when I started having these
vivid dream almost like I was taking
malaria pills. I was exhausted from not
gaining the correct level of sleep. After
that I began to have migraines which even
medicine would not help. I went to the
doctor in hopes that he could help. He
suggested a sleep study which I
didn%u2019t really see as a solution. The
next thing I began to feel was joint pains
which only grew worse with the weather.
After some time of feeling like I had the
flu 24/7 and being so tired I needed
coffee everyday, I decided it was time to
go back to the doctor. About a week ago
he ran blood work for many different
things that matched the symptoms. Over
the past week I began having really bad
lower back pains and minor chest pains
about once a day.
I talked to the doctor today and he gave
me a referral to a cardio. He also placed
me on antibiotics for a month along with
giving me a shot of antibiotics. So this
brings me to the scared part... I have
had this for months now and everywhere I
read it says that it can have long term
effects and end in possible fatality. I
also read that 70% of all cases end up in
the hospital. Do I need to be worried?
Should I be going to a hospital? I mean I
have no clue what to do and I don%u2019t
want this to get worse. Or will I just be
okay with antibiotics?
