Hi i am back again!

I had lyme disease - only symptom was knee and leg swelling. The disease never showed up in in my blood - only after three surgeries where the last one they took fluid and it came up positive.

I was on iv antibiotics for two months then two more months of oral til last December. I was doing great - pain was gone and only left with what they said was some lyme arthritis which I could deal with. Then suddenly this week my leg swelled so severly and the pain was intolerable. There is a bakers cyst on back of my leg that has filled with fluid almost all way down my leg. Doctor tried to drain and take some fluid but could barely get any but thought had enough to test for lyme.


My question: Once you have had lyme will you always test positive for it. Doctor said something like that so how will I know if the lyme has gone away from the antiobiotics and this is just damage from having lyme or the lyme did not ever go away?

Thanks for your help

Lyme can come back. I am not sure that 4 months of antibiotics was enough depending on how long you've been with Lyme.

I've been on antibiotics for over a year now, and when I stop the Lyme comes back. I am still improving monthly.

Good luck and get to a LLMD...