I got a classic bullseye bruise symptomatic of a tick bite. I went to a doctor and got a blood test. His receptionist, not him, tells me she looked at the results and I don’t have lymes. One week later, I wake up with the left side of my face paralyzed. I go to another doctor and the first thing he asks me is ‘have you had a tick bite’. I told him I was tested for lymes and it came back clean. He says ‘You have Bell’s palsy which is a side effect of lymes disease, and we’re going to test you again’. They did and it came back positive. They put me on a strong antibiotic regimen. I asked if the paralysis would go away. He said it could go away in 2 weeks, or 6 months or never, as it was impossible to predict. Two weeks to the day, I woke up without the paralysis thank God.
I have read that some people become totally disabled from Lyme Disease like they have severe arthritis..................