My aunt was sure she had chronic lyme. She used a couple of years of her life fighting her physician over it. Trying to get him to accept it.
Turned out it was lung cancer. When it was diagnosed correctly, it had turn metastatic and spread to most of her organs including the brain. It went really fast from there. I don't know how it could have turned out. But I'm certain that she would have had more of a chance, if she hadn't interpreted her symptoms through the distorted information she got online.
> But I'm certain that she would have had more of a chance, if she hadn't interpreted her symptoms through the distorted information she got online.
I hesitate to post because it feels callous, but it doesn't sound like her physician did a good job either? Unless she was fighting his attempts to diagnose cancer with her own attempts to self-diagnose Lyme, it seems like neither did any good.
Your post feels callous to me too. The point of my post was that chronic lyme fearmongering made their relationship dysfunctional. Delaying proper diagnosis and treatment.
It goes without saying that a physician overlooking cancer for years isn't doing a great job - by definition. But they are not miracle workers, and it's tough to help someone working against you.
Turned out it was lung cancer. When it was diagnosed correctly, it had turn metastatic and spread to most of her organs including the brain. It went really fast from there. I don't know how it could have turned out. But I'm certain that she would have had more of a chance, if she hadn't interpreted her symptoms through the distorted information she got online.