Originally Posted by Frankybme  Please answer as many questions as you can. We are hopping to find some common patterns among the answers.
If there are any other questions you want included, just send them to me. Also you might want to quote this post and then just fill in the answers.
1. State you reside in New Jersey
2. Inner City? Suburb? Country? suburb
3. Do you live on a lake, by the ocean or pond? pond
4. Do you have city or well water? City
5. Do you live in a heavily treed area? yes
6. Age at onset 73
7. Number of years affected 9 months
8. Any other family members affected? NO
9. Your occupation at onset? Retired Physical Therapist Asst.
10. Do you own pets? Cat? Dog? Other? Cats
11. Have/had you traveled to California, Florida or Texas? Europe? no Other?
12. Do you/have you garden, hike, camp or spend allot of time outdoors? no
13. List your activities and hobbies. Reading, swimming, Crafts use to be sports but I'm in a wheel chair now.
14. Have you used a public whirlpool or pool? I have a pool in my back yard for use in summer.
15. Please provide your medical history (i.e.: do you or have you had any other diseases? Cancer, Lyme, Thyroid, AIDS, other?). Lymes but it was cured.
16. Do you smoke? no
17. Any medications you have taken or are taking? Many
18. Do you drink more than 8 cups of coffee a day? no
19. As far as lesions, have you had more than 10 at a given time? yes
20. What part of your body did the lesions start? chest
21. Is there any area that they are most prevalent? If so, where? Arms, hips, thighs, chest, side of face and in my hair.
22. Is one side of your body/face more affected than the other (i.e.: left vs. right)? about evenly matched
23. Please list your current symptoms (brain fog? vision disturbances? fatigue? nausea? weight loss/gain etc?) brain fog, vision not good at times, Very tired could sleep for hours, itching, burning, swelling in legs I am not sure that is from morgellons or lip-edema, Skin becomes very old looking when I get the burning, dehydrate at times like when I have burning, My joints have been more painful since I have gotten this disease, and my respiratory system seems to be working overtime.
24. What did other doctors diagnose you with (i.e.: folleculitis? Scabies? DOP - delusional parasitosis)? |