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Originally posted by cheesegrits:
My best friend, who is in her 40s, has been through it.

She has always been very active. She loves to fish, do yard work, and even had a small home renovation business on the side. She began to have crippling fatigue and joint pain. It was all she could do to go to work and come home and crawl in the bed. I've known her since we were freshman in college and I've never seen her exhausted and in pain to that extent.

As is somewhat common, it took a while for the doctors to diagnose her with it. She had to be very persistent.

It has taken over a year for her to get back into her normal range of activity. She now has psoriatic arthritis that she has to get infusions for. Her insurance made her go through several cheaper treatment options for the arthritis before finally approving whatever medication she is on now.

In short, it was a hellish experience between the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the arthritis. I hope your cousin has gotten faster treatment for the Lyme disease and doesn't wind up with any autoimmune problems like arthritis.