[javert]

Can someone please tell me if it's possible to get permanently sick from Lyme disease? (e.g. assume the initial systems are just a flu, get past those, and never realize you have other problems.) Because if so, I might have it. But that's impossible, right?

EDIT: Yes, I should ask a doctor, but given the medical situation where I live, it is quite hard to get good advice.

[hmsimha]

If you didn't treat it, then from what I understand, the spirochetes are still in your blood and brain. However, the official response of the medical community is 'no' because they don't have enough evidence to make that claim (from what I understand there is a lot of pressure from insurance companies to not make this a diagnosis that would result in them potentially having to cover years of treatment)

[abecedarius]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Chronic_Lyme_disea... may be relevant. Good luck.