Hi Everyone,

I posted a while back wondering about maybe a Lyme disease relapse thing going on with me. Well, I've been getting what I thought was fever feelings but now feel more like a hot flash, then chilly feeling. Went to doc, ran tests, he said they are normal but I noticed my white blood cell count was 11,4000, and two months ago it was 6000...the range is from 4000 to 11,000. He said normal but obviously it's elevated!! So now I am freaking out about cancer, etc. Yes, I'm 47 1/2 so it could very well be perimenopause, no other symptoms yet though...my gyn offered me a trial of low dose birth control to see if the flashes improve, but after reading all possible side effects, I chickened out and didn't take them.

So next week I will have my blood redrawn to see about the white cells. Meantime I am paranoid, anxious, getting nauseous, and can't relax about this!!! The anxiety is just unbelievable!! What do you guys think? Any nurses or infectious disease people here? How about side effects from birth control? Did any of you have any? Thank you so much and please give advice.............!!