Just brainstorming, but I am a PA myself who had a diagnosed case of Lyme myself, in 2004 in the Texas Panhandle (pulled the tic off myself and then my nurse noticed the classic rash on my neck a week or 2 later and I did a 7 day course of doxy.) I have since had my life turned upside down with (and they were misdiagnosed or ignored for about 7 years) with Conn s syndrome and multiple hospitalizations for hypokalemia between 2004-2010, and hyperthyroidism. I was only 38 then, very healthy, active and athletic. Is there a link between this and Lyme?