Bowden Sheds Some Light On Sexton's Situation By ANDY STAPLES [email protected] Published: Jul 31, 2005 http://ads.mgnetwork.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/www.tbo.com/sports/story.htm@Position1?x ORLANDO - Florida State University quarterback Wyatt Sexton was suspended for skipping a drug test two weeks before Tallahassee police found him doing push-ups in the middle of a neighborhood street and calling himself "God," Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden said Saturday. Bowden, speaking at the Florida Sportswriters Association's media days, also said tips from two parents helped lead Sexton's parents to ask doctors to check their son for Lyme disease. Sexton, who will miss the upcoming football season and the fall academic semester, was diagnosed with the disease earlier this month. Bowden said he visited Sexton on Friday. Early last week, the coach said he hadn't spoken to Sexton since he was diagnosed. "He looked like he just got up from a nap and couldn't wait to get back," Bowden said. "He said he's tired. Physically, he looked good." Bowden said Sexton is recovering at home. Sexton's father, Billy, is the Seminoles' running backs coach. News of Sexton's suspension leaked before he was found in the middle of Spoonwood Drive on June 14, but no FSU official had explained the suspension until Saturday. "He just didn't show up for a drug test," Bowden said. "The Lyme disease, I feel, triggered the whole thing." Bowden said Sexton had missed a series of workouts, prompting coaches to request a drug test. Bowden also said Sexton's grades -- usually high -- had slipped. News reports across the nation detailed the "God" incident, which occurred shortly after Sexton returned from the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. These reports, Bowden said, led two parents to call Sexton's family. "Bill was talking about two people in Tallahassee that called and said, 'Hey Bill, my son had Lyme disease, and he thought he was God,' " Bowden said. FSU officials announced July 9 that Sexton had been diagnosed with the disease by Chandra Swami, a doctor in Hermitage, Pa. Lyme disease typically is contracted when a person is bitten by an infected deer tick. Sexton's absence will force Bowden to choose between a pair of redshirt freshmen as the Seminoles' starter for their season opener against Miami on Sept. 5. Are you FREAKING kidding me? what the hell are they trying to pull here???? The kid was doing drugs, freaked out, thought he was god, and got CAUGHT. Bowden acts as if the coaching staff saved his life... this is one huge turnaround... Yeah Bobby, he didn't want to take a piss test because of the lyme disease... it couldnt have been cause he was doing any mind altering drugs that are done all the time at jam band festivals... NOOOO WAAAY... This whole story has been total BULLSCHIT from the get go. And the quote about the two people in talla.'s sons having lyme disease I believe is bull as well. Lyme disease is not that popular. also: Lyme Disease Treatment and Prognosis Antibiotics Most cases of Lyme disease can be cured with a few weeks of antibiotics taken by mouth. Antibiotics commonly used for oral treatment include doxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime axetil. Patients with certain neurological or cardiac forms of illness may require intravenous treatment with drugs such as ceftriaxone or penicillin. The table below summarizes current treatment recommendations as developed by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) in consultation with Lyme disease experts and CDC. This story just makes me mad....:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:angryfire:cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:
So you do not believe Lyme disease can cause those symptoms? Why would you post treatment of Lymes instead of symptoms?? Are the MD's at the hospital working in cahoots with FSU to cover this up? Are doctors putting their license on the line so this guy would not be caught doing drugs? Who knows why he did not show for his piss test, but it is clear that Lyme disease is serious **** and can cause his symptoms. I feel this guy deserves the benefit of the doubt when a legitimate diagnosis has been discovered. Lyme disease syptoms: Facial palsy - A paralysis of the facial nerve that causes the facial muscles to be uneven (This may get better without treatment.) Meningitis - Causes headache, fever, and stiff neck Nerve inflammation - Causes numbness and tingling in the arms or legs Brain swelling (encephalitis) - Causes learning difficulties, confusion, and dementia Intermittent episodes of arthritis - Last about a week and usually involve the knee or wrist (These may recur over periods of weeks to months, and, if the Lyme disease remains untreated, about 10% of people who have these episodes develop persistent arthritis in the knee. Occasionally, people with Lyme disease can present with an acute arthritis in the knee without a clear history of a rash or other joint complaints.) The heart (carditis) - Resulting in irregularities in heart rhythm
Lyme is rare, but, I knew a lot of people that came down with it in the Corps. While in the field training, we would constantly be pulling ticks off of ourselves. The guys would start feeling bad, after a few days, and go to BAS to get checked out. The corpsmen knew the symptoms well and would send them for a blood test. Once treatment started they were over it in a matter of weeks. Sometimes days. I agree, this whole thing seems mighty fishy.
well at least salty's got my back :thumb: this whole thing seems weird to me. I just call them out on their BS, thats all.
It should be noted that Dr. Swami is a private practice physician in Pennsylvania, not associated with a Florida hospital. Additionally, Dr. Swami is not a "board certified" physician. Here's the question I'd like to know the answer to ..... how is it that Sexton was unfit to workout or submit his urine sample because of Lyme Disease symptoms, but he was well enough to attend a 3-day music festival in Tennessee? ... a music festival that has a well-known reputation for illicit drug use among a portion of festival-goers? IMO, it's not Sexton that most people are bothered with, it's Bobby Bowden and his "win at all costs" philosophy.
