Latent Lyme disease and exercise??? a link?

As I've stated on this site, my wife and I had Lyme, Babeosis and Erlichosis. We spent about 50 grand, two years and a lot of antibiotics to get back on our feet. I've been relatively OK.

HOWEVER, I started a new project around the house. My 20,000 gallon in ground pool is surrounded by patio blocks that aren't even close to level, in fact, they look more like the Tetons. Also, I'm getting water intrusion around the coping that is wrecking the bond beam. The quotes we got were about 15 grand or so to redo the deck. I figured that since I don't belong to a gym, it might be a good thing to get some manual labor in. My 13 year old son and I have been removing blocks, knocking off the mortar, regrading, hand tamping and resetting the stones. The results are looking great.

BUT - the other day, I came down with a 24 hour 'flu'. Part of it might be that the window fan was blowing on me. But I began to think. It seems that every time I get into a heavy project, I end up with a 'flu' lasting anywhere from a day to a week.

THEORY - It is pretty much of a fact that lyme buries itself deep in the tissue. I suppose that what might be happening is that the exercise is forcing blood down into the muscle which is causing a herxheimer effect (an effect where the killing of lyme disease results in a fever). This makes sense in that, when I think about it, it seems that there is a correlation between hard exercise and the onset of a fever. I don't keep a journal so I don't have hard data on this.

ACTIONS - My first thought is that I probably want to keep up with the pool. and other regular hard exercise. (1) I need to get it done and (2) It seems like it might be killing the Lyme that is buried deep. Also, I think I need to get back to regular appointments with my massuese. She does deep tissue massage which seems to have a similar effect.

Anyway, I'd appreciate anyone who has had similar experiences if you would chime in here.