Good for you!! Keep us posted --
As posted to JackieCalifornia, I saw an LLMD last week and have a follow up next month. I am glad you are trying something new as well. I did read about Dr. Horowitz awhile back. Best of luck to you on your treatment!!!!
I did see an LLMD a week ago and was put on abx's. The LLMD did not see a need at that time for a IGENEX since I tested positive for Lymes. I love your replies back to the NY Times.
First of alll igenex does do the Western Blot. The too many false positives is a typical excuse for non LLMD
There is nothing wrong with taking Doxy but you need more then the few weeks usually given by non LLMD.
I have personally learned now that I am starting over again that you also need an "intracellular" drug per the new father of lyme Dr Horowitz as well as pulsing a cyst Buster. This time around, Dr H gives nystatin pills (for yeast) daily. Which for me, makes me feel better, knowing it is fighting the yeast.. I never herxed on abx before so I am hoping some of these evil bugs are being killed.
Agree with Jackie. Can you get to an LLMD? Good luck!
Sigh. Sorry to hear about your doc's views and approaches. Sounds like she's feeling caught 'between a rock and hard place'.
Here is part of a 2013 article about Lyme in the New York Times, pasted below in "quotes".
My snotty comments back at them are between **double asterisks**:
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"According to guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), people bitten by deer ticks should not routinely receive antibiotics to prevent the disease. [**Whaaaat???!!!**]
"A single dose of the antibiotic doxycycline may be given in situations that meet all of the following conditions [meaning that NO treatment is given to a patient unless ALL the following are present]:
(1) "The tick is still attached to the patient and is positively identified as an adult or nymphal I. scapularis (the tick that carries the Lyme disease B. burgdorferi spirochete). [**And what happens to all the people that the tick fell off of before the doc arrived?**]
(2) "Doxycycline treatment can be started within 72 hours of the tick bite. [** CAN be started? Not "should be started" --? So ... what are they waiting for??**]
(3) "There is proof that at least 20% of ticks in that geographic area are infected with B. burgdorferi. [**So who is doing the statistical work ... the Census Bureau?? ...]
"In general, the risk of developing Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick is only 1 - 3%." [IN GENERAL?? Is that how docs are supposed to treat to an infection closely related to Lyme ... that being SYPHILIS, which can and does have terrible effects on an untreaed person?]
You get the idea, I'm sure.
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You say: "(There again immune system, not dna and blood system.)" Well said indeed.
Can you find a way to get to a Lyme doc?