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Topic: Looking for LLMD in Houston TX

SuzHouston
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Member # 49020

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I'm looking for a llmd in the Houston area. Are there any? Bonus if they are also familiar with PANDAS and treat adults.

Posts: 1 | From Houston, TX | Registered: Oct 2016 | IP: Logged |

hopingandpraying
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 9256

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Welcome to Lymenet! PM sent with some info.

You need to be evaluated and treated by a Lyme-literate doctor (LLMD). Non LLMDs have no clue about this horrible disease or its complex treatment!

A LLMD is one who has treated Lyme disease and the co-infections which come with it for many years and has gotten patients well. A good one will follow Dr. B's Guidelines, the "gold standard" for Lyme treatment.

Here is a link for them:

http://www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

LLMDs are far and few between, unfortunately. You need to go where they are. At least half of all Lyme patients travel out of state for their care.

Also, most LLMDs do not accept insurance due to the politics surrounding this horrible disease. Read poster TF's explanation, "Why Lyme Doctors Don't Take Insurance":
http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=025539;p=0

Please read the following about LLMDs and Texas which was recently posted about TX:

"Texas is not a great place to find a good Lyme doctor. Texas threatens its Lyme doctors and gets them to move or stop practicing without notice.

Then, if they start up again a year or so later, they do it to them again. So, there really are few Lyme doctors there and no top notch ones.

Because of the sorry state of affairs in Texas, many folks from Texas are going out of state for testing and treatment for Lyme disease and it's co-infections.

This is what was written to another Texan in Sept. Look at the following thread to see all of the discussion:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/132642?#000018

Read what other Texans wrote in this thread about trying to get proper care in Texas.

Check the online state Lyme groups at:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TexasLyme/info

Maybe they can help.

Some more resources for you (including Support Groups info):
http://whatislyme.com/websites-and-support-groups-by-state/

www.txlda.org

http://www.lymenet.org/SupportGroups/UnitedStates/Texas/

Here is a link for you with good information (you should also contact them for more):

http://www.childrenslymenetwork.org/

This is a link from that website specifically about PANDAS/PANS:

http://www.moleculeralabs.com/what-is-pans/

http://www.childrenslymenetwork.org/children-pans-pandas/

Here is a link with a great deal of good information about Lyme and children:

https://sites.google.com/site/drjoneskids/symptoms-literature

Links about teenagers and Lyme Disease:
https://www.lymedisease.org/45/

http://www.livingwithlymedisease.org/teenagers-with-lyme-disease.html

http://www.lymefight.info/lyme-disease-general-information/children-teens-and-lyme-disease/

The top LLMD, Dr. H, has written a book entitled, "Why Can't I Get Better?". It is an excellent source of information.

Read "Cure Unknown" by Pamela Weintraub. Get it at your local library or buy it used on Amazon.

View "Under Our Skin" for free on http://www.veoh.com/m/watch.php?v=v21055812yWtmpgB8

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