A few years ago, the lyme community almost lost one, if not the best, lyme literate doctor in the U.S.

This doctor came very close to losing his license. It cost him a lot of money and time and stress to defend himself.

He uses a "blend" of traditional medicine and "alternative" medicine (if you classify nutritional supplements as "alternative") in order to try to help persons overcome this devestating disease which so rapidly damages the body.

Lyme patients want to LIVE, they want to get WELL and yet so many doctors have turned them away because they do not know anything about this disease.

My nephew is currently in med. school. Do you want to know what test for lyme they told him to run? The Elisa test! Not the Western Blot! Unbelievable, but true. His education was not...up to date.

Most doctors cannot keep up with the latest research. It's hard enough to try to keep up with new research on ONE disease.

Furthermore, there is no such thing as a medical FACT. They are opinions only based on CURRENT knowledge which is growing at astromomical speed.

Please do not "eliminate" our "specialists".

In my opinion, the oath "First Do No Harm" applies to both professions.

P.S. One does not have to be a passed-the-bar lawyer to belong to the following 2 organizations:

American Trial Lawyers:
Member Groups
Law Students
Leaders Forum (Firms)
Litigation Groups
Minority Caucus
New Lawyers Division
Paralegal Affiliates
Practice Sections
Republican Caucus
Women Trial Lawyers Caucus

I have a friend in an ER residency who graduated Harvard Medical School. When I talked to him about Lyme, you would think it was a newly discovered disease. He knew nothing besides to look out for a rash.

I actual don't think I've felt an anti-lawyer sentiment here. People have talked about bad experiences with lawyers trying to get disability, but then, why would they post the good? They post when they need help.