LymeNet Flash: 2-3 weeks of abx almost always cures Lyme

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Posted by ellenlu on :

Yep. That's what the NYS OPMC wrote to us after we complained that they were targeting doctors who treat chronic Lyme disease.

They said that in judging Lyme doctors they rely on guidelines that say that "rarely, if ever, are more thatn 2-3 weeks of antibiotics necessary to cure Lyme disease."

New York has the most cases of Lyme disease and many of the most experienced and renowned LLMD's.

So, trendsetters that we are in NYS, doctors across the country have gotten the message that if they want to treat Lyme with more than 3 weeks of antibiotics,they could lose their licenses.

So, if you are wondering why it is so hard to find an LLMD, you now have a big part of the answer.

But we ae fighting back.

But you gotta make some calls and emails before Tuesday. That's when the NYS legislature adjourns.

We have to get them to bring the OPMC Reform bill S4148 to the floor for a vote.

Here is what you have to do. It will take a few minutes only.

A) FOR ALL LYME PATIENTS IN ALL STATES:

Please call and email Governor George Pataki right away. Telephone messages can be left on his answering machine.
Both telephone and email messages
can be as short as "Please pass S4148 to reform the OPMC". Leave your name and address on the phone messages..

Telephone:
518-474-8390

To Email The Governor:
Click on http://161.11.3.75/
Scroll down on the page this brings you to, and there is a form on which to submit your email.

B) FOR NEW YORKERS ONLY:
1) HANNON: Email Senator Kemp Hannon and call and leave a message on his answering machine.

Messages should thank him for sponsoring S4148, the OPMC Reform bill, AND urge him to have the bill brought up for a vote before the end of session. GIve name and address.

Email:
[email protected]

Phone:
518-455-2200

2) BRUNO: Call (answering machine) and email Senator Joseph Bruno. Urge him to bring S4148 , the OPMC Reform bill , to the floor for a vote. Leave name and address.

Telephone:
518-455-3191

Email:
Go to www.senatorbruno.com/send_email.asp There is a form on which to send an email.

3) � PATAKI: Please call and email Governor Pataki.

Telephone:
518-474-8390

To Email The Governor:
Click on http://161.11.3.75/

Scroll down on the page and there is a form on which to submit your email.

Posted by lookin4answers (Member # 4974) on :

Done.

Posted by solsearcher (Member # 4482) on :

Has anyone been retested after several weeks of antibiotics? Wouldn't that be conclusive evidence that the antibiotics cures Lyme if it does?

My doctor has been suggesting that I get retested after my IV Rocephin. I know I still have the symptoms. It would be interesting to discover that the test comes out negative.

Scott

Posted by richtersl (Member # 2554) on :

Lyme test results are are not necessarily accurate and false negatives occur frequently. Because of this, there is no test for a cure and if any doctor tries to convince you otherwise, the "Duck Alarm" should go off immediately.

Linda

Posted by duke77 (Member # 5051) on :

It depends on how early you catch it as well. My father used to cut is own firewood at the end of summer or early fall. One day he pulled a tick off of his leg back in 83'. About 5 days later had a huge bullseye rash. Went to the doctor, who gave him 7 days of doxy. He hasn't had a problem since twenty-one years ago.

I am not that lucky I never saw a rash or knew how serious Lyme could be. I do faintly remember pulling a tick off of myself in 96' at my old house. Don't know if that was it or not. Looking back I remember faint Lyme symptoms since around that time though. i.e. restless leg syndrome, crying for little or no reason, shin splints, motion sickness in the passenger seat, tinitus, poor stamina. Got worse through the years until last year when I finally realized something was very wrong.

Posted by TheCrimeOfLyme (Member # 4019) on :

scott,

No.

Now onto the reason for this post. Ellen, I emailed.

Posted by jpoppeck on :

If you still have symptoms - you still have a co infection...and still have Lyme

Joan

Posted by ellenlu on :

That might be true, but if you don't follow the action alert at the beginning of thss thread, you might not have a doctor.
Ellen

quote:
Originally posted by jpoppeck:
If you still have symptoms - you still have a co infection...and still have Lyme
Joan

Posted by DELT/1 (Member # 5711) on :

IJUSt DID IT,

HOPE THEY LISTEN,

debbie from warwick

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Posted by WildCondor on :

This is crucial...get on the phone now!
We need everyone's support!

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

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