Could anyone with information about misdiagnosed Parkinsons please share your info or post links I can share with a friend.

We have a neighbor who lives in a Lyme endemic area and has had many, many tick bites. He was diagnosed with Parkinsons a couple of years ago. He is not improving with treatment and we are trying to convince him to look into Lyme...He's a very hard sell. Just wants to stick to his GP. Even though I have Lyme and babs myself...

Any links or info we could pass on would be appreciated...We just want him to look at all possible diagnoses.

HiHopes
 

My husband had been diagnosed by four neurologists as "Parkinsons". Dr. Klinghardt said no, you do not have Parkinsons, you have Parkinsons symptoms.

He treated him over a period of several years. He is long out of the wheelchair and driving and doing - yesterday he filled two gigantic toters with yard clippings!!!!!

He is in his 80th year of life and doing super. No more Lyme, and by the way, no more Lyme for me either. I was also semi-paralyzed and lived in an unbelievable fog for a long time for unbelievable pain.

The nightmare is over, but it takes some doing and not sitting waiting for miracles from ignorant physicians.

Take care.

P.S. Dr. Klinghardt treats a number of Parkinsons/Lyme patients. Per his findings over the years, many chronically ill have Lyme as part of the problems.
 

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Thanks for the link -- I will read through it and pass it (and you and your husband's stories!) along to him. I've heard good things about this doctor..

It sounds like both your husband and yourself have been through a lot and came out on top. It's hard to believe soemtimes how debilitating this disease can be...It's encouraging to hear how others have recovered.

Thanks!

HiHopes