Got my IGENEX lyme test backindeterminate Help? 03/29/07 02:03 PM
I got my test results for lyme 03/29/07 01:36 PM
Ok, of course nothing is ever cut and dry, is it? My tests came back overall negative, however, there were two bands that were indeterminate. Also, I cannot tell about the stars, but here it is:
That's it. I didn't get the IGG results because when the FFC faxed them to me, I didn't get the last page, but I know that it is an overall negative.
Would this be considered lyme??? Thanks to any input.
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Did someone from the office tell you "over all it's negative." I would have them fax you that IgG page again. Your test isn't an absolute negative result. The lab did see something on 31 & 39. Didn't come thru as a complete positive, but still something was there. That's IND
Lyme is a clinical dx based on symptoms. Blood tests are just tests. You're not positive according to CDC standards and many docs that don't see lyme or know lyme and vector borne illnesses. Many others on this site will say their tests came back negative and then they learned the rest of their story.
which means bacteria WERE found it is just unclear how many. this result means your dr. should retest immediately. if he is uneducated about this fact, please look up the info and show him that he needs to restest.
always restest until there is a determinent result. a full neg or full pos. with no indeterminents, always. tell him to keep going!
Yashin
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
HOWEVER....Lyme is a clinical diagnosis. A positive test is not necessary... [but somewhat desirable!]
Posted by Misunderstood (Member # 11486) on :
I just got my IGG results back today:
**23 - 25- IND 28 - + **39 - IND **41 - +++
Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :
Glenn Killion got negative tests and a negative spinal but he thought he had Lyme anyway. He had doctors treat him like he was crazy- at one point he committed himself to a psyche ward because he was even questioning his own sanity because he was convinced he had Lyme disease. He thought he had Lyme because he had a tick bite and rash at the bite site right before he began to be sick.
He died at age 36.
After his death his widow and mother sent tissue samples to the NIH to Dr. Paul Duray. (National Institute of Health)
Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes were found in his bodily tissues.