I am looking for a very experienced LLMD, with not much luck so far. I want someone who has a very definitive plan of how they will treat me, how long they will treat me, what they will treat me for. So far not much luck.
I live in New York City and I have Lymenet's recommendations, but Dr. R. is too expensive for me. Called Dr. Y's office, and I can afford at least a first visit. But he's a neurologist and my main symptoms are arthritis thigns, not neuro things. Does anyone see him?
I don't have a car, so I can't see the doctors surrounding the city, like the ones in LI, etc. I can't afford to drop $300 or more on a doc that I don't know anything about so I'm really counting on people here to give me some feedback. Thanks!
Posted by JKMMC09 (Member # 15795) on :
We had a bad experience with Dr. Y (saw him for almost 1 year)...It's a long story, but I would never recommend him to a fellow Lyme patient.
Posted by tainabell (Member # 18270) on :
Thanks for the info!
Any quick details you could give me? Did he undertreat you, overtreat you? Not recognize your Lyme dx? Overcharge you? Who do you see now?
Anyone else have feedback?
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
E-mail me, I know quite a bit about Dr. Y.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Hubby also had a bad experience. Definitely would not recommend him if you are short of cash -- wanted $6800 for testing which would not have been covered by insurance except for maybe a little bit.
Bea Seibert
Posted by Chronic Triathlete (Member # 15245) on :
Dr. R may be expensive, but he doesn't run a whole bunch of tests. At least he hasn't on me. He seems to focus closely on the clinical picture.
This may save you money in the long run.
/CT
Posted by davidx (Member # 8326) on :
I have been seeing him for many months. Please feel free to email me with any questions. However, he is not my primary LLMD but rather treats me from a neurologist perspective.
While he does not accept insurance, I haven't had any problem submitting any of his appointments or tests to my insurance company for reimbursement.
-David
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
I agree, Dr. R is absolutely the way to go in my opinion. The cost may seem unreasonable initially but you won't be sorry or disappointed.