So we are new to this site and new to Lyme. My mother has her first LLMD appointment set up in a month. My mom has a PA who has been following her multitude of medical illnesses (she has neuroligic and an abundance of arthritic symptoms), here is her most recent letter to my mom regarding her Lyme test....
"I am writing in regards to your recent Lyme antibody screen. The initial screen was positive, although I did call and talk with infectious disease and based on the results, they do feel that this is a negative test. They questioned a prior diagnosis with the fact that none of the IgG bands were positive. At this point, no antibiotic therapy is recommended. I believe you have a follow up with Dr....(orthopedic MD). We will discuss further based on his recommendations."
I had my mom call the lab and found out it was a Western Blot that gave a positive result. We are still waiting for the actual result to come in the mail, to see the bands...
Any thoughts as to these results?????
LymesWI (yes I now know it is Lyme, not Lymes:)Lol! )
Posted by TnFlowerChild (Member # 24717) on :
Can somebody help with this?
I would presume a positive is a POSITIVE - "infectious disease" people don't seem to have a clue! ?????
The LLMD should get copies of your tests when you go - the diagnosis is as much (or more) clinical as it is "test positive".