I'm posting for my best friend who has no computer. She contracted Lyme about 9 years ago and was treated for only 10 days with antibiotics. She lives in Waldorf, Md, but will travel for a LLMD.
Thank you, BettyG, for all your posting help!
[ 06-16-2009, 10:03 PM: Message edited by: horselover ]
Posted by xianpsych (Member # 17992) on :
Did you see my post yesterday and today about an apt. i have canceled for this wed. at 9am with Dr. C. south of Philadelphia. She is a well-known llmd and I can provide you with articles she has written and her bio if you email me or reply post with your email. I couldn't figure out how to email you off your post. I am a mom with lymes and have two daughters with it. but I do not need this apt. that I made months ago. There is usually a 3 month wait list for Dr. C. Last year I heard her wait list was for one year!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
welcome horselover,
1st, please UPDATE YOUR PROFILE by clicking on profile at top. go to bottom and show YES TO ENABLE PRIVATE MESSAGES!! that's how we send you private llmd, lyme literate md info ok!
on editing, directions are in my GUIDELINES BELOW ok! ***********************************************************
please edit your post to show in subject line:
MARYLAND LLMD NEEDED
now, please break up your entire paragraph into MANY short paragraphs using my guidelines below, and it will explain why.
then go to bottom left hand corner and mark box to receive all replies ok!
i'll come tonight and read your post after it's broken up in order to help you more ok.
Welcome; I'm so glad you found us!! You've come to the right place for education and support!
Betty's suggested POSTING GUIDELINES . many of us have neuro lyme where we can NOT read long solid block text and be able to comprehend and read it as is.
please edit your post by CLICKING PAPER/PENCIL ICON to right of your name. that opens up BOTH subject line and body text.
now please break up your WORDY SENTENCES into one sentence paragraphs. Then hit ENTER KEY ``TWICE`` after each paragraph; we need that space for comprehension.
then go to left hand corner and mark box to receive ALL REPLIES, and click EDIT SEND
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This explains the medical politics around lyme WHY you need an ILADS-educated or ILADS-member LLMD (and there are also some ILADS-member LL NDs (naturopathic doctors):
You should also be evaluated for coinfections. Not all tests are great in that regard, either, but a good LLMD can evaluate you and then guide you in testing. One of the top labs is:
"With most infections, your immune system first forms IgM antibodies, then in about 2 to 4 weeks, you see IgG antibodies. In some infections, IgG antibodies may be detectable for years.
Because Borrelia burgdorferi is a chronic persistent infection that may last for decades, you would think patients with chronic symptoms would have positive IgG Western blots.
But actually, more IgM blots are positive in chronic borreliosis than IgG. Every time Borrelia burgdorferi reproduces itself, it may stimulate the immune system to form new IgM antibodies.
Some patients have both IgG and IgM blots positive. But if either the IgG or IgM blot is positive, overall it is a positive result.
Response to antibiotics is the same if either is positive, or both. Some antibodies against the borrelia are given more significance if they are IgG versus IgM, or vice versa.
Since this is a chronic persistent infection, this does not make a lot of sense to me. A newly formed Borrelia burgdorferi should have the same antigen parts as the previous bacteria that produced it.
But anyway, from my clinical experience, these borrelia associated bands usually predict a clinical change in symptoms with antibiotics, regardless of whether they are IgG or IgM." ===========
ILADS The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) provides a forum for health science professionals to share their wealth of knowledge regarding the management of Lyme and associated diseases.
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otherwise, we will SOB, SCROLL ON BY, since we can't read to help you. If I see posts like this, I SOB them; to hard on me.