I live in SE Iowa. Is there a doc within 30 miles? Major cities are: Iowa City, Coralville, Cedar Rapids, Debuque, Quad Cities (Davenport, and 3 more I cannot remember). I have a Naturopath who did diagnoses (clinical and blood test with full western blot panel). But he cannot offer IV antibiotics (thanks to our Victorian-era State Attorney General). I would like an MD who will cooperate nicely with my ND. Am I asking too much? If not within 30 miles but still in Iowa please let me know those too...
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
info sent
Posted by IowaCityTracy (Member # 32448) on :
I do not understand the previous post (from Lymetoo). It said 'info sent" but did not have any. Am I missing something? I am hurting and foggy- sorry.
Posted by cheffer (Member # 28737) on :
it means something was sent to your inbox. There should be a flashin message sign at the top of the page. Click on that and it will bring you to the message
Posted by ktkdommer (Member # 29020) on :
Sent PM. There is an Iowa Lyme Coalition that is active. You might google them. They have two very strong advocates. In fact, one incredible Iowa advocate helped me and my family in Ohio.
Posted by hopingandpraying (Member # 9256) on :
PM sent.
Posted by petzel (Member # 32554) on :
I am located in the Quad-Cities, IA side of river, and on Tuesday morning, when I got out of the shower, I had an erythema migrans on my right upper arm that was so obvious, my husband exclaimed, "OMG! What is that!" I looked and told him what it was and to take a photo. He did. I went to a local MD, (he's been my MD since I was about 13 yrs old, now in late 30's). He was going to prescribe doxycycline for 10 days--I asked him to make sure that was the current protocol--he switched it to 14 days. I am not sure this is enough to combat a possible new Lyme infection and would like to see a LLMD. I am on Title 19 Medicaid, as I am a student, but would be willing to see a doc who would take cash payment, as I know early treatment is imperative, having read "Cure Unknown" about two years ago. I also suspect that I may actually have had chronic Lyme for many years based on past incidents with my health since I was a child living in southern WI. Can't get my MD to entertain that thought, however. I have had breast cancer (6 yrs ago), unexplained hip pain & limp (hospitalized when I was 6 yrs old for that), 3 incidences of unexplained rash with accompanying rheumatoid arthritis-like symptoms when a teen, fatigue for years, trouble with short-term memory since pregnancy 3 yrs ago, & pityriasis lichenoides chronica since Feb '11 (these are just some of the highlights!). Thanks for any recommendations. I posted to this message because I've never used a message board before and I don't have any idea how to begin new message.