Hi. I am new here and have many, many questions. First, I would like to know if anybody can tell me specific doctors who test and treat the partners/spouses of patients?
My LLMD does not believe Lyme and co-infections are sexually transmitted and he costs a fortune so do not want to send my partner to him/her. We are in the PA area.
I would love to hear your experiences with this too if any of you have been through this with your partner.
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(breaking up the post for easier reading for many here)
[ 03-31-2016, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Robin123 ]
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Hi - this section is for doctor referrals. You can post in General Support or Medical Questions with your questions and people will respond there.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Any LLMD should be available to do the testing.
Posted by hopingandpraying (Member # 9256) on :
Welcome to Lymenet! PM sent for PA & MD.
You both need to be evaluated and treated by a Lyme-literate doctor (LLMD). Non LLMDs have no clue about this horrible disease or its complex treatment!
A LLMD is one who has treated Lyme disease and the co-infections which come with it for many years and has gotten patients well. A good one will follow Dr. B's Guidelines, the "gold standard" for Lyme treatment.
Unfortunately, LLMDs are far and few between. You need to go where they are.
Also most LLMDs do not accept insurance due to the politics surrounding this horrible disease. Read poster TF's explanation, "Why Lyme Doctors Don't Take Insurance":
Btw - please break up your posts into 2-3 sentence paragraphs, as there are people on Lymenet who cannot read large blocks of text due to neurological problems form Lyme. Thanks.
[ 04-19-2016, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: hopingandpraying ]
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