Hello all and thank you for your time. I'm looking for an LLMD I can trust and that can help me regain my health. I'm located in southeast Florida. Just difficult to find someone that we can really trust, we are basically putting our lives on their hands.
Cheers!
Posted by hopingandpraying (Member # 9256) on :
Welcome to Lymenet! PM sent for FL & DC.
You 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. There was a good one in Tampa, but he retired.
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":
Read the books written by the top LLMD, Dr. H, titled, "Why Can't I Get Better?" and his new one, "How Can I Get Better?". They are an excellent source of information.
Read "Cure Unknown" by Pamela Weintraub. Get it at your local library or buy it used on Amazon.
Please go to www.FloridaLyme.org and look at the menu to your left you will see "DOCTOR REFERRALS".
Click there to find the names and contact information for health care professionals treating Lyme & TBD's in all of the states.
There is also a page with support group info, one for alternative medical professionals, educational conferences, labs and their contact information, and MTHFR and Morgellons providers.
Here is a list of tick borne diseases with how to diagnose (testing), a list of symptoms for each disease and treatment information.