Just spotted a lecture series being given through the Portsmouth Regional Hospital to include a lecture entitled "Coping with Chronic Lyme Disease" by Don McNeel, MD.
It is to be held at the Courtyard Marriott, 1000 Market Street in Portsmouth. The date of the lecture is Monday June 27th at 7:00pm and you can call 603-433-6976 to pre-register. There is a $5.00 registration fee which supports local women's and children's charities.
I should mention that I know nothing about the doctor or the lecture itself, so I can't endorse it, just thought I would pass along the info.
Hope to meet up with some fellow Lymies from my area there. Take care
Posted by WIZARD (Member # 4597) on :
Anyone have any more updated info on this event?
Any feeling about which camp this Dr. may be in?
Wizard
Posted by perplexed (Member # 1913) on :
This only makes me wonder because I got bit in NH in 1972. From 1972-2001 I lived in NH..Manchester area..and no doctor ever put my symptoms together. It wasn't until I moved to KY in 2001 that a wonderful doctor diagnosed me with Lyme disease. Problem is there are no LLMDs in KY, so I will be going to Missouri next month to see an LLMD.
I have been in touch with my doctor of 18 yrs in Manchester, and he said that the Lyme is gone..with antibiotics he had to give me for bronchitis, strep, tonsillitis and bladder infections. I disagree. New Hampshire is not a good place to be with Lyme Disease.
Will be interested to see if this Doctor at the seminar is and LLMD.
Posted by achey (Member # 6284) on :
Dr. McNeel is a good guy. I met him last week at the NH state house signing of the NH Lyme Disease bill.
He is working on becoming LL, and is studying under Dr. R in CT and Dr. B...
Unfortunately, he is contracted with Portsmouth Family Practice, and the practice is closed to new patients.
Posted by shazdancer (Member # 1436) on :
I have also heard good things about the guy. He is an ILADS doc. His colleagues may not share his views on Lyme -- the hospital website certainly doesn't. However, his talk comes at a good time, on the heels of NH state hearings on the disease.
I'm going, to show support. Hope to see you there,
Shaz
Posted by sapphire (Member # 4599) on :
i spoke to dr McNeel by phone a week ago. he seems a very caring nuturing physician he is hoping to have several colleages attend this talk in portsmouth as well Dr M is an associaate of some of the most respected lyme LLMDs in connecticut, believing that every person should be treated in a different manner depending on symptoms and manifestation of lymew in the individuals body he treats with supplements as is in favor of alternative therapies also, in the works is his intent to move into private practice by summers end . those of us in northern new england will really benefit by his practice
hope to see you others who are local at the talk jan [email protected]
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Posted by bob_ffxi (Member # 7945) on :
Dr. M is currently my PCP and the only person who has helped me or listened to my symptoms since I became sick. The thing I like most about him is that he actually listens without interrupting, and he doesnt talk down to me. He also doesnt chastise me for doing a lot of research on my health problems, and the first doctor I've met that admits he is not an all knowing expert but will research whatever he can to help.
With my experience with other doctors I was also surprised that he actually returns my calls himself even when it is not an emergency.
Dr. M is currently trying to leave the practice he is at to go into private practice, sounded like he was having issues with his partners although he said some were warming up to his lyme treatment. He doesnt plan on being at his current location past the end of the year.
I don't mean to sound gushy but I have had some -bad- experiences with doctors while trying to get someone to just TEST me for lyme in the first place. I feel bad that he is having issues because of his treatment of Lyme...
Also FYI:
My direct lyme treatment experience thus far has been that he has made a clinical diagnosis and is starting treatment. He also made sure I got Igenex tested (lyme panel, babs) before starting meds, test results should be in this week. Started on Ceftin 1000mg twice a day, might add something that'll take care of any bart possibility when I see him in a week. We are waiting for the test results to make insurance approval for Rocephin easier.
On the first visit I was provided with lots of literature explaining lyme, testing, camps a&b, etc. and he explained how he treats based on clinical diagnosis regardless of test results.
I was also shown some deer ticks he has and was allowed to look at them under a microscope. I never imagined how small they were, he held the slide up to my arm with the tick on it, the nymphal one was almost invisible.
Hope this is usefull to any of you in the area, I was also told by the receptonist that he is currently accepting lyme patients even though the practice is not accepting new patients.