Hard to believe an article could be so prehistoric in a day of pandemic proportions.
Wake up North Carolina docs! Wake up!
My sister-in-law lives in Edenton, NC. I hope she has access to this paper. She too needs to wake up.
After all the hell in my own family, and she still condones her 19 year old going out with his girlfrind to hunt deer.
I'm sure my sister-in-law has lyme with all the deer she has washed and vegetaion she has stood in. Her symptoms are-a-plenty.
Her son was deathly unwell a few summers ago.
Wake up North Carolina docs!
Posted by ConnieMc (Member # 191) on :
Bout time. But a little late. This comes after they have managed to run one of the best LLMDs away. Docs saw what happened to him and will still be reluctant to test and treat. And many have been left to suffer after that 3 weeks of treatment or none at all.
Glad we have a new state epidemiologist. Dr. Megan Davies is already doing a much better job than Engels ever did. In fact, I am reluctant to even call him a doctor. He rides high on that IDSA bandwagon.
Testing 19,000 ticks, huh? I will believe it when I see it. The new NC governor has been cutting funding left and right. Sure this will be on the chopping block soon.
I hope this really is the beginning of better times in NC.
Posted by ticked-offinNc (Member # 15420) on :
I hope so too Connie
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
in activism, i copied the article there.
Posted by MurphyNC (Member # 15275) on :
Sadly, to get proper treatment, we North Carolinians have to go out of state.
Perhaps they should do a article about that in the paper and how difficult it is to get diagnosed and treated here.
My PCP said the exact same thing "Lyme is non-existent in this state, you'd have better odds winning the lottery than getting Lyme Disease here".
What a mess.
Posted by DLC4lyme (Member # 20937) on :
Praise The Lord !!!
This can only help my N.C. Industerial Commission hearing.
there are no llmds in nc?? i was looking to possibly move there and need list of llmd's even that take ins...man bad situation....horrible disease!!!!!!!!! i pray every day my husband;s job doesnt transfer him to a state with out lyme dr,
Posted by MurphyNC (Member # 15275) on :
Lymebrained, North Carolina did have one of the best and most experienced and dedicated ILADS LLMDs in our country.
Unfortunately, our medical board persecuted him, suspended his license for practicing outside the CDCs recommended guidelines(which are currently under review and seriously flawed).
Then BCBS followed up with a $20M lawsuit and immediately stopped reimbursement causing him to file bankruptcy. No doctor in NC wants that fate and I don't blame them. You can bet the bank they are cautious about treating patients aggressively here in NC.
I am aware of a few brave and dedicated doctors here but overall NC is unfortunately in the dark about Lyme disease. I (as well as many others I know) travel to the North East where Lyme is(supposedly:) more endemic for treatment. Thankfully, I'm finally getting better. NC needs to wake up.
Watch Under Our Skin, it has the full story about this fine Dr. Also, read the impact this action caused below for some insight,