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Topic: "Some doctors overtreat Lyme disease"

heckyeah
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 603

posted

Another loser who wants his name in the paper so bad that he is willing to display how stupid he is...

http://www.roanoke.com/printer/printpage.aspx?arcID=37841

Jen [Smile]

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

posted

Here's more

http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=013889

how ya doin', heckyeah?? [Smile]

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HEATHERKISS
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 6789

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It's a real crock. I'd like to send him a crock of shi++++. What a nasty rat b@$$+@r&!!!!

I'll be writing a letter to the paper over the weekend and posting it here on Lymenet.

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HEATHER

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docjen
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 7510

posted

This supposed ID doc makes a lot of assertions with no validation. I realize this is just an Op Ed letter (I think), but it seems to this "minority" chronic sufferer that he is being wildly irresponsible by making such broad and unsubstantiated statements about people's health and lives.

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seibertneurolyme
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 6416

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The original front page article, "Shining a Light on Lyme Disease," was published October 11, 2005 and was very favorable to the Lyme cause. http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=013817

Also, a 2nd letter to the editor from Leila Zackrison (the Virginia LLMD recently acquitted of "overprescribing antibiotics") was published October 27, 2005.
http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=013895

Bea Seibert

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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thanks for those additions, Bea! [Smile]

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Gabriella7
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Member # 7862

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The first article mentioned treating early lyme disease with a 4 week course then turned around and mentioned treating late lyme in a similar fashion.

Then it totally lost me when it stated that it was not necessary to treat chronic lyme with long term antibiotics. Isn't a person with late lyme also a person with chronic lyme that has never been properly treated?

If it never gets treated properly it (lyme) can morph into MS!

Gabriella [bonk]

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Foggy
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 1584

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When they develop a "safer," more efficacious modality, then they can pontificate. Until then STFU! [Mad]

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