Igenex IgG: Igenex/CDC Negative. 39:IND 41:++ Posts: 12 | From New York | Registered: Jun 2010
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CD57
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NO! Consider Galaxy Diagnostics, in NC, instead. They have just opened. Or Clongen Labs.
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Igenex IgG: Igenex/CDC Negative. 39:IND 41:++ Posts: 12 | From New York | Registered: Jun 2010
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seekhelp
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Quest is good I hear. Why waste $$$ on non-insurance labs w/o trying to get a positive there for Bart?
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I agree with seekhelp. For co-infections, why not try labs that insurance will pay for first?
Most docs treat based on symptoms anyway, so testing may be sort of pointless when you think about it. Besides getting the WB at Igenex, I'm not sure I see a point to getting all tests done there.
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seekhelp
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I'm not even sure what point Igenex is at times as no mainstream doc believes their results are worth the paper they're written on. They're the black sheep of labs.
From a LLMD perspective, they clinically diagnose anyways. There's some self-justification received from running that test, but it's expensive to buy. If I saw it confirmed by another commercial lab like LabCorp, Quest, Stonybrook, etc., I'd feel very much differently.
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Why is Igenex not a good lab for Bart? Are they good for anything other than Lyme?
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seekhelp
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I've not heard anything super stellar about them for co-infections, but I do recall TF saying her now famous LLMD used them for testing for co-infections. Ihey're just so expensive when you add all tests in. If you got the $$$, great.
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Ya - I'm tired of paying for these expensive labs that don't really prove anything in my opinion. There are false positives and false negatives - the llmd will probably treat you based on how you feel. They try different abx based on the results. However, maybe they have to get some labs so they can at least cover themselves in that they are attempting to diagnose the problem.
-------------------- I am not a doctor and am only expressing my opinions...please do not take this as medical advice. Posts: 44 | From US | Registered: Jun 2009
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Thanks everyone. I forgot to mention I don't have insurance. I was hoping my doc would give me something to treat the symptoms I do currently have, but he said he has to wait until the tests come back.
Right now my feet hurt, and I am worried that I may not be able to walk properly, or at all, by the time I get to see him again at the end of June.
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