I'm sure in some situations it picks up Lyme, but from what I've learned from others (and experienced personally), they are unfortunately not sensitive enough at all!
Posts: 62 | From Chicago, IL | Registered: May 2014
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I just dont understand why LLMDs are even sending patients there. I had a new tick bite recently and my dr sent me there.
It could cost me $400 for a test that insurance may not pay for. Now it's just a guessing game. I should have insisted on Igenex.
Posts: 677 | From Virginia | Registered: Sep 2002
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I was raised in Maine, graduate school in NYC, summer house share on Fire Island from 1980 until 2001....don't know where I first got infected but when I started feeling unwell around about '80, my NYC doctor would annually send my blood to Quest, sometimes Labcorp I don't recall when we started testing for Lyme, but the tests continued to be negative year after year until finally in 2001 I knew something was terribly wrong and a savvy LLMD sent my blood to Igenex and Stony Brook where I finally had positive results
whenever someone says to me that their blood was sent to Quest or Labcorp I shudder...and advise them to try other labs....
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I should have insisted on Igenex.
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