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Topic: Does anyone else have doubts about Lyme

sardavis
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Member # 48690

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I know this might seem bad to say here, but I am having doubts about all of this. Help me understand.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm just feeling broken and am a skeptical person. So naturally, I will question this.

Yes, I feel horrible most of the time, but if LLMDs were so great and helpful, why do they charge an arm and a leg to help?

Part of me wonders if they're just in it for the money. A bunch of people with no answers and feeling desperate and sick. Vulnerable and willing to pay anything to feel better.

I watched "Under Our Skin" and it seemed like fear mongering and can't believe people are using it as a way to understand this stuff.

Maybe I'm just sad because I know it will break my family and I if I get treatment, but it just seems unfair. If they wanted to help so badly, why charge $1,000 for one office visit.

Why do some take insurance, but others do not?

This is just me venting and I will still go to my LLMD, but I'm just doubting my diagnosis and having a hard time.

Sorry and thanks for listening....

Posts: 24 | From Michigan | Registered: Sep 2016 | IP: Logged |

Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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I think we all had doubts ...

Most LLMD's spend an hour or MORE on the first appointment. If you figure what you spend for a "regular" MD for 10 minutes, it levels out a bit.

Also, this is an expert you are seeing. No one else knows HOW to treat Lyme, nor will they stick their necks out in order to treat it.

Why LLMD's don't take insurance (some do) :

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/2/25539?

Info on Lyme that perhaps you have not seen:

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=088555;p=0

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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