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My husband and I posted here a few weeks ago tryng to find a Lyme literate doctor in Texas. Though we though the tick bite came from Georgia and we found the tick after we got home to Texas. But after you go to the link they say you will see that they are including all southern states including Texas. We just wanted to share something with you who are trying to find LLAD's. CDC says this to us in an e mail that: "There is currently no evidence of ongoing Lyme disease transmission in Georgia. The ecology of the blacklegged tick does not support transmission to humans in this area. With this being said, there is a tick-borne illness which resembles Lyme disease in many ways, called Southern Tick Associated Rash-like Illness. The link below will provide you with more information on this illness. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/index.htm Let us know if you have any more questions. Sincerely, " YOu may have to copy and past the link. Seems to us this is some kinda cover up... They say it comes from a tick, looks like Lyme, acts like Lyme, you treat it like Lyme but... it isn't Lyme HUH???? Seems to me IF that were true than all these doctors who don't know about Lyme would know about this "other" tick illness... ?????
-------------------- "Next time I am biting the tick first" Posts: 4 | From Waco, Texas | Registered: May 2006
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Welcome & go to treepatrol's newbie links; there is a national map showing how many lyme cases there are per state for 2005, etc. It will take looking on your part to find it ok. We all have limited time, but it's time for you to start educating yourself more about lyme disease and where the statistics are ! ok.
Welcome to this 24/7 LYME support group board!
Here's TREEPATROL's and Tincup's combination newbie links.
Print off the links then check them off as you read as you could spend several months reading all of this.
print & read Dr. Burrascono's 2005 info first; you will come back to this often.
Extensive info in Treepatrol''s newbie links about the meaning of WESTERN BLOT IGM/IGG test results from Igenex! Be sure to read or print this info IF Igenex tested you ok!
Also, see Cheryl''s extensive web sites on: LD DIAGNOSIS, SYMPTOMS, & TREATMENT ... wonderful! Read the area on CO-INFECTIONS! You could have from 1-10 other illnesses that tick is carrying...lyme, malaria, etc.
If you are showing symptoms of co-infections, I would like to suggest being tested for co-infections when you have LYME western blots done. It isn''t cheap!! But if you are positive, you can treat the co-infections first, and then work on LYME symptoms.
EYE SENSITIVIES & NOIR, no infrared sunglasses info., 2-28-06 updated YES, I have what you have! Are you on doxy too? That made my extreme eyes
200% MORE sensitive than they we were earlier. I learned a lot about eye sensitivity/lighting on www.marshallprotocol.com board.
Look for AUSSIE BARB'S EAST FINDER and then eyes/sunglasses, etc. Wealth of info there.
mention you have lyme and marshall protocol, they will give you 20% off! I'm NOT on MProtocol, but mention it anyway. I was on their new board almost 12 months!
Also they have been kind enough to replace the SCRATCHED LENSES & BROKEN BOWS! How's that for service?
I don't drive often at night, but I can wear NOIR's 901 lenses at night while driving; it creates soft candle lights coming at me...tolerable. NOT to wear in town with all the action of people crossing where they shouldn't be, etc.
from LOU to Betty on LONG web links and Thank You Lou!: "If you hit the return key in the middle of a link, I don't think it will be clickable anymore. An alternative that maybe Betty should be telling people about is the tiny url website. I have it on my tool bar at the top of the page and use it for those incredablylongwebsiteaddresses.
All you have to do is ask tiny url to produce a short version, which it will do with a unique address, which you then use instead in your post. Works just the same when clicked! Here is the website, spread the word! http://tinyurl.com/
3-1-06, fyi, I tried dragging tinyurl to my toolbar without success, so that''s why I currently have LONG addresses vs. short tiny ones! I''ll keep trying.
RASH ITCHES -- use ``rubbing alcohol`` on it especially the corners good. Hubby suggested; worked great for me; rash cleared up in 2 days vs. weeks/month
1. How many doctors did you have to see before being properly diagnosed? 112 responses Average number of doctors consulted before being diagnosed - 14 Answers ranged from 1- 120 different doctors
2. Have you had problems getting insurance to pay for doctors or treatment? 87 responses? Yes- 63 No- 24
3. Have you lost income because of Lyme disease? 106 responses Yes- 99 No- 7
4. How much does it cost you (average) per month for Lyme related expenses? 61 responded Average cost per month per patient- $4,472.49 Low- $500.00 High- $21,492.00
5. How many different medications do you take per day? 77 responded Average - 14 different medications per day Low- 3 High- 25
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