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diagnoised twice, 2 years ago and again 2014. Need doctor that knows how to treat someone that was bitten years ago.
Posts: 4 | From Wetumpka, Al | Registered: Oct 2015
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I am in need of a LLMD in Alabama or states that has a LLMD and will take medicare!! I am aware there are so few doctors with Lyme specifics. I need help asap. I am a widow on medicare and SS and need other ways to pay a doctor.
Posts: 4 | From Wetumpka, Al | Registered: Oct 2015
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You are in a very bad area for lyme doctors, let alone one that takes Medicare.
Nothing has changed since then. I suggest you try to find someone in north Florida or perhaps Louisiana.
Go to "Support Groups" on the left side of this page, near the top and click on it. Find Florida and Louisiana. Call or email the leaders of these groups asking them if they know of anyone who treats lyme at a reasonable price and any who take Medicare.
Also ask for any "lyme friendly" doctors. These are doctors with regular medical practices (so they generally would take Medicare) but they know something about lyme and will treat a person long-term. (They do NOT specialize in lyme disease, in other words.)
That may be the best you will find if you really must have one that takes Medicare.
You can check the Alabama lyme support groups also.
Wish you the best. Welcome to LymeNet! We will help you here all we can.
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Welcome to Lymenet! PM sent with some suggestions. I don't know of any LLMDs in AL.
You need to be evaluated and treated by a Lyme-literate doctor (LLMD). Non LLMDs have no clue about this horrible disease or its complex treatment!
A LLMD is one who has treated Lyme disease and the co-infections which come with it for many years and has gotten patients well. A good one will follow Dr. B's Guidelines, the "gold standard" for Lyme treatment.
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