LymeNet Flash: Searching for Dr in Albany NY

LymeNet on Facebook

LymeNet on Twitter

Follow @LymeDiseaseNet

The Lyme Disease Network receives a commission from Amazon.com for each purchase originating from this site.

When purchasing from Amazon.com, please
click here first.

Thank you.

Dedicated to the Bachmann Family

LymeNet needs your help:
LymeNet 2020 fund drive

The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations.

»	LymeNet Flash » Questions and Discussion » Seeking a Doctor » Searching for Dr in Albany NY

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

Author

Topic: Searching for Dr in Albany NY

Sproket
Junior Member
Member # 52645

posted

looking for a good MD in Albany NY. (not Robert Stram)

Posts: 1 | From Albany NY | Registered: Oct 2022 | IP: Logged |

Bartenderbonnie
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 49177

posted

Welcome to LymeNet Sproket

You can request a LLMD through LivLyme here;
https://livlymefoundation.org/resources/doctors/

You can request a LLMD through Global Lyme Alliance here;
https://www.globallymealliance.org/lyme-patient-support/find-medical-professional/

These are simple e-mail formats that you fill out and they reply with LLMD’s closest to you. You must research each LLMD referred to you. To do this, google for patient reviews or join your local Lyme support group. Lyme support groups offer first-hand patient experiences with your area’s LLMD’s.

If there is a wait list at the LLMD you choose, offer to be put on a cancellation list, sometimes this can get you in sooner.

New York State Lyme Support Groups
http://empirestatelymediseaseassociation.org/Lyme_Disease/support_group_meetings_empire_state_lyme.htm

Type in New York State for Lyme Support groups
https://rawlsmd.com/lyme-support

Most LLMD’s follow Dr Joesph Burrascano’s “Advanced Topics In Lyme Diagnostic Guide”. Be sure to copy and paste as you will want to refer back to this.
https://www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

Be sure to utilize LymeNet’s ‘search’ function as it contains member’s valuable experiences with Lyme treatments and symptoms.

If you have a question, feel free to post in the open forum and it will be answered by a member. Welcome to the LymeNet community. We are all in this together.

I will send you a private message.

Posts: 2977 | From Florida | Registered: Nov 2016 | IP: Logged |

hopingandpraying
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 9256

posted

Welcome to Lymenet! PM sent for NY.

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! LLMDs are far and few between, so you need to go where they are.

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.

This is a link for them:

http://www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

Unfortunately, LLMDs are far and few between. You need to go where they are.

Also, most LLMDs do not take insurance due to the politics surrounding this disease. Read poster TF's explanation about this:

"Why Lyme Doctors Don't Take Insurance"
http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=025539;p=0

When calling for an appointment, ask if they have any cancellations or a waiting list (call every day if you have to!). Patients have been able to get in sooner by doing this.

Contact the NY Lyme Support Groups - they would know better about NY.

https://whatislyme.com/lyme-in-new-york/

http://www.lymenet.org/SupportGroups/UnitedStates/NewYork/

Read the books written by the top LLMD, Dr. H, titled, "Why Can't I Get Better?" and "How Can I Get Better?". They are an excellent source of information.

Also read "Cure Unknown" by Pamela Weintraub. Get it at your local library or buy them used online.

View "Under Our Skin"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2JgR_Jfbhv8&noapp=1&client=mv-google

and "Under Our Skin2: Emergence"
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iAzRksyHfSNWBGsHcugYl9a8WQ9TnDCW

[ 10-04-2022, 08:44 PM: Message edited by: hopingandpraying ]

Posts: 8981 | From Illinois | Registered: May 2006 | IP: Logged |

Printer-friendly view of this topic

The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:

The Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey
907 Pebble Creek Court, Pennington, NJ 08534 USA
http://www.lymenet.org/