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Of course, we need to be careful, because someone may not even have Lyme disease,
lets say they had cancer instead, and we wouldn't want to prevent them from getting proper treatment.
I have a huge admiration for doctors and nurses. How do they manage to get it right? I could never do their job.
But when I see bad reporting and bad doctors, I just get so frustrated.
I just look at how confused my mother-in-law is. So many people tell her that Lyme is no big deal, and the Usana people say they got cured taking their products.
My mother=in=law honestly believes these people. She tries so hard to figure it out, but she really can't.
So many people take advantage of her.
I could go on and on.
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onbam
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Liability issues, mostly. If something bad did come of what you said--you could get sued or it could get used against you in a variety of ways.
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map1131
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We don't have a license to practice and everyone knows we are just a crazy bunch of lulus.
If they come after us and our opinions, they would be busy busy people. Giving your experience is different than charging for your advice.
That'll be $1.00. Thank you.
Pam
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ha ha ha "that"ll be a $1.00 thank you" ha ha ha lol
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randibear
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that would be great. but what about if i tried something you said was ok and i ended up in the hospital.
then i sue lymenet and everyone.
it's a fantastic idea but not very practical.
there's always some joker in the box and you never know what they're going to do.
everyone is sue happy. look at my doc in denton. he had to go out of practice because some jerk husband didn't like his wife's treatment. so he sues, goes to the state, and has this doctor reprimanded.
there's too many people out there claiming this or that "cures" lyme and they have no liability.
it's just too risky.
the psychiatrist is in.
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Razzle
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If we make recommendations and someone decides to sue, we could go to jail for "practicing medicine without a license." So I agree we need to be careful (and I'm looking at myself in a mirror on this, too).
-------------------- -Razzle Lyme IgM IGeneX Pos. 18+++, 23-25+, 30++, 31+, 34++, 39 IND, 83-93 IND; IgG IGeneX Neg. 30+, 39 IND; Mayo/CDC Pos. IgM 23+, 39+; IgG Mayo/CDC Neg. band 41+; Bart. (clinical dx; Fry Labs neg. for all coinfections), sx >30 yrs. Posts: 4166 | From WA | Registered: Feb 2011
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And I want to thank all of you who gave me advice when I first came to this site. And I want to thank all of you who gave me advise who were not even aware of it.
I read everything, things that pertained to me and things that didn't. By the time I got to the doctor I knew more about Lyme than she did.
I don't know what I would have done without everyone here. Many of you are not even aware that you helped me, but you did, just by being here and knowing that I was not alone.
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IGG Western Blot - negative IGG Bands Detected - p18 IGM Western Blot - positive IGM Bands Detected - p23, p41 Posts: 49 | From Maine | Registered: Jul 2010
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