Has anyone been to the John Hopkin's infectious disease clinic for lyme? What is your opinion of the docs there? Send a PM if desired.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Forget that place. See what they have on their website regarding lyme and you will know why.
A Hopkins doctor from that clinic wrote a piece in a local paper a few years back that basically said they don't want to see lyme patients because the disease is too controversial. They don't need that, is what he said.
Hopkins is local to me, and it is one of the places I went trying to get a diagnosis. The doc I saw thought that perhaps I had a brain tumor. He was no help at all !!!
So, I came home and made an appt with an endocrinologist that I heard was good, and told him my same symptoms and he said it sounded like lyme disease. He tested me and I was positive.
So much for Hopkins figuring it out.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Brain tumor, huh? Boy, that's just great.
Posted by lou4656 (Member # 10300) on :
Hopkins is near me. Couldn't pay me to go there for lyme disease. Get a good LLMD.
Posted by t9im (Member # 25489) on :
If you go by this post you'll see Hopkins is line most Hosipitals.
"Yesterday I had the opportunity to discus these issues with a Hopkins professor of infectious disease. He claimed that ALL the good science proves that chronic Lyme does not exist. He was steadfast in his opinion. When queried, he admitted he knows nothing about the Columbia/Fallon study. He asked if it was"good" science. He was oblivious to the fact that the Fallon study was third NIH-sponsored study cited by his colleagues to support the absolute belief that chronic Lyme does not exist. Apparently only the Klempner and Krupp studies are worthy of consideration. But what about that pesky Krupp study?"
Posted by Agardener (Member # 33936) on :
Thank you to all who replied. I will not be going to Hopkins, after all.
Posted by t9im (Member # 25489) on :
Hi Agardener:
I remember my sister wanted me to take my daugher to the Clevland Clinic. As hard as I tried I couldn't convey the controversy on diagnosing and treating tick borne diseases.
It's amazing there is a controversy to this insidious disease and I've found it easiest to show a couple of u tube video's on the controversy.