gigimac
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I have seen my llmd a few times. I should see her regularly but can't afford it.
I have an appointment to see her in a couple weeks and was planning on asking her to do all the lyme and co testing as I couldn't afford it before.
Do you have to stop taking abx??
I really don't want to, if I stop I get horrible flares once a month.
Has getting tested and knowing what to treat specifically really helped anyone? from what I her testing is flawed and some abx treat several different things.
Just wondering if the testing is worth the expense.
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if testing per microscope or doing a PCR then stop AB at least for 1 month. For antibody testing I would stop afew days, maybe for to 7 days before. Some AB can interfere with the fluorezens testing aof the antibody test I think.
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I tested negative while off antibiotics for a lot of co infections. I later retested while on antibiotics and came up positive for a whole bunch.
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Sammi
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I have never stopped antibiotics for testing, and I tested positive for everything.
Testing is defintely not 100%. It is important to see a doctor who is familiar with the different infections and their symptoms.
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quote:Originally posted by lymenow: I tested negative while off antibiotics for a lot of co infections. I later retested while on antibiotics and came up positive for a whole bunch. [/QB]
-But it may have been due to the fact that you were ON the antibiotics for awhile, causing the test to be more likely to show antibodies.
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Summer3
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I did a month of doxy from a regular doctor then was off for about 20 days before an Igenex test with a LLMD. I tested positive.
He said it was best to be off for about 14 days before the test.
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