Does anyone have personal feedback on any of the Maryland ones? Private email or here is fine, I'll send her your thoughts but remove your email unless permission is granted.

I'm encouraging her to take public transit if she find the right doctor match since that makes all the difference.

She won't drive more than an hour in a route she's familiar with or she gets lost.

Thank you, I've cross posted this to Seeking a Physician area, too.

"Does anyone have personal feedback on any of the Maryland ones? Private email or here is fine.."

May I suggest...

A MUCH better idea is to ONLY email comments to each other .. and NOT put them on the board.

Especially concerning this one.. who has NOT given permission for his info to be put on the board.

Thank you.

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Originally posted by Tincup:
A MUCH better idea is to ONLY email comments to each other .. and NOT put them on the board.

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Thank you Tincup, I should have known better. I was kinda scratching my head trying to find the best way to word it but also tied up in concern for my friend... it breaks my heart. I should have asked for private replies only.

Yes, please, any feedback, if anyone cares to share to me personally, is most welcome and will be respected. All I can give is my word but I hope that's enough.

Thanks again, TC, for helping out on this.

StinkBug <--- belly dancing again soon, in Oregon

I know about the dr. of which you wrote.

Please email any info.

Thanks, Teddi

I know you emailed me & it got erased before I read it :{- sorry. If you are still searching for a dr., try to email me again...

In the mainstream medical world, you can always have this idea in the back of your mind that sooner or later, when you have enough money, luck, or perserverance, you can just walk into the "right" doctor's office, put yourself into this miracle worker's hands, and everything will magically turn out all right.

In the Lyme community, a patient must research the many treatments available, which are always being updated, and always vary from doctor to doctor. A patient must learn about co-infections, and must always suggest new treatments if the old ones aren't working. Also, patients must ALWAYS have enough money to switch doctors if necessary.

Finally, it's important to judge an LLMD by whether the doctor is willing to prescribe the abx which a patient wants to try, to treat Lyme and the co-infections on clinical presentation instead of test results, and to use the dosages and combinations of abx that actually work.

If you get the right abx, it doesn't matter if your LLMD has five heads and only speaks Welsh. If your LLMD wants to use a treatment that doesn't work, it doesn't matter how nice a person that LLMD is, or how many people swear by him or her.