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lymed
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Het guys I have finally got my results in for my test I am not sure what they mean though.

All of my elisa test were negative. The only positive that I had was on one band on th igenex test.

It showed that band 23 b was positive. Everthing else was fine. Also my cortisol levels was tripled from what it was susposed to be.

Can anyone explain what a positive 23b is. Does this mean that I have lyme? thanks

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Michelle M
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Hi Lymed.

I didn't know LLMD's ever used the ELISA test. Hmm.

On my western blot from IGeneX, it's clumped together as "23-25" and mine is positive also. There's no separation of the numbers. So I'm not sure where the 23b comes from as you indicate. However, I know the 23-25 bands ARE specific for Borrelia so I'd say if that's a western blot for Lyme then presuming it correlates with your clinical history, it sounds positive to me.

What does your LLMD say?

Michelle

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lymed
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Hey my llmd says that I have lyme and presribed plaguenil,minocin, flagyl,biaxin.

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SForsgren
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It is possible that with treatment, you will get more immune response and more bands over time. That seems like a pretty strong drug combo to start with...just listen to your body.

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Be well,
Scott

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lymed
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Hey They said for week one and two take plaq minocin and biaxin.

Week three kick in the flagyl

week four go off everything but plaq

week 5 repeat week 1 for 3 more weeks

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