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New to this whole thing but does anyone know the difference between these two labs. I have to go and find out for sure if I in fact just have Fibromyalgia or if it is something more. I am a PA transplant. I have lived in AZ for 7 years. Recently my health has been declining. I have had problems since I was 13 I am in late 30s now; it is only getting worse. If anyone has suggestions that would be great. Thanks.
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welcome shelly,
no comparision, IGENEX lab is the best! it's 1 of 3 in USA for TICK/LYME DIAGNOSTIC LABS; other 2 are:
md labs in NJ; and stoneybrooke lab in NYC
rest do NOT test for ALL PROTEIN BANDS....
i'll send you a PM, private message, with my 57 pages of newbie links, advise, symptoms, IGENEX TESTS W/LOTS OF INFO ON THIS OK!, and disability plus much more. it includes TREEPATROL'S NEWBIE ARCHIVE LINK with 1000 sites!!
If testing for Babesia or Bartonella use Dr F lab -- cost is $250 for a bloodslide test -- more definitive than an antibody test for these coinfections.
This is not medical advice, just my opinion based on hubby's experience.
Bea Seibert
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bettyg
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take bea's advise; she/hubby have been to MANY STATES having various tests; she knows who the best is or not based upon their personal experience!
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If you see only a LLmd,use Igenex.A stoneybrook positive helps alot more.I have both. BUT with the IDSA guidlines it doesn't matter.4 weeks of meds and your cured. Igenex has cost the lyme community over the last 10 years in my opinion.First ILAIDS doctors,at least 90 percent of them use Igenex. Igenex,finds BB,in people that other labs cant. BUT, when Igenex was sent samples from a IDSA study,IGENEX,cound NOT,identify lyme in any of the samples. And one doctor ask me why Igenex needs a questionaire with there test,asking if you ever been bitten by a tick.Which now that i think about it,is kinda crazy. Was it fixed,who knows.Igenex has done nothing to prove to the CDC,or the IDSA,that they can find lyme that nobody else can. If the lyme community gets this problem fixed, there wont be so much,contriversy about lyme disease. IF they did,the CDC would have a standardized test to put on there diagnostic page.Which more doctors read than IDSA papers. And maybe alot of lyme wouldnt be missed. OR,is it possible that ticks are carrying unknown infections,that antibiotics help. OR is IGENEX bogus? Look at the big picture,if you go to almost any doctor,they know about IGENEX. Show them your test, i had one doctor throw mine in the garbage can.So the IDSA,has these doctors brain washed. So i say are problem starts there,we need doctors to believe in there testing. Until then only lyme doctors will use that lab. The IDSA will win the battle becuase,they will keep useing other labs. There will be no lyme disease and no,lyme doctors. We can scream at the IDSA,to quit writing these papers,OR,we as paying customers who all had positives on an Igenex test,can ask them to prove how they get so many postives others dont. I know,they add bands,well then be that the case the other labs need to add them. But with the testing system as today,there isnt much lyme. Igenex really needs to help us.They need to prove to IDSA doctors there test isnt bogus,because that is what the problem has been from the begining of time.If they can find lyme,it shouldn't be hard to show the country. I myself feel it needs to be a clinical diagnosis,with blood test to back it up. I dont think they even know what all ticks carry. I believe alot of lyme needs long term antibiotics.Meaning years. Just a opinion from a lymie who has been through the wringer like the most. BUT,Igenex keeping a secret of how they find so much lyme isn't helping alot of sick people.And doctors who are looseing there practices.JMO
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Igenex is fully CLIA certified and licensed in all states. They're not keeping secrets either - here's a simple explanation of why their test is more sensitive (they use more than 1 strain, for one thing):
It would be nice if more doctors understood the science behind this. So many are misinformed, and personally I don't think we can blame Igenex for that.
I don't know anything about Dr. F's lab, sorry.
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Do a search on those who HAVE used Dr. F's lab, then make your choice.
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