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An infectious disease doctor ran a CD 57 and a natural killer cell function assay on me last week. I have been on oral antibiotics for a year after a positive Lyme test. The test results came back with an 80 on the CD 57 (through Quest) and 18 on the natural killer cell. The doc tells me I do not have Lyme disease now because I am in the normal range. I still don't feel well but this doc tells me there is nothing more to do. Has anyone else had results like this and still had Lyme? Thanks
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yes my husband after 18 mts on meds had only a 64 on the same test and his dr said the same...we go today to see his dr and hopefully he will do another one its over 2 yrs now on meds...last 2 mts have been the worst and he has been so sick...wishing this is a good sign...starting to kill off these #### things...best to you
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You can have a good CD-57 and still be very ill, mine is a 158 and I am only around 65-75% "on a good day"
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My quest cd 57 was 162. Labcorp knows how to run this test. The day you send it is important, too. It needs to be done in the am, on M, T, W only. And at labcorp. At labcorp mine was 72 when it waited over the weekend, and 30 when it was done properly.
See if you can get a labcorp test.
And what kind of rationale is "if you are above the range you don't have lyme"? There are so many other factors, this being just one.
I'm sorry. Quest has a history of crappy labs. My first doctor used only quest. Using ANY other lab (I've had three others for duplicate tests) and they were always different from quest.
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My NKC count was 25. Which shows normal on a range of 8-170. But my FFC dr. wants to see it at 100.
I am sick, and just got diagnosed with Lyme. Before I was told that I had CFS and FMS. And even though my NKC count is "normal" my IGG and IGMs both show antiboities.
I think I read somewhere that after the initial "fever/flu" this bacteria then covers up a lot of signs that it is there. Part of why it is so hard to treat.
Did you say you see a LLMD?
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