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Great questions, seekhelp! I, like you and a few others on here, like to look at all of the info -- not just the commonly-held view. I have had the same questions about Igenex but didn't feel comfortable asking them on here.
I have read thru much of the info on here. Unfortunately, I find it to be one-sided. That is not the way to become educated.
I just can't believe that all docs other than those deemed "LLMD" by those here are completely wrong. That's why I keep trying to get ALL of the info I can. Why is that wrong of me or seekhelp or others?
Posts: 41 | From SC | Registered: Jan 2009
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Someone on another board put it very well: "If a biopsy was being done on a suspicious lump and there was a choice of labs, which one would you prefer? Quest or City of Hope? What would you think about a doctor that insisted Quest was preferable to City of Hope because City of Hope lab found too many cancers?"
Okay, not a very scientific answer, but it is apropos.
Thank you Tincup for that enlightening history lesson. I had no idea. This is my take on the 'conflict of interest': A doctor can only see so many patients. Even if daddy is funneling patients to him via positive tests, he is only capable of seeing so many patients. If you had ever been to see this doctor you might understand a little better: no one would intentionally become as inundated with work as he is.
Yes, I am defending them. But with good reason: if I had ignored their Igenex positive/CDC negative results and gone with both of the negative Quest results, I would be doing chemo therapy and prednisone and not getting better, instead of IV rocephin and being able to walk again.
Posts: 69 | From So Cal | Registered: Jun 2007
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There is just toooo much emphasis on a VERY BAD test..........
When I hear, "All Igenex tests come back positive," I just want to PUUUKE. Fact is (and the IDSA criminals know this) the sickest patients often have the most negative lyme tests...yes, even at Igenex.
I've got a bunch of lymies in my family, and the ones that are most neurological are NEGATIVE at Igenex.
Lyme is a clinical diagnosis, the patient should be treated not the positive or negative test.
I am sorry for those that just can't get past the need for a lab result to confirm or deny their diagnosis, but it just doesn't work that way.
1. The disease was originally and continually misdefined. 2. The diagnostic test was manipulated to show few positives. 3. The treatment has been watered down and limited.
This is exactly the way it was intended to be-----by the powers that be.
Oh, and the lab in question is IGENEX not Igenix---why do some keep using the wrong name??? It's a small detail, but stuff like that bugs me.
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