Topic: Microfilariae - Did You Treat For It? Is it Gone?
feelfit
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Why isn't medicine approached in this way? Especially infectious disease doctors? Why are they not looking at blood, which obviously reveals what ails us?
Thank you Micul for sharing all of this. I didn't see in your posts. Is a doctor following you and rx'ing meds for the ivermectin and doxy?
Or are you going it alone?
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Feelfit,
They would just say, it's not their field.
Then if they want to get more detailed, they would say it's NOT their field, they specialize in.
Then their plan C would be is everything is SOO specialized it's not their field, VERY, and VERY, complex.
feelfit
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well it stinks. It is not fair.
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Feelfit,
If you do not have an RN working for you, it is vital that we learn to be are own advocates.
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All of us have to be our own advocates and do our own research including RNs. It makes no difference and it can actually work against you in some ways,
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quote:Why isn't medicine approached in this way? Especially infectious disease doctors? Why are they not looking at blood, which obviously reveals what ails us?
Dr's just don't have the time to be as thorough as they would like. It takes 2 to 3 hrs of preparation before the slides are ready to look at, and then it takes an hour to look at a single slide at 1000x under immersion oil. Each slide is only a single drop of blood that is squeezed out of the end of a finger that has been punctured with a needle. I use one of those automatic pokers that diabetics use for testing their blood.....it's painless.
Even a lab won't spend that much time looking at a slide in such a detailed manner. Let's face it, nobody is going to spend that much time on a single person unless it is yourself. Some of these parasites would not be seen unless they are in immersion oil because they are transparent. The oil gives a kind of 3D effect that reveals details that would otherwise not be seen.
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Dear Gael,
I have RN mates that have helped me in my prior medical problems.
But you are right, they do not understand all this worm and Lyme hell.
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Pinelady
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Looks like some kind of a protozoa to me.
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If you want to try some silver stain I can send you a jarro.
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feelfit
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Yes. Fine Micul. there are some who are looking like Ben Luft and Dr. F. and Dr. K at Clongen. I just wish that we had the opportunity to get those 3 hours.
I guess that I will have to get a scope and train myself in these techniques and find out what is wrong with me and then pay a doctor (after I tell them and show them my problem) to give me a script for treatment.
I should have went to med school. I missed the boat..
Pls keep updating with your posts,they are facinating. I am happy that your floaters went away after treating these worms. I hope that you feel better in other aspects as well.
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Lymeorsomething
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Are there any resources available that detail various slide staining techniques/procedure?
I have a 'scope but not much experience using it yet...
Thanks.
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