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Yes - after spending three hours with him he said he didn't know where my pain was coming from but that was two years ago. Maybe he is different now.
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In my opinion this is probably one of the top LLMD neuros in the U.S. He trained under Dr B. I do feel he knows lyme, but is not as current on the coinfections. He pretty much treats by the book (Dr B guidelines) for coinfections -- Levaquin and Mepron etc. Doesn't use the newer drugs such as Factive and Coartem.
He does spend whatever time is needed with new patients. Hubby had a 5 hour new patient appointment. He had 10 years of history and the doc kept asking for more details.
The doc likes to do lots of testing -- but due to hubby's long illness we stated that we could only afford tests from LabCorp or Quest which would be covered as in-network for insurance. The doc was agreeable.
The other issue with this doc is the office staff. He does not have a nurse -- just several part time administrative staff and you never know who is doing what. Followup questions sem to get lost in the shuffle at least some of the time.
So far hubby is feeling the best he has in 10 years. The combo of IV meds from this doc and his regular LLMD who is continuing to treat his coinfections seems to be finally making a real difference. Not sure about other patients, but for us this doc agreed with hubby and I that moderate treatment rather than aggressive treatment was the way to go.
Hubby has been to probably 25 neuros -- at least 2 others were supposedly LLMD neuros -- this doc was by far the best.
Bea Seibert
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I called his office about 2 months ago and the very, know-it-all secretary told me he was moving out to California. Is he still here?
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