I am looking for an LLMD near Tyler, Texas (east Texas) for my cousin who was just bitten by a deer tick last night. She needs immediate treatment since it is possibly early/acute phase Lyme.
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Your cousin needs to be evaluated and treated by a Lyme-literate doctor (LLMD). Non LLMDs have no clue about this horrible disease or its complex treatment!
A LLMD is one who has treated Lyme disease and the co-infections which come with it for many years and has gotten patients well. A good one will follow Dr. B's Guidelines, the "gold standard" for Lyme treatment.
I don't know if your cousin is able to travel, but please read the following about LLMDs and Texas which was recently posted:
"Texas is not a great place to find a good Lyme doctor. Texas threatens its Lyme doctors and gets them to move or stop practicing without notice.
Then, if they start up again a year or so later, they do it to them again. So, there really are few Lyme doctors there and no top notch ones.
Because of the sorry state of affairs in Texas, many folks from Texas are coming to the D.C. area for testing and treatment for Lyme disease and it's co-infections.
[*H&P NOTE: sent this LLMD's info to poster]
Everyone is very happy with him and he follows the Burrascano protocol. Burrascano was the Lyme Disease pioneer and the #1 Lyme doctor in the world before he retired a few years ago. Patients came from every country to be treated by him.
The doc I recommend can see you in a few days and I don't think you would regret it. After the first in person visit, you can do telephone or Skype appointments with him monthly. So, there would be little travel involved, only a few times per year.
At least half of all Lyme patients travel out of state for their care. The doc is the key to the diagnosis and for getting rid of this horrendous disease. I can't emphasize that enough-the doc is the key.
This is what I wrote to another Texan in Sept. Look at the following thread to see all of our discussion:
Read what other Texans wrote in this thread about trying to get proper care in Texas.
I certainly would pursue seeing a good Lyme doctor. A number of folks from Texas are seeing the doctor I am recommending."
When calling for an appointment, have her ask if they have any cancellations or a waiting list. Patients have been able to get in sooner by doing this.
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