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Has anyone heard of anyone going to the doctors Johns Hopkins for treatment? What did they think of them? Thank you so much!!!
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adamm
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Stay away!! The "experts" at those big east-coast medical
schools are the ones responsible for making us sick.
Please read up a bit on the scenario we're facing here before
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Save your money and your sanity!! NO major hospital has a clue about Lyme.
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Forget Hopkins. I went to them seeking a diagnosis after 5 years of being sick. They never thought of lyme. It was a big waste of time. I went to an endocrinologist in private practice 2 weeks later and told him the same symptoms and he said it sounded like lyme and tested me and I was positive.
Also, I took a co-worker for a lyme test and she tested positive but her family took her to Hopkins who, after about 3 months and a panel of doctors, tentatively diagnosed her with Alzheimer's. I hear she is now in an institution.
So, I don't think Hopkins ever sees lyme disease no matter what.
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I would take the advice that has been given above but I would also like to recount this story.
I work for a large engineering ddesign firm with offices from Virginia to Florida. About 2 years ago my companies psychologist happened to be in my Florida office. Long story short, I told him about my battle with Lyme and he instantly said that his wife had also been very sick with this illness.
After 2 years of being very, very sick (his words), he took her to Hopkins and a doctor their diagnosed her with lyme disease. He prescribed her antibiotics for over a year and a half and she eventually recovered.
He said that the antibiotic that helped the most was tetracycline and that she had taken it for almost 6 months.
After that he routinely called me to check on my progress and always offered encouragment. He has since left my company for family reasons. I do not know the name of the doctor he saw but what I have written is exactly what he told me.
I would not even think about going to Hopkins for this illness but one person for sure was lucky to find a doctor their who was willing to help.
Jeff
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