WELCOME To LYMENET

Here's more goodys! A typical response to newcomers.

Hi and WELCOME! Get a LLMD or at least Dr that is willing to learn about lyme. Borrelia Burgdorferi is a clinical diagnosis, based on symptoms and on your response to treatment. Good Luck, bumpy road ahead.

Post for a LLMD in Seeking a Doctor. Ps remember I am not a Dr, just a fellow sufferer.

How to Search Courtesy of Danq
LymeNet Links for New Members
Newbie's Lingo

Lyme Disease Audio Network
Dr. Joseph J. Burrascano's Treatment Guidelines
CDC Website on Lyme Disease
International Lyme and Associated Disease Society

Lyme Disease Symptoms
Rashes
Co-IinfectionsThanx M

Rose's 15 Facts for Newcomers
Making the Most of Your LLMD Visit
Camp A and Camp B, The Lyme Disease Contoversy
2nd Version Camp A Camp B

Why You Can't Trust Medical Journals Anymore
Something to share with friends and family members But You LOOK Good!

Labs
MDL
Igenex Labs

Western Blot Info
Explaining Borreliosis (Lyme) Western Blot Tests
Explanation of Western Blot Bands
Igenex Labs on the Western Blot
Melissa Kaplan's Lyme Website Explains Western Blot
Dr. C Explains Western Blot
Drug Interactions and Other Drug Info
Drug Digest
American Medical Women's Association Tiscali Reference Encyclopedia
Herxing
What Is a Herxheimer Reaction?
What Is Herxing?
The Herxheimer Reaction

Check Diet Link Atkins Diet
Sexually Transmitted ???
Transmitted Through Sex?
Sex Question-Serious-Adult Content
Video On Demand: Blood Supply May Be Source Of Lyme Disease Infections
Good Site Canadian Lyme Disease Association
FDA on Lyme Testing
Legal Help
GreatSite MedicalDictionary
SupportGroups USA

No you don't always see a bite and if there's no bullseye the only way your going to be able to tell is (symptoms) and (((Maybe))) WB or lyme dot blot 3 day urine banged with abx's to free your antigens up for the test.
See this ( . )thats the size of the larva stage tick...
Next nymph size... ( * )
Next is adult ( o ) to ( 0 )
Pretty small????? HUH

Marnies......... Ten Points Regarding Mg and Lyme Disease

Canlyme MAG

Help with Meds

Vitamins you should Know

Since all of the above post is very hard to bookmark, Tincup has provided all that informationin in one post so you don't have to keep refering back, or whatever. It is all in one link and you'll be able to see what other's have added to the list also.

Here's that link:

http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/009342.html

We are very glad that you have found us, but, please do us a favor, ALL CAPS is considered shouting throughout any internet community and I know that you aren't really doing that.

Also, when posting any long blocks of text, please hit the Enter Key, TWICE, where a paragraph would be. There are so many of us, due to our disease, that have trouble reading large blocks without "white" space.

thanks

Not everyone and not every Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) give or even believes in giving IV therapy and not everyone does shots.

If you got a positive test, even from Quest, rest assured that you more than likely have Lyme Disease (LD).

The absolute best advice I can give you is to seek out a real LLMD, a doctor that not only just says he knows how to treat LD, but a doctor who has the experience and knowledge to treat this most complicated disease.

Tell us a little about yourself, Milli. Like were you just infected? Or, have you had it and been searching for just what you have? Are you being treated?

You can go over to Seeking a Doctor Forum and post there for a doctor, hopefully, in your area. But, be forwarned, LLMDs are few and sometimes very, very far between.

The vast majority of us have to travel great distances to get to a doctor who knows how to treat this disease. Most do not take insurance, but, will file for you, for they do NOT want to be tied to the insurance in the treatment that they will deliver.

Again, your very best bet is to really read those links and you'll have a much better understanding of the current situation that you are in with your health.

Rosemary

Is the doctor you found a member of ILADS? There aren't but a few, very few, like probably less than a handful of real LLMDs in Texas. It's very important to be seen by someone who is knowledgeable, and not just says that they treat LD. There is a difference, bid difference.

You probably do not want to see a doctor who takes insurance, the vast majority of LLMD do not. The reason is, is that if they take insurance, then they are linked to the insurance companies approved protocols for this disease. And, to be able to treat you agressively as you would need to be, then they are not tied to what the insurance companies say that they have to do.

But, the good news is, many do file for you and your company may approve, or not, and you get the money that way. But, all the ones I know, take money up-front.

Rosemary

BTW, most of those links, were put together for new persons to lyme and are "matter of fact." The best information you can get anywhere on Lyme Disease.