Posted by bleauberry on March 12, 2009, at 16:02:25
In reply to Re: Turned down for Lyme test; what now?, posted by Budzoid on March 12, 2009, at 12:36:07
Very cool. I'm so excited you went into the guy's office armed with knowledge. Had he confronted me on something I learned on the "internet", I would have said, "what have I presented to you here today that is not medically true?" "If I've learned something wrong on the internet, tell me exactly what part was wrong, why it is wrong, and direct me to where I can research your response."
Doctors like him are no different than Judges who sentence criminals to life in prison, except that you didn't do anything wrong. You were completely innocent yet convicted to serve a life sentence without any chance of parole.
So I am very excited to hear you have the possibility to see another doctor who may be more cooperative. I hope he understands, you don't need proof of Lyme to have it. The best proof is seen on antibiotics. You are well schooled on this and I am so excited about that, so I am know I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
Just know you have a fan club supporting your fight, and I'm a big fan of what you are doing.
I couldn't help but notice, your partner has Chronic Fatigue and Fibro. I also couldn't help but recall how my LLMD said he became an expert on Lyme when as a pain/fatigue specialist he saw most of his patients getting well from these mysterious diseases on the strangest drugs...antibiotics.
It kind of makes me wonder if this is not just about you, but your wife also. CFS and FM are diseases of inflammation and immune dysfunction. Can you think of any greater cause of those two things than an unseen chronic infection? I can't.
All I know is that while my doc's CFS and FM patients come from doctors who were treating them with pain killers and stimulants and psych meds of all kinds, which only address some of the worst symptoms, he instead treats them with antibiotics. The majority of them say bye-bye to their longterm diseases. Who knows why and who cares. They just get well. Diseases that have no known cause and no known cures are in fact cured.
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