In the past few weeks, I have talked with several newly diagnosed individuals. Three of them had never heard the word “co-infections.” Thus, they had never heard of Bartonella, Babesia, Erlichiosis . . . and the list goes on. It can be frustrating to educate people about Lyme itself. It can be doubly frustrating to bring them up to speed about the co-infections as well as Lyme. The amount of mis-information about these diseases is overwhelming. I encourage each Lyme patient to find a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) to help you navigate your way to health. And work with your LLMD as a team. One thing that drives me insane: when a patient has an appointment with their LLMD, they develop a new plan for treatment, and then the patient goes on line and asks other patients their opinion of the plan. If you still have questions about your plan, ASK YOUR DOCTOR! Do NOT ask a thousand people who do not have a medical degree, are not familiar with ALL the details of your history and current state. If you feel you can’t work with your LLMD as a team, find a new doctor. I encourage you to read articles from www.whatislyme.com, galaxydx.com, lymeadvise.com, igenex.com, and other Lyme savvy websites. In Lyme Savvy: Treatment Insights for Lyme Patients and Practitioners, we cover many of these co-infections. I encourage you to read it. A note to the new readers: I originally tested positive for Lupus and Lyme. Better testing from Galaxy Diagnostics showed I was positive for Bartonella. I was then treated for Bartonella. And after that treatment, my next Lupus and Lyme tests were negative. It took a smart physician to figure out what I had and how to treat it. Share...
Read More
Home »
Posts made in October, 2017
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Recent Posts
Tags
babesia
bartonella
borrelia
chronic illness
chronic infection
co-infections
community
connecting
death
depression
Diagnosis
ELISA
erlichiosis
family
fatigue
galaxy diagnostics
green smoothies
grief
Healing
igenex
laughter
llmd
love
lupus
lyme
lyme disease
lyme savvy
mozayeni
mycoplasma
organic
pain
physician
protomyxzoa
protozoa
qfever
rest
sharing
suicide
symptoms
tick
ticks
tick testing
treatment
western blot
writing
Archives
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- December 2012
- September 2012
- May 2012
- December 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
Recent Comments