I second that motion...........

Been lurking for a while, and just now must post...........just read the Lyme post "a friend of mine" and boy did it resonate - that's me! but thankfully not 8 years , more like 8 months.....................I was told lupus, CFS and fibro..............................7 doctors before I did some real reading into Lyme , and finally after many inconclusive blood tests - positive Western B at 2 diff labs.....................the lyme doc I see tells me also that most cfs and fibro and even lupus and ALS patients actually have an underlying lyme infection. The symptoms are dead on.   I urge anyone in this site to take a fresh look at it- don't bother asking a regular doc- they won't know, you need a Lyme Literate doc to get to the bottom of it. there is a website lymebusters and ilads.org with good info...........................................................................................lyme is in every US state, and it is written that for every 1 person diagnosed with it- 10 go undiagnosed.

hm, who to see for lyme....depends on your location. I saw 5 doctors, family practice and an internist - all told me I was nuts.........(not in those exact words....but that was the basic message) finally I got myself to an alternative doctor, I said " know Ive got Lyme, even though the tests are negative, he agreed and started treatment that day.  Eventually we did get a postive test..from a new lab. The thing is, I now have a real bad case of a disease that if treated back when I originally started going to non-lyme-aware doctors- would have been a quick fix- but because these 5 doctors had no clue about the reality of lyme, I am now in a mess, with a long recovery ahead of me..............

Anyway, I get mad and start typing. hop over to the lyme forum and get doctor info. there are several I know of in Mass. Ct.NY........

***When I finally got that alternative doc to help me, I was sitting with the nurse going over the antibiotic regimen I was going to start....I said "wow- lot of people must have this thing , and are told it is something else"  she rolled her eyes and said  ..."yes- probably tens of thousands..." 

web searches ; Lyme busters, Ilads.org, Dr.Joseph Burrascano, Dr. Sam Donta, Lymenet