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Posted 7/31/2015 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
Does anyone know if Canada (Ontario) has any Lyme test other than Elisa? If so would you know which Lab(s) offer it? Thanks
Posted 7/31/2015 1:10 AM (GMT 0)
I just had one done at a naturopath here in Toronto, they send the blood sample to a lab called Igenex in the US. What part of the country are you in?
Posted 7/31/2015 1:10 AM (GMT 0)
As far as I know, in Canada the ELISA has to be run first. If it is positive they then send the sample to Winnipeg to run the WB. If it is negative the sample won't be sent.

I won't comment on the expiration of the blood sample by the time it gets to Winnipeg. Igenex requires that the blood sample be shipped next day FedEx.

This Toronto naturopath apparently sends samples to Igenex for diagnosis:

http://lymend.com/services/#tests

If you aren't near TO, you could call and they might steer you towards someone in your area that could draw the sample and send it off.
Posted 7/31/2015 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry to post a kind of rhetorical question but I'm just trying to get prepared for my upcoming appt. with my GP who has told me for the last 4 yrs. that I had been tested for Lyme(Elisa) with negative results and that all my symptoms were called "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" -He gave me some Tramacet and said to just live with the (pain, unbearable fatigue, etc., etc.,)
On my own via a LLND in Peterborough we sent blood to Igenex ($1000) and rec'd a positive result for Lyme.
I'm sure my GP will just say it's a "false positive" and blow me off. I just want to be prepared before I jump down his throat.
Posted 7/31/2015 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
that's rough... I'm awaiting my Igenex testing as well as a skin biopsy and dealing with my GP who has already told me definitively I do not have Lyme.. crazy as it sounds I'm praying for a positive test, just so I can start working towards getting better
Posted 7/31/2015 1:41 AM (GMT 0)

rocky01 said...
On my own via a LLND in Peterborough we sent blood to Igenex ($1000) and rec'd a positive result for Lyme.
I'm sure my GP will just say it's a "false positive" and blow me off. I just want to be prepared before I jump down his throat.

Sorry to say, but "jumping down" the throat of your GP will gain you nothing. Mainstream doctors are completely on the side of the CDC and IDSA. They do not believe that infections can cause "autoimmune diseases" or psychiatric/neurological problems. Your concerns will be dismissed.

Better to find an ILADS trained naturopath in Canada, or an LLMD or LLND in the states. They at least will believe you and put you on the path to healing.

There is no way you will change the mind of your GP. He is too entrenched; besides he is not allowed to treat past the time allotted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons for lyme treatment. A couple of months of monotherapy antibiotics are not going to address your infection(s). Be aware that lyme rarely travels alone. Coinfections are more often than not, involved. Bartonella, babesia, anaplasma, mycoplasma, ehrlichia.... Doxycycline will not touch these infections.
Posted 7/31/2015 1:48 AM (GMT 0)
If you are in Peterborough, I would try to get into the naturopath in TO. We have never used her, but it sounds like she knows what she is doing. She is ILADS trained.

There is another in Uxbridge - http://www.ontariolymediseaseclinic.com/

These people are few and far between. You are lucky to live so close.

It's a paradigm changer when you first realize that mainstream doctors are simply shills for the pharmaceutical industry. They know nothing about healing.
Posted 7/31/2015 4:42 AM (GMT 0)
I'm from BC, Canada - the test I had done was two-tiered as well, but the IFA was the first one - it was negative, so the Western Blot wasn't done.
I then tested Igenex Positive a couple months later.

Here in BC we have several LLND's...even since i was diagnosed last year the list has grown.
They are also licensed to prescribe antibiotics.

My LLND has patients from Ontario....just an option - if you choose to do antibiotics along with the herbs...and you want to stay in Canada.
The flight to BC and the initial appointment would be quite costly, but after that my LLND does phone or skype appointments.
I have Blue Cross Extended health benefits - 80% of my LLND appointments up to $500 is reimbursed. That covers approximately half a year's appointments.
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