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Posted 7/31/2016 1:37 AM (GMT 0)

cd3764 said...
Sometimes stressors such as surgery will "bring out" the Lyme. But, that applies to many other things as well.


Injuries definitely do this too. I think your assertions are dead on. Just like old childhood chicken pox virus can resurface in times or stress as shingles, so is Lyme. It needs to be kept in check for the rest of your life if you know you have it.
Posted 7/31/2016 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
i just tested positive IgM and negative IgG for Lyme from Labcorp, but it is 13 months after I pulled a tick off and had an EM rash. We ran the test now for disability insurance purposes, I read somewhere that the CDC, therefore the insurance company, only accept an IgM positive result as confirmation of lyme if the symptoms or tick bite has been within the last 30 days. Does anyone know anything about this?
Posted 7/31/2016 10:02 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe you got another tick bite recently? (Hint, hint)

I would not be surprised if that's the case with CDC/insurance companies..even though it is not uncommon for the IgM to show antibody response months/years after tick bite.
Posted 7/31/2016 10:23 PM (GMT 0)
IgM will "reactivate" if you will - it will keep showing up as a positive each time your immune system starts to kill off the bacteria, but the immune system has to be healthy enough to do so.

I was 40 years past the tick that gave me Lyme and company when I got my first fully CDC positive test back - and had a full year of abx therapy for Lyme.

As Girlie suggested too, it could be a new infection as well - there's no way to tell them apart on the tests.
Posted 8/1/2016 10:48 AM (GMT 0)
I am going back to my old Dr in a few weeks to get her to help me with my disability claim, my disability insurance does not think my current Dr is credible ( he is a very well known Lyme dr in DC). Maybe I will mention to her that I may have gotten bitten by another tick, which is a possibility since I live in the country in a high tick area. I am waiting to get the Igenex kit so I can get tested for Lyme and cos and RMSF ( which I tested positive last year). My DC doc thinks that testing positive now means that my immune system is actually functioning after over a year on abx.
Posted 8/3/2016 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hi I'm new here so if I'm not doing this right I'm very sorry. I was diagnosed with lymes in 8/14 did two rounds of amoxicillin and felt better, symptoms returned almost exactly 1 year later, I was given another round of amoxicillin but when the test results came back no bands where present. I finished the amoxicillin anyway. Here I am again with symptoms affecting my eyes and muscles doc sent me to have blood tested again this time Igg bands 41,58,18 Igm band 23 present but she said I'm negative and said I should see an internist which I'm doing. I live in northern nj and can't seem to find a doctor that is Lyme literate. Does anyone here think it's possible that this is lymes again or still?
Posted 8/3/2016 1:22 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Deb - welcome to our community!

I believe you still have Lyme disease because you were inadequately treated - both times.

Band 23 is specific for LD.

Don't count on the Internist to back up a LD diagnosis - unless he is Lyme Literate.

We can help you find a LLMD - start a new thread titled "Looking for LLMD in northern NJ"
Posted 8/3/2016 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
Deb, we suggest all new members take a look through the thread at the top of the page titled "New to Lyme?...Start Here!"
It's packed full of useful information.
Posted 8/3/2016 11:29 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much
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