Hi physedgirl09!
Welcome to the forum. Glad you found us.
Thanks for posting - I'm so sorry you've been sick - your symptoms and experience w/ MDs sound familiar. We will do what we can to help you - quite a few great, supportive people on our forum.
You can email on of our main forum moderators
Traveler or
Girlie for a specific list of Lyme specialists in your area to consider. I'm also a mod but not around as consistently but will help however I can.
Here are a few more resources Traveler likes to share:
You can go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:
www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74You can email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at:
[email protected]
ILADS has their own referral system as well:
ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/And
www.LymeDoc.orgYou will want to find an ILADS trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) as well as many others, believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey:
www.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.phpWhile you're waiting to get connected with a good specialist to partner with, please take a little time and read through the
"New to Lyme?" thread at the top of the page - it includes invaluable information that will help you in your process, help you understand why MDs can be unhelpful and how to recognize a good Lyme specialist (they're out there!), how to get ready for an appointment, what you'll likely need to do for diagnosis, and different ways to treat.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions that come up!
-p