ILADS doctor in North Carolina, Dr. B?

maybe she is a new ILADS member? I have never herd of her.

GeorgiaGirl;

  I haven't been 'on' in awhile so I just saw your post. I was diagnosed with Lyme this past August and have been researching NC and SC LLMD's. There is one located in Asheville and in Raleigh NC and also found one in Fort Mill SC which is only about an hour and a half from me. Don't know where in GA you are, but wouldn't one of these be closer for you instead of the one in Hubert?

lymemom, will you e-mail me the doctors in Asheville and Raleigh? Thanks

georgia...so sorry but computer had a crash recently and i just realized I lost alot of data...but i do remember where i got the info on those [email protected]

Douglnes.....enable your email & I will send you info on the doc in NC. I am from FL (moved to GA)....apparently got lyme in FL....there is lyme in FL. My Aunt is in Tampa seeing an LLMD there.

Hi bleepitybleep!-

Welcome to our community. This is an older thread and I haven't seen these members post in the last couple of years.

For information on finding an ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Disease Society) trained Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) in your area, you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctors names and contact info to be posted on the forum for several reasons. You can enable your email option in your profile, under "edit profile ". Be sure to click the submit button to actually save your preferences.

You can also start a new thread and ask: Looking for LLMD in/ around ______ (fill in the blank for your closest city or state that you are able to travel to).

You can email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at [email protected] for LLMD referrals and you can go to tbdalliance.org to learn more about these infections.

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=74

ILADS has their own referral system as well: ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

And a new resource www.LymeDoc.org

You will want to find a well trained doctor, not one that has self proclaimed themselves as a LLMD or an ID Doc (Infectious Disease Doctor), as ID docs 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.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf

You can also email Traveler. She is a moderator here. Just click on the blue envelope under her name. She might have a list of LLMD close to your area.

I hope that you stay around. There are a lot of knowledgeable and friendly people here. We all try our our best to help each other.

Also please take a look at the "New to Lyme?... Start Here!" thread. It is located at the top of the forum. There is a lot of helpful information located in the 2 pages.

Best Wishes!

Hi bleepitybleep!-

There are a lot of people here that are also in treatment for Bartonella.

Bartonella and Babesia are two very common coinfections that a lot of us with Lyme Disease deal with.

A well trained LLMD would also be able to help you treat Bartonella.

Please do look into finding a LLMD.

Best Wishes!

Lpaiges, I edited your post to remove the doctors name and left only initials (we don't allow doctors names to be posted here unless they are openly doing tv interviews and writing books to help protect them).

And I removed your email address because this is an open forum, meaning that anyone can come here and read the posts without joining. Putting your email in a post will essentially invite more spam to your inbox! You can enable your email address through your profile (click on profile - then edit profile and fill in the email address, click "show my email" and then click on the submit button at the bottom to save it). That way only members have access to your email address. You should see the little envelop outlined in blue once it's working, like mine is.

Lpaiges....I hope you see this. I tried to get your email off of your profile but there isn't one listed. I also live in NC and am in need of a local LLMD. I see you have one in Durham! That's awesome. I used to live in Wake Forest now outside of Charlotte. I will try and make sure my email is in my profile. If you see this, could you please email me the docs info??? The doctors where I am have no clue how to help me 😭

In case any of you didn't know Dr. F is not working right now. On leave to deal with her own health issues. Her office staff is not certain of exactly when she shall return. So if you are willing to wait she is a very good Dr. Very down to earth and can relate to what we are all experiencing. It may be quite a while before she comes back though. Call and leave a message and her staff will return your call within a couple days most likely. You may be able to give them your information and they will get back in touch with you with a appointment date once they know of her estimated return date.

Traveler...SORRY!!!! I totally forgot (can i blame it on the lyme brain?)


you guys are the best, Lyme Warriors!

lpaiges23, is the Dr. F in Raleigh different from the Dr. F in Chapel Hill? Could you please email me the name?