IGenics (sp?) testing

My NP recommended to do the Igenics test for Lyme's with co-infections, is this a good test to go by? Then I'm to take it to a Lyme's specialist. I told him that some of you said the band 23KD  and 41KD could mean a positive for the bactiera Bartonella, I had to tell him, he didn't know and so he changed his mind and said yes it could mean Lyme's. Do you all still feel 23KD and 41KD means something with Lyme's?

Anways, this Igenics test cost $660 and I guess it's not covered by medical insurance. He said my chances of having Lyme's is 60% percent, ....he doesn't really know. I feel he's guessing at this. I do appreciate the fact he says he doesn't know how to treat Lyme's though and referred me to a specialist, which by the way I already have an appt with in December.

 Do you have to fast for it? I forgot to ask the nurse.

Thank you again for all the help (((hugs))), more info I have to take with me to the specialist the better.

Also he said I have two bacteria, Chlamydophila Pneumoniae is one of them, it says  Past Infection on my test results any comments on this or is this a common bacteria?

 

Why dont they make a home lyme test? like a pregnancy test? +or---?

Band 23 is BB specific. I remember you posting that you only had 23 on IGM right? I'm nit sure how a Lyme doctor will interpret that because it usually comes with 41 too BUT that doesn't really mean much. That's why you need to see a Lyme specialist.

Here is a breakdown of the WB bands:

Western Blot Bands description:

9 cross-reactive for Borrellia
12 specific for Bb
18 unknown
20 cross-reactive for Borrellia
21 unknown
22 specific for Bb, probably really the 23/25 band
23-25 outer surface protein C (OspC), specific for Bb
28 unknown
30 unknown; probably an outer surface protein; common in European and
one California strain
31 outer surface protein A (OspA), specific for Bb
34 outer surface protein B (OspB); specific for Bb
35 specific for Bb
37 specific for Bb
38 cross-reactive for Bb
39 is a major protein of Bb flagellin; specific for Bb
41 flagellin protein of all spirochetes; this is usually the first to appear after a Bb infection and is specific for all Borrellia
45 cross-reactive for all Borellia (sometimes people with Lyme who have
this band positive also have the co-infection Ehrlichiosis)
50 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
55 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
57 cross-reactive for all Borrellia
58 unknown but may be a heat-shock Bb protein
60 cross reactive for all Borrellia
66 cross-reactive for all Borrelia, common in all bacteria
83 specific antigen for the Lyme bacterium, probably a cytoplasmic membrane
93 unknown, probably the same protein in band 83, just migrates differently in some patients