Dr. said pos Lyme from W. Blot but wants more blood ASAP? Why?

Hi everyone,
Just a quick question.

So, this past week my doctors office called about my western blot results. The secretary said the doctor says it looks like I am positive for Lyme as some bands appear (not sure which ones or how many) to be positive.

But she said the doctor wants me to come in for immediate blood work ASAP this week (I was scheduled to see him in 2 weeks) to take my blood so they can overnight it to a Lyme lab he trusts that my insurance will cover.

My questions are:

1) Why would he want such 'immediate' blood work. Kind or worrisome.

2) Why does he want another test? Does that mean some of the bands that are positive are..what? Borderline/ inconclusive? But then why say some were positive?

I am sorry if I am ignorant about the whole Lyme band thing. This week I plan to start my research on that, but for now I know very little.

I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you so much guys!

Try not to worry. I know it's hard. I'm worried all the time also.

I've had to go in for "immediate" blood work and appointments a few times. Usually for some problems with my liver. It can be a blessing and a curse to have an overly involved/cautious LLMD lol.

As far as the positive western blot.........I saw it as good news even though it seems like testing positive for a serious condition is a negative thing. I was happy to have the positive test for my own validation as well as to get help from a LLMD. Although most LLMD's will treat based on clinical diagnosis' anyway.

I agree that he may just want to test for co-infections, get a baseline of your other blood work like CBC, metabolic and chem panels or possibly a CD57 so that you can start treatment as soon as possible.

To me, based on what I had read through many books and advice from others with Lyme, it was really important the the doctor I went to was considered lyme literate and followed ILADS instead of IDSA guidelines. I would try to find out which guidelines your doctor prefers so that if he follows IDSA and you don't agree with that, you can find another doctor and get on their waiting list ASAP.