DOES THIS TEST SAY I HAVE LYME?

Can someone please give me their opinion as to what my test below says. DO I have lyme (on paper)? or Don't I? I am so glad I found this website community here. Thank you for being here. I need help. I'm in bad shape.

Lyme 93 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 66 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 58 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 45 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 41 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 39 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 30 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 28 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 23 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme 18 kD IgG ABSENT
Lyme IgG WB Interp. NEGATIVE NEGATIVE
POSITIVE = IgG Western Blot strips which have 5 (or more) of
the 10 significant bands (18, 23, 28, 30, 39, 41, 45, 58, 66
or 93) are considered positive for specific antibody to B.
burgdorferi.

NEGATIVE = No bands present or no banding patterns which
meet positive criteria.
Lyme 41 kD IgM *PRESENT*
Lyme 39 kD IgM *PRESENT*
Lyme 23 kD IgM ABSENT
Lyme IgM WB Interp. NEGATIVE *POSITIVE*
POSITIVE = IgM Western Blot strips which have 2 (or more) of
the 3 significant bands (23, 39 or 41) are considered
positive for specific antibody to B. burgdorferi.

NEGATIVE = No bands present or no banding patterns which
meet positive criteria.

Interpretations per the Proceedings of the Second Conference
of Lyme Disease, Dearborn, Michigan, 1994.

- Caution must be used in supporting a diagnosis of B.
burgdorferi infection when sera are Western Blot IgM
positive and Western Blot IgG negative after initial 4 week
period from onset. Because the likelihood of a false
positive test result is high for these individuals, a
positive IgM test alone is not recommended for use in
determining active disease in persons with illness of longer
than one month duration.

- Note, results cannot be flagged as high/low.

Post Edited (New-to-lyme) : 2/1/2014 10:38:01 AM (GMT-7)

Thank you *achievinggrace* for clarifying test results. I have been so sick I'm not surprised. And yes i AM outraged! and the more his colleagues "down plain it" the more outraged I get. I went to (my doctor) begging for help and he failed me miserably. I will likely become a casualty of war to this thing called lyme disease. I know it's in my heart. I have the chest pains (along with all the other pains) and the pain is in my heart and I'm weak most of the time. This thing is gonna kill me. :(

Post Edited (New-to-lyme) : 2/1/2014 10:41:48 AM (GMT-7)

Hi New to Lyme,
Actually, there's no reason to believe that Lyme will kill you - many of us here have or have had these infections for many, many years before getting effective treatments - for me it was literally 40 years.

What you need is -as Achievinggrace said - a LLMD. Someone who's training is based on ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) standards not IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) standards. You can find ILADS treatment standards here:
www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/treatment_guidelines.html

You can see what IDSA bases their treatments on here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20946067

Here is a basic run down of the controversy between the two:
www.clinicaladvisor.com/controversy-continues-to-fuel-the-lyme-war/article/117160/

You can also choose to use Holistic medicine to heal. There are quite a few members here using Holistic medicine alone or in conjunction with antibiotics to heal.

If you haven't yet, please do read through our "New to Lyme? Start here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum. It's packed full of really important information including things like symptom lists (as Lyme is rarely the only infection passed), detoxing instructions, helpful links and pdf's and a list of questions that you can ask any doc that you are seeking treatment for these infections from!

For information on finding a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area, you can start a new thread titled something like:"Looking for LLMD/LLND in the _______ area." Although you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctor's 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 preference.

You can email Stephanie at: [email protected] You can also go to: www.turnthecorner.org/ if you want to learn a little bit more about Lyme Disease.

You can also 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

You will want to find an ILADS (International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society) trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. The ILADS site is another great place to read to get you started on your Lyme journey. www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/treatment_guidelines_clearing_ilads.html

You are not alone in your fight for healing!