Hello! Thank you for all of your information and assistance in this forum! It is absolutely amazing.
I am brand new to the forum and hope I am posting correctly. I am a 25-year-old female.
Long story short, I had been having persistent low-grade fevers on and off for months, as well as fatigue, headaches, night sweats, chills, other flu-like symptoms, digestion issues, forgetting words, eczema, an increase in acne, knee joint pain, etc.
I went to an integrative MD in September 2013 who ran tons of tests to figure out what might be going on.
Come to find out, I had a gluten sensitivity and EBV (latent), as well as a pinworm and at least one parasite, and as such was deficient in various nutrients.
She placed me on a strict diet (no gluten, no dairy, very little grains, whole foods), as well as multiple supplements. I felt worlds better and figured it must have been dietary related because I used to live on bread and all things gluten.
Fast forward and over the next few months (flu season), I would still get occasional symptoms of headaches, low grade fevers, knee pain, fatigue, etc. Perhaps this was even possible herx symptoms, for being on such a clean diet? However, I chalked it up to the flu bugs that were going around.
Last week, I realized that in all of my testing, I never received the results of the Lyme test she sent for (back in Sept). I called the office and came in for the results.
I was a little shocked to find out that I had tested for high levels of Babesia and Bartonella!
The test was done through Immunosciences Lab, and it was a "Lyme Multi-Peptide IgG and IgM Elisa Assay" and also the Western Blot. My levels for Babesia and Bartonella were nearly double the high end of the normal range (for IgM only, no IgG). The only positive on the Western Blot was p41 IgG bands.
I knew very little about
Lyme before this week and have spent day and night researching and reading (watched Under Our Skin as well), and am certain I need to be treated.
I am unclear whether I have Lyme B. burgdorferi or only the co-infections or what, but would like to find an LLMD to start treatment and receive other testing if necessary. I am willing to travel anywhere for the best care and want to nip this in the bud ASAP!
Does anyone have an LLMD they could recommend?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Post Edited (bpr2) : 2/22/2014 9:18:13 PM (GMT-7)