help - need LLMD in Central Illinois

Welcome Mo60!

Sorry for the reason you're here but glad you found us.

I changed the title of your thread only to list your location and the fact that you're looking for a LLMD (Lyme literate MD) so it will get more attention.

Some self-proclaimed Lyme doctors have no idea how to diagnose and treat these infections....and they're the ones that won't move forward with negative blood work when even the CDC says Lyme is a clinical diagnosis - based upon symptoms.

Here are some ideas for LLMD's in your state:

/sites.google.com/site/lymedoctors/illinois

You could also try the physician referral feature on the ILADS site:

ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

And, please take a peek at the "New to Lyme? Start Here!" thread that sits at the top of the forum. It's full of useful information that you'll return to read time and time again.

One of the most important things you can do for yourself is to start a detoxing protocol. Most Americans are exposed to over 300 chemicals per day (think plastics, personal care products, car exhaust, food additives, metals (aluminum via cookware, anti-perspirants, vaccines...mercury ala fillings, etc)

And, having these infections means that we are dealing with toxins ala the bugs:

www.benbrew.com/lb/lyme5.pdf

An effective daily detoxing protocol will help clear the toxins in our bodies and make it easier to handle treatments which generate even more toxins. Here are some great suggestions for detoxing that can easily be incorporated into one's day (starting slowly with one method and then slowly adding more):

www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Everyone benefits from detoxing - not just those of us with Lyme.

Best of luck to you moving forward!!

Welcome Mo60 sorry you had to find us because you suspect lyme. That is how most of us found this forum also.

cd gave you some wonderful words of wisdom and I don't have much more to add to it. Just wanted to welcome you.

Hi Mo!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us.

You've been given some great information already, so let's see if I can add to that.

If you haven't ​yet​, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists, helpful links and pdf's, how to detox when one has these infections, information on probiotics and much more. And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html Detoxing for us is an incredibly important part of our healing.


For information on finding a​n ILADS ​(International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society)​ trained​ Lyme Literate Medical Doctor(LLMD) in your area, you can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the small blue envelope under my screen name. I have some contact information for some LLMD's in the north end of your state.​ ​Please include your state that you would like to find a LLMD in and I will be happy to share the names I have.​


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 resourcewww.LymeDoc.org


​ You will want to find an ILADS 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.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php