Hello bond, I am so very sorry you suspect lyme. I think many of us got tired of the run around by doctors and resorted to the internet to try and figure out for ourselves what we could possibly have. I certainly am one that did this. I stumbled upon this forum and was ever so glad I did.
I used Igenex because that is the lab that my lyme literate medical doctor recognized as reputable. I have nothing bad to say about
them. Just something that I was unaware of at the time of my draw - they can use that blood sample for some time length to do other testing if you need it later than the original test.
Here is a list of labs -
www.stopthelymelies.com/testing-labs.htmlYou 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 per email address. You have to register first. Here is the link:
module.lymediseaseassociation.org/referral/LogIn.php?setcookie=yesILADS has their own referral system as well:
ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/Another reference place is
/sites.google.com/site/lymedoctors/floridaThese are only references that I have and no first hand knowledge at all.... sorry.
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There are only 12 states that currently have legislation in place or pending which either protects Lyme treating physicians and/or mandates insurance coverage and Florida is not one of those states yet. We don't want to jeopardize a lyme doctor from treating by drawing attention to his name.
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And again I am so sorry to welcome you here, but this is where I and many like me learned a heck of a lot of answers to questions. Feel free to ask.
Also, please take note of the first thread entitled New To Lyme? ... Start here! That thread is full of information. I still refer to it every now and again.