Finally band 23 positive after yrs. of testing

I have been sick for many many years. I had taken many Lyme tests through quest, sunrise and lab Corp. Once lab Corp Had a band 41. Otherwise they were always negative. No bands. Through igenix I had positive bands. 31, 34, 39, and 83-93 IND. 41 AND 58 positive. Never band 23 though. All of a sudden on my last routine blood work that I get for my thyroid (the dr always throws in the blood work for Lyme) I had band 23 igg western blot.
I have been seeing an acupuncturist in the past few months and he has me on banderol and samento. Maybe that why.
Now I am thinking to go back to a llmd because I am still not well.
Any opinions?

Hi aphysicalwreck -

I'm curious about the same things Girlie asked about. Also wanted to share:

While it's nearly impossible to really understand the differences in results from different types of WBs from different labs over a considerable period of time--way too many variables--there might be some usable info in this...

There are several differences between nearly all other WBs done at various labs throughout the country (even those that are FDA-approved) and then none of them are all that comparable to IGeneX, which reports more bands from more strains and more reactions to different DNA parts. So that's one reason for the results to be different.

Also, as you've suspected, what you're currently taking, which acts like an antimicrobial, can also continue to hit more of the infection and cause new immune reactions.

Also, I've read from a couple of sources that it is common for the body to continue producing new antibodies to different parts of the Bb DNA as time passes. This is a good thing! Your immune system is either finding more of the infection, and/or continues to become more reactive. And this is one of the few reasons why I believe we don't ever CURE or eliminate all of the infection and why relapses are common with people who never quite get strong enough to stave off the infection full-time and/or relapse when they become sick/become overwhelmed with stress/experience a trauma, etc... With successful treatment, we simply reduce the load enough for our immune system to take over and become dominant...

I wouldn't necessarily read into the new 23 band that you're getting sicker, or have a new infection, etc. as there are too many factors to consider. More importantly and accurately, you're not feeling well and that could mean that the microbials are doing their thing and you need to detox more and/or give the antimicrobials more time to kill off more of the infection...

Also - do you have coinfections? viruses? any other demand on your immune system?

Hope this is helpful -

-p

Post Edited (Pirouette) : 9/1/2016 9:48:23 AM (GMT-6)

You say you weren't tested for the co-infections - but were you treated for them?