Opinions on Dr Jaller?

Before I get people saying i shouldnt use a lyme Doctor's name on a public site, I want to point out that this doctor practices very publicly and I am in no way 'outing' him. It is okay to use a doctors name on HW if they are self publicized and allow their status as a lyme doctor to be publicly known. Other examples would be Dr. Klinghardt, Dr. Horowitz and Dr. Jemsek. I am using the doctors name because he is highly publicized in many news articles and has been featured on television. He also maintains a blog called lyme md which links to his practice website. He is a publicly known LLMD. I also hope this may be of help to others who are suffering and want to seek his help without having to play the 'decoding' game in trying to guess who I am talking about.

All that said, now to my question. I have an appointment coming up next month with him. I have a doctor where I live in GA. Although she treats lyme she doesnt really specialize in lyme but more in the area of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and she treats many different types of chronic ailments. She is willing to prescribe longterm antibiotics, but I feel she is simply a prescription stamp and she doesnt seem to have a very clear strategy for me, and I feel in many ways I am directing my own care and am at a standstill. So I am hoping to start over with a doctor who has more experience in treating lyme and co specifically, so I am making the 700 mile drive to go see Jaller next month.

I just wanted to see if anyone here has any experiences good or bad, first or even secondhand about him and his practices treating lyme. Although there is a lot of information out there about him, and he has posted a lot of his thoughts and theories regarding lyme on his blog, I havent been able to find very many reviews or accounts of his care from the patients perspective.

Any thoughts, opinions or experiences under his care either directly or second hand would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the response! I look forward to hearing from a patient of his firsthand. E-mail sent.

ChickenArise said...
From what I understand it is fine to mention the doctors who are high profile and publish alot of material. It does make me wonder about the 'gate keeping' and why it is fine for these doctors.

Well, personally, I'm not comfortable mentioning LLMD names at all in a public forum - but maybe that's because I have members emailing me nearly daily looking for one and I have to tell them that there isn't one very close all too often, as well as finding out that yet another LLMD is no longer practicing, which happens several times a year.

But, as the OP pointed out, when they put themselves and their names out there in the public eye, and do interviews and publish articles about these infections under their real names, how can we say that those doctors can't be mentioned in public? It's really a quandry to be in, so we just do the best that we can to muddle through trying to protect these doctors without completely stopping the mention of all names.

I wish the situation was completely different and we didn't have to worry about keeping these names protected! But, that's not where we are yet.