Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 aauuggh I was on a year of doxy along wiht zithromax before. it did nothing. they were treating mycoplasma incognitus. is doxy the standard lyme treatment? maybe it depends on the dose being high enough? I am curious about the lymes gov/warfare/ info you have heard, could you send it to me offline. thanks, amy >From: " penny " <pennyhoule@...> >Reply-infections >infections >Subject: [infections] Re: Yale lymes lab?/kate/penny >Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 23:27:59 -0000 > >Amy, I've heard very good things about Mayo's lab in general. But >otherwise Mayo docs are not popular in chronic illness land. I have >no personal experience with them but have heard the same thing >literally 100s of times on numerous chronic illness boards. Nothing >but disappointment with Mayo docs. Sorry. > >I have no idea what the Clinic's position is on lyme, but I have >heard that the lab itself is good when it comes to handling samples >and testing for hard to find bugs like actinmyces, which must be >handled carefully and rapidly before the organisms die. Most >ordinary labs can't culture these organisms because of poor sample >handling, but Mayo does. > >Regarding lyme testing, it's hard to say. According to their website > >http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lyme-disease/DS00116/DSECTION=6 > >it looks like they're pretty standard regarding diagnostics and >treatment, prescribing abx treatment of 14-28 days with doxycycline, >etc. They perform followed by Western blot testing, and PCR >for those who may have " chronic lyme " . > >Most Lyme patients seem to like labs like Immunosciences and Bowen >for Lyme testing. Personally, I have reservations about their tests. > >penny > > > > > > > > > > new ID doc uses YALE lyme lab. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Yeah, that's the pretty standard, but there are newer variations on treatment, especially chronic lyme, by bolder docs. But the treatments are all pretty much guess work as they don't culture lyme for sensitivities. I really don't have any info on government conspiracy stuff. I've got too many problems and not enough energy to worry about that too. Besides, I prefer to think that Jack Bauer will take care of the evil govt. for us. lol! penny > > > > > > > > > new ID doc uses YALE lyme lab. > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! > > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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