Test Results - Thanks Group - Question

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Hi Group...First things first - I received my Igenex results this

afternoon:

IGM - 5 positive (23,24,25,41,66); 4 equivocal (30,39,45,58)

IGG - 4 positive (18,34,41,45); 5 equivocal (30,31,39,58,66)

Although I now know via testing that I'm Lyme positive, in addition

to being nervous about this, I'm also relieved and grateful to

finally find out what has been ailing me for 3+ years, and I can

finally get on the road to recovery. I have an appointment Monday

morning with the head of Infectious Diseases with my health plan -

I'm now equipped with 3+ years of history in my folder, plus my

Igenex results. I also made an appointment with the Alternative

doctor (oncologist) who did my Igenex test - he also treats Lyme.

Depending on how things turn out with my health plan, I also have an

out of town LLMD to contact.

I'd like to thank the group for putting me on the right course -

first, by choosing to get an Igenex WB (I don't even mind paying for

it out of my own pocket), and second, for convincing me that I need

to find the right doctor to treat this.

I also need to let go of the anger I have for being misdiagnosed

repeatedly over the past 3+ years - especially one of my ex-doctors

who tried to put me on tranquilizers because he said " I was under

stress - not sick with anything physical " . I plan to contact the

medical group - including my current PCP - and let them know that

they better start listening to their patients, and that a Lyme

diagnosis is more than just a blood test - it's a clinical diagnosis.

One more thing - I've had a weird symptom off-and-on for the past few

years. I don't know if it's Lyme related, but I thought I'd bring it

up and see if anyone else has this or knows anything about it. I've

had it for the past 2 days - that's why I remembered it. For the

past few years, maybe 4 or 5 times per year, I've had an intense hot

pain in my groin area, front & back thighs, and buttocks. Clothing

or bedding rubbing against the affected areas make the pain worse. I

have a pretty high tolerance to pain, but I'd classify this as a 6 on

a scale of 10. The pain is almost constant, and it actually hurts

worse when you touch the skin that's affected. There are no marks or

redness of any kind - you wouldn't know I had anything just by

looking at it. After about 1 or 2 days of this pain, it just

disappears - and I usually forget about it until it starts again.

Over the past 3+ years, I've been on antibiotics at least 10 or more

times - I'm now wondering if this pain comes around when I finish a

course of antibiotics? I just finished some doxycycline. Could the

burning pain be a result of the antibiotics stirring up the Lyme

bacteria?

What a long, strange trip it's been...Tom