Why is Lyme so difficult for drs to believe in? What's your story?

[Guest guest]

This has just been a huge learning curve for me over this past month--since it's

been a month since I started having symptoms. No tickbite that I can recall.

Just fever/chills then incredible fatigue, swollen lymph nodes and swelling in

my hands & feet.

But why is it so difficult for doctors to believe that you've got Lyme? My 1st

test was positive & my wb was negative & he chooses to believe the negative test

saying I don't have it.

And why are LLMDs so hard to find? And why don't they take insurance? Any of

them? And why is this lab (Igenex) the place to go & they don't accept insurance

either!

I'm hoping once my month long of doxy (now at 200mg/twice a day) is over that

I'll be o.k. This is after my original 10 days at 100 mg/twice a day. I know

I've caught it early. I just want it to be gone. Because I don't know what else

I will do--my dr. is convinced it's not Lyme and an LLMD is just not

possible--financially or geographically.

Why is it so hard to find treatment?