Saturday, January 31, 2015

Search for the RIGHT Doctor

The doctor who found my Lyme disease is unfortunately not the doctor I want to treat me. Although I'll be thankful for him forever for being one of 20-30 medical professionals to look into Lyme for me, he's a little off putting as far as bedside manner.  He takes my insurance and is local, but I'm not entirely sure he's Lyme Literate. He literally googled treatment for Babesia right in front of me. He also casually brushed off my Herx questions (horrible episodes experienced when Lyme bacteria die). He said, "Uh, yeah. You'll want to call us, and we'll probably have to walk you through that". Sure pal. Herxing is TERRIFYING. So, he wrote up 3 prescriptions for me. 2 antibiotics and 1 probiotic. He said I could do those orally 3 times a day for 10 days, come in every day for antibiotic IVs, or get shots. I told him I would think about it, but the truth is, I believe short term antibiotics are a recipe for failure. It's everywhere in all my research. So, I am going to search for other options. 

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