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What It’s Like to Have Severe Lyme Disease
New York Magazine ^ | June 15, 2015 | Alexa Tsoulis-Reay

Posted on 06/15/2015 4:37:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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He went to a specialist in Mobile, AL, and after a couple of rounds of antibiotics, his insurance company balked at another. He produced the evidence that he needed more and they fought him and the doctor. Finally,the AMA pressured the doctor to not prescribe the drugs again, even though other drugs weren’t effective. That happens more offen than not.

There are big differences of opinion on the treatment protocol. The NIH/CDC and the health insurance industry recommend a single course of antibiotics, and perhaps a second course in rare circumstances. In contrast, many doctors in upstate NY, CT, and MA, who have been on the front-line of Lyme Disease since inception, recommend multiple courses of antibiotic over the long term, which most insurance companies will deny.

21 posted on 06/15/2015 6:23:35 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: no-to-illegals

“My mom was equally amazing: a psychologist and family therapist and a Mother for Peace during the Vietnam War.”

Sorry to burst your bubble, Mr. Specter, but your mom was a Communist, or at the least was part of a Communist controlled organization.

(dad sounds like an ok dude, though)


22 posted on 06/15/2015 6:33:33 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'about' page))
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To: nickcarraway

Sister had the rash, got treated, and seems ok. THANK GOD.

This is frightening stuff. There’s a short hike I want to take in the Northeast, but never got a chance. I’ll still do it, but I’ll wear a burka for it (or something close).


23 posted on 06/15/2015 6:53:10 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'about' page))
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To: nickcarraway

This screed is a bad joke.

Antibiotics exacerbate Lyme.


24 posted on 06/15/2015 6:57:28 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: nickcarraway

Now it’s on the rise, possibly as a result of global warming and “suburbanization.”

Uh-huh


25 posted on 06/15/2015 7:02:27 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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No, it's on the rise because deer populations in suburban areas are exploding. Thin the Deer population down, you thin the disease vector down. Not rocket freaking science.

You're right and it's too bad the author thought it necessary to use an otherwise good article for a PC agenda. Deer population over the past several decades in many areas are exploding. This is likely due in part to a reduction in hunting. I live in east Tennessee and although we had deer in some areas 30 years ago I never saw one in my neighborhood. I live in a rural area and have lived within the same half mile area for over 50 years.

Over the past decade, much more so the past 5 years, it has reached the point I have to be careful going down my driveway now because several deer often run out in front of me. I do allow hunting on my land to three persons who are either family or friends and they haven't made a dent in the numbers despite each one of them tagging out with maximum bag limit each year.

As a matter of fact to my south about 15 miles at the 110 Exit on I-75 in Knoxville, TN which is inside the city in a highly commercial and residential developed area I've seen deer browsing along the exit ramp LOL.

26 posted on 06/15/2015 7:23:03 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: nickcarraway
Sadly this article IS NOT about Lyme disease, but ALL about the lefty doctor.

RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS

Now it's on the rise, possibly as a result of global warming and “suburbanization.”
RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS-RED FLAGS
27 posted on 06/15/2015 7:37:02 PM PDT by lewislynn ( Hillary = Obama in a pantsuit)
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To: CaptainK

My cousin’s daughter has advanced Lyme’s disease. She had to start a go fund acct to raise money for treatment as insurance won’t cure it. The treatment is lengthy and expensive.


28 posted on 06/15/2015 7:59:26 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: nickcarraway

Got really sick (after a Tick? who knows it was a convenient excuse at the time, I had a big ol fat one latched in-between my fingers) ... 3 days w/high fever, sweats, chills etc ... (no rash) my MD sent me for many tests and then to a Cardiologist ...
Cardiologist said I was fine but my MD needed to come see him.
May or may not have been anything to do with the Tick, I was clearing Land and was prolly bitten by many many other critters, being over 50 at the time probably had more to do with it than any thing else.
The way I look at it is whatever it was, now I’m probably immune, lets go hunting!
TT


29 posted on 06/16/2015 12:22:12 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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30 posted on 06/16/2015 1:01:02 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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31 posted on 06/16/2015 1:34:47 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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This should get you started.
32 posted on 06/16/2015 2:35:28 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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33 posted on 06/16/2015 2:36:48 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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34 posted on 06/16/2015 3:54:25 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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35 posted on 06/16/2015 4:22:02 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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36 posted on 06/16/2015 4:54:54 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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37 posted on 06/16/2015 5:32:04 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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38 posted on 06/17/2015 2:24:30 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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39 posted on 06/17/2015 2:37:08 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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Destroying the bacteria in your gut, upon which your very life depends, with antibiotics is an M-60 hip shot into a gang of kindergarteners.

This will leave you dependent upon the people who destroyed your life, for the rest of it.
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“My people are dying for lack of knowledge.”
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40 posted on 06/17/2015 8:17:28 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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