mistergee
Silver Member
in most cases you get the round of antibiotics and its gone. although you will still test positive for it for 3 yrs. my son has chronic Lyme Disease. the disease goes dormant and encapsulates itself. it stays in your system. it waits until your imune system is compromised and comes back with a vengence. i know ....my son has been battling it since he was 15.......he's 26 now. the sad part is that the AMA does not recognize it. since they don't recognize it the insurance companies will not pay for anything other than the 2 week round of antibiotics. and the doctors who do treat it beyond the 2 week period or use a different drug to fight it run the risk of losing thier license. ask the 7 docs in N.Y. who this has already happened to. there are a group of docs out there who will treat it but they put you through background checks and wish to remain anonymous. while this is good they are doing this, they are usually booked up for months at a time and you have to pay cash as they will not submit anything to the insurers. remember they could lose thier license. most are using the same drug they use for fibromyalsia. but this is where they run into trouble since they are using the drug for other than what it was made for.Correct me if im wrong but there is no cure for Lymes.
anyway back to my son......he contracted it hte first time cutting our lawn. he had what looked like a huge pimple on the back of his neck. the docs wouldn't lance it because it was so close to his head. they thought it was an ingrown hair or perhaps an infected bite. they did not check for Lyme but prescribed him antibiotics anyway.