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Posted 4/8/2014 1:12 PM (GMT -5)
I want to have every valid test for Lyme disease that is available.

I have had these tests:
Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies (immunoblot)
Borrelia burgdorferi Elispot LTT

What other tests can I have for Lyme?
Posted 4/8/2014 1:22 PM (GMT -5)
The only ones that I think are worth doing are the Western Blot from IGeneX and the Advanced Labs blood culture. There's a new one called iSpot but I'm not sure how good it is for someone who has not recently been bit.
Posted 4/8/2014 1:28 PM (GMT -5)
@Jasmine, why do you want every test?
Posted 4/8/2014 1:36 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks. I'm pretty sure the immunoblot test I had was a Western Blot test. The result on the paper was "negative". It was done by Infectolab in Germany - do you think Igenex is more senstive than Infectolab?

Advanced Labs - I just looked it up then - that looks really promising, thank you! Although I see it would take a while to get the results, whatever, it's already been years of suffering. I'm going to ask my LLMD about it.
Posted 4/8/2014 1:41 PM (GMT -5)
Well, not every test, but enough to know for sure whether or not it's Lyme - so that I can either be treated for Lyme or accept that it's fibromyalgia. I just feel frustrated to have no real answers yet. There are so many things I want to do with my life and I just want to get better and go back to uni study. I've learned to manage my symptoms enough to do the basics and not be bedridden anymore. But I want more than that and I guess I'm chasing a cure.
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