Western Blot Igenix results after 9 months of treatment

This type of result shows that your body is recognizing the bacteria and is working against it!! The Lyme bacteria can be hard for the body to recognize as an invader.

Congratulations! Your body is on board with fighting these infections!!

Her test results are coming back "more positive", so this generally shows that the body is recognizing the bacteria and trying to fight back. It doesn't work for everyone, as the tests are only looking for 4 or 5 strains of the Lyme bacteria even though there are over 300 worldwide and no one knows yet how many of those can infect humans.

LOL! I'm so sorry, Cherylfelice! I know that it can be confusing!

We are told to not go by the tests even by the CDC!! That is because these tests were created for observation - they were never meant for diagnosing these infections! We are supposed to determine infections by symptoms and treat by symptoms because these tests are faulty for diagnosis and for tracking a person's healing because they are based on an immune response - not looking for the bacteria itself.

You are feeling better - that's what's most important!! No one can tell you how long you will need treatment, because our bodies don't operate on a time schedule, they operate as best they can while trying to conquer a very complex infection that hides from the only defense we have - our immune system.

The increasing numbers on your test indicate that your body is "seeing" the infection better and is beginning to attack it much more on it's own (as well as the treatments that you are getting) - that's really all it means.

Well I am starting on Byron White formulas for Bart and then for Lyme and also will be taking the Beyond Balance formula for viruses. Terrified of how I will react!

Also , can't afford everything...have to decide whether or not to drop Zhang's herbs and move on to BW or do them together....Zhang says it's overkill. LLMD won't give me an opinion... I think he doesn't want to bash Zhang.... Also, LLMD wanted me to try some doxy....I said no tks, so he suggested BW

I feel like it is all such a crap shoot...

I put my name on the waiting list for Dr H, here in NY...$1600 for initial visit.... I don't even know what to say!

Do you mean THE Dr. H?

He charges that much? That is disappointing - most people cant afford that.
I'm not as smitten with him as I was before.

I agree with others - if you're feeling better rather than worse then that's what's important!!

It's all so crazy, isn't it?

Well if the appt is 4 hours long, then I guess it's $400 per hour - that's not outrageous.
It will be nice to be in good hands...

Cherylfelice,
What about using something like Care Credit? (I get nothing for mentioning them or if you check them out or use their services)
www.carecredit.com/

And check out this link for more possible help with some of the expenses with treatment:
www.lduc.org/lyme-disease-resources

With you mentioning the other changes in your test results, it could just be "normal" (as if anything is normal with these infections) fluctuations in antibodies being produced while fighting these infections. This is why it's not supposed to be used to tell how well someone is doing with treatments -the results are not very reliable as they only measure the immune systems' response to the infection - not the bacteria levels or anything else useful.