Hello. I urgently need a LLMD. I live in Montgomery County, Maryland, and can travel to DC or NoVa. If anyone has any recommendations, could you please email me (I have enabled the email function).
I am new here, but - based on what I've seen in only two days of researching - my story will sound familiar. To be brief: I have been feeling ill for a couple of years - have gone to many doctors, from neurologists to ENTs to cardiologists - have been diagnosed with various things, from chronic fatigue syndrome to inner ear imbalance to stress and anxiety - have been prescribed various medications - yet nothing has worked, and my symptoms have gotten steadily worse until I now find myself almost completely housebound, unable to work, and barely able to take care of my two young children. My symptoms are constant dizziness, constant headache, stiff and painful neck, nausea, muscle weakness on and off, and so on.
Over the past couple of months, I have become more and more convinced that Lyme is my answer. Two weeks ago I asked my doctor to do a Lyme test, which, according to him, came back negative. Something about
this did not seem right, and I insisted on seeing the actual results. Sure enough, band 23 IgM was positive, everything else negative. My doctor said not to worry - apparently, they tested me for Lyme a year ago, without my asking, because my symptoms seemed to indicate it potentially, but the result was the same - only a partially positive test. Which tells me that I've had documented Lyme for at least a year, and no one has done anything about
it.
I have not confronted my MD about
it; I have gone to him for 10 years, I like him and trust him - or have until now - and he seems personally concerned about
my health; he will, for example, call after hours to check on me or prescribe something else (equally useless). But I don't want to have to argue with him about
my condition, and I feel absolutely convinced that I have Lyme, so I guess I need to find someone new in my area. Thank you in advance for all your recommendations!
Post Edited (Bluestocking) : 1/29/2017 8:55:17 AM (GMT-7)