Forgot to share the links to the web lyme article & resource pages. Here it is:

http://www.successfulhealing.com/Lyme-Disease-Specific-Wellness-Pla...
http://www.successfulhealing.com/lyme-disease-resources.htm

I can understand you'r situation; I don't have MS, but for years I was told I had Fibromyalgia, borderline lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis , etc... I was tested for lime about three years ago and the results came back as negative. I may ask my Doctor for a lyme test. It can't hurt. I have been diagnosed with systemic mastocytosis, and it is very rare; it's symtoms can mimmic many diseases/conditions. Thanks for the information.

I was in a similar boat...they thought I had MS. Many people with Lyme have the brain lesions show up on an MRI. The exact same lesions! Get tested!

One of the hugest bummers is that even if you get tested for Lyme, if you don't take the right test, chances are about 60% that you will appear to test completely negative.

Don't even bother with the ELISA. And the only reliable lab that I know of to get a Western Blot done is Igenex. Sadly, most doctors use the bad tests that show nothing and even the CDC says should *only* be used for tracking and not diagnosis. Also, yes, get tested for the common co-infections as well.

I was dignosed with Fibromyalgia, possible Lupus, possible RA...possible MS....

I believe that these are all the same disease just manifesting itself differently due to your genetic proclivity. How wild is that?!?!?!?

Think to yourself, what if MS is an infectious disease? How much better you could treat and heal then.

I forgot to mention that I finally got the right tests done and came up very positive for Lyme and Bartonella ("cat scratch fever"), a common co-infection.

It is worth it to get tested. You can save years of agony by doing so. Believe me, I am flabbergasted to think that MS, fibro, CFS, Lupus, and RA are all the same disease. But I believe they are.

Lyme and its co-infections can be spread by tick, mosquito, mite, sex, even in utero. It is an EPIDEMIC. And no one seems to know about it. it is the second fastest growing vector borne disease in the US, with a conservative estimate of 200,000 new cases a year where people think something esle is wrong with tem.

Cheers,

Alison

For more information you may want to go to http://www.lymenet.org. i have found this site to be extremely helpful.

Yes, Lyme is the underlying problem of MANY problems with the health.

My friend and I both took the homopatic treat... 7 day tablet and got the lymes out!

Knees and breathing got better. The treatment went to the joints.

If you did not get better, this does no harm with any medication.

30.00 for a kit

Peg

Angie ..

I'm new here and don't really understand how to navigate the site.. but I'm sooooooooo interested in finding the BEST and most ACCURATE Lyme test, as I was diagosed with Fibromyalgia back in 1990 (pain and fatigue is getting so much worse), but have ALWAYS thought it could be Lyme - because of an oval rash, wish one large oval and several smaller ones which were around my abdoman and diagnosed as contact dermatitis.

Anyone with suggestions as to where to go for the most ACCURATE Lyme test - please advise.

Thanks!!