Re:Interpreting western blots for Lyme attn a, Penny and Tony

[Guest guest]

a,

It looks like Crist has changed his mind on the significance of the 41 kDa band, which is most strongly positive for me. He no longer thinks 41 kDa is significant, but I have a few other weak positives that he does think are significant.

I forgot to mention earlier that Jemsek put me on a trial of minocycline, Biaxin and Flagyl. I didn't feel much of anything on them, neither better or anything I would call a herx. I wonder if I should do the 4-week abx challenge that Crist mentioned to see if more bands become positive?

I should also mention that Jemsek said that I do not have the genetics to be susceptible to Lyme.

OK Tony, I'll bite: How do I test for "pseudonomas - staph areus-VRE and a few other oppurtunists/disease causing organisms"? What does VRE stand for? And if an infection is merely opportunistic, wouldn't it make more sense to diagnose and treat the underlying disease that made the body susceptible to the opportunists?

Penny, how do you know I am one of "us"?

Tim

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**********OK Tony, I'll bite: How do I test for " pseudonomas - staph

areus-VRE and

> a few other oppurtunists/disease causing organisms " ? What does VRE

stand********

Tim

I don't understand what your trying to say when you mention- I'll

BITE?What normally happens for many with cfs or fibromyalgia the

common place the infection shows and stages from is the sinus, 97%

have been shown to have sinus disease. Now you may tell me point

blanc you have no sinus disease, but on closer inspection most of us

have some pretty nasty stuff going on in there.When you look

carefully at the sites of most disease around the sinus you grow all

the organisms mentioned- if you do CULTURE AND SENSITIVITIES.. Lab

workups..

tony

>

> a,

>

> It looks like Crist has changed his mind on the significance of the

41

> kDa band, which is most strongly positive for me. He no lo OK Tony,

I'll bite: How do I test for " pseudonomas - staph areus-VRE and

> a few other oppurtunists/disease causing organisms " ? What does VRE

stand

nger thinks 41

> kDa is significant, but I have a few other weak positives that he

does

> think are significant.

>

> I forgot to mention earlier that Jemsek put me on a trial of

minocycline,

> Biaxin and Flagyl. I didn't feel much of anything on them, neither

better

> or anything I would call a herx. I wonder if I should do the 4-week

abx

> challenge that Crist mentioned to see if more bands become positive?

>

> I should also mention that Jemsek said that I do not have the

genetics to

> be susceptible to Lyme.

>

> OK Tony, I'll bite: How do I test for " pseudonomas - staph areus-

VRE and

> a few other oppurtunists/disease causing organisms " ? What does VRE

stand

> for? And if an infection is merely opportunistic, wouldn't it make

more

> sense to diagnose and treat the underlying disease that made the

body

> susceptible to the opportunists?

>

> Penny, how do you know I am one of " us " ?

>

> Tim

>

[Guest guest]

VRE- VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS

--- In infections , candtcampbell@...

wrote:

>

> a,

>

> It looks like Crist has changed his mind on the significance of the

41

> kDa band, which is most strongly positive for me. He no longer

thinks 41

> kDa is significant, but I have a few other weak positives that he

does

> think are significant.

>

> I forgot to mention earlier that Jemsek put me on a trial of

minocycline,

> Biaxin and Flagyl. I didn't feel much of anything on them, neither

better

> or anything I would call a herx. I wonder if I should do the 4-week

abx

> challenge that Crist mentioned to see if more bands become positive?

>

> I should also mention that Jemsek said that I do not have the

genetics to

> be susceptible to Lyme.

>

> OK Tony, I'll bite: How do I test for " pseudonomas - staph areus-

VRE and

> a few other oppurtunists/disease causing organisms " ? What does VRE

stand

> for? And if an infection is merely opportunistic, wouldn't it make

more

> sense to diagnose and treat the underlying disease that made the

body

> susceptible to the opportunists?

>

> Penny, how do you know I am one of " us " ?

>

> Tim

>