Dr. Shoemaker's lyme/mold illness web site URLs

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Dr. Shoemaker has a lot of stuff on Lyme at

http://chronicneurotoxins.com and also I thnk there is some at

http://biotoxin.info

Less at http://moldwarriors.com

but there might be something there.. Its worth looking..

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:28 PM, jill1313 <jenbooks13@...> wrote:

> Those are lyme symptoms--and you may have coinfections. After 3

> courses of antibiotics, antibody tests could be negative. Since you

> apparently can tolerate the antibiotics, you are best off seeing a

> lyme specialist who will evaluate you based on symptoms and try other,

> appropriate antibiotics, or a blend of antibiotics, for you. It's

> still early for you (June bite--September) and if you are aggressive

> now can perhaps get rid of it. Don't assume it's mold, it doesn't

> sound like it (though whether or not you have a moldy home, I have no

> idea). Good luck!

>

>

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>> I had genetic testing to see if I carry the mold gene. I was told

> that I

>> carry both mold genes. Currently I am being tested for Lyme disease

> because

>> I was bitten by a tick in June and became ill shortly after. In my

>> research, I find that Lyme and mold illness symptoms are nearly

> identical.

>>

>> I have all wood flooring in my house and found that moisture from ground

>> water is wicking up through my cement slab and to the moisture barrier

>> beneath the plywood subfloor. My floors and subfloor are not wet or

> warping

>> and appear to be fine. We were told to put in French drains to

> drain the

>> water away from the house and install dehumidifiers on our central

> heat/air

>> system.

>>

>> I guess I have two questions. In solving my home's moisture problem

> will I

>> end the mold problem or do all of our floors need to be pulled up?

> We do

>> have several air purifiers running at all times. My second question is

>> regarding my symptoms. I began feeling achy, both muscular and joint,

>> fatigued, headaches and had a really tight neck. I felt like I had

> a mild

>> flu with arthritis. Additionally I took three courses of antibiotics

>> because of the " Lyme " . Assuming my Lyme tests come back negative

> and it is

>> determined that I do not have Lyme, what is treatment for mold

> illness? Are

>> there any tests I should run? For what it's worth, Lyme disease is not

>> prevalent or common where I live.

>>

>> Thank you for your help!

>>

>> Kenda

>>

>>

>> > As I understand shoemaker, those who get sickest to have the HLA

>> > gene the makes them unable to make antibodies to mold-therefore they

>> > cannot tag the toxin and evacuate it-therefore they need cholestrymine

>> > to do this. I do not show any antibodies in testing.

>> >

>> > Thanks,

>>

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