RE: Re: FW: SpiroStat Testing

[Guest guest]

There has been a lot of discussion about this on the Lyme Aid site recently

and some on the Wisconsin lyme site. Was there was specific you wanted to

know? I can tell you what I have read.

> Re: FW:

> SpiroStat Testing

>

> I asked about this testing a while back but I don't think I

> got any responses.

>

>

> > >

> > >

> > > Get a SPIROSTAT test!!! I cannot recommend

> enough....the testing is

> > > different, (sorry I'm scientifically challenged) but the

> main thing

> > > is that they test for MANY different infections at once, not in

> > > separate test after test after test.

> > >

> > > Mine came back NEG for Lyme, but POS for LEPTOSPIROSIS, another

> > > Spirochete that presents almost exactly like Lyme.

> > >

> > --------------

> > > I heartily second this recommendation. I also tested positive for

> > > Leptospira biflexa, along with Babesia and Bartonella, things I

> > > would never have imagined, let along thought to test for. I could

> > > have fooled around for years trying to get a proper

> diagnosis, with

> > > no success.

> > >

> > > My insurance did not cover this, but that is of small concern at

> > > this point - I had been increasingly ill for 10 years,

> with no doc

> > > able to shed the least ray of light on the problem. I

> spent easily

> > > as much, or more, as the SpiroStat test panels on running

> > > fruitlessly from one ignorant doc to the next, never getting an

> > > accurate diagnos. You can't imagine the relief when I FINALLY

> > > learned what the heck was happening in my poor body! To know for

> > > sure, and then be able to address the specific issues, was like

> > > heaven.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

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> and to share

> > information and personal experiences, not to give medical

> advice. If

> > you are interested in any treatment discussed here, please

> consult your doctor.

> >

> > For more information visit

> > http://www.lymedisease.org

[Guest guest]

At least two felt it very helpful. Here is some of what they said...

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1)

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I think it is a great test....but everyone will not test positive....I was

totally neg but still believe in it.

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2)

>

> Get a SPIROSTAT test!!! I cannot recommend enough....the testing is

> different, (sorry I'm scientifically challenged) but the main thing

> is that they test for MANY different infections at once, not in

> separate test after test after test.

>

> Mine came back NEG for Lyme, but POS for LEPTOSPIROSIS, another

> Spirochete that presents almost exactly like Lyme.

>

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3)

I heartily second this recommendation. I also tested positive for Leptospira

biflexa, along with Babesia and Bartonella, things I would never have

imagined, let along thought to test for. I could have fooled around for

years trying to get a proper diagnosis, with no success.

My insurance did not cover this, but that is of small concern at this point

- I had been increasingly ill for 10 years, with no doc able to shed the

least ray of light on the problem. I spent easily as much, or more, as the

SpiroStat test panels on running fruitlessly from one ignorant doc to the

next, never getting an accurate diagnos. You can't imagine the relief when I

FINALLY learned what the heck was happening in my poor body! To know for

sure, and then be able to address the specific issues, was like heaven.

> Re: FW:

> SpiroStat Testing

>

> I wanted to know if people felt the test was helpful and

> useful. I heard one person say he got more info from the Fry

> Lab tests.

>

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