Dr Natole from Michigan.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I was a patient of Dr Natole's when I was talked out of lyme treatment in

94 due to pressure from others doctors, because I had been told I really

had some kind of autoimmune disease, AND of course, I was given the usual

overdiagnosed line. My RHEUM at the time even fired me for seeing Dr.

Natole saying I had " disagreed " with his diagnoisis. I wasn't disagreeing,

just covering all bases and being honest about it. I thought all doctors

should know what the other is doing.

It is so difficult to understand why doctors who actually help people are

harrassed. I heard about Dr. N by word of mouth - my hairdresser had a

client he had helped after suffering quite a long time. Also, he used CDC

criteria for diagnoses and never mentioned the IV company mentioned. I

wonder if this is what really got him in trouble - taking money from this

company sounds like conflict of interest, or is this normal practice among

doctors? It would have been good if he had perhaps set up fund from this

money strictly to go to treatment of lyme to really cover himself. But at

any rate, he was a wonderful & truly caring doctor(so few of those!) and

hate what he and now others are going through.

My bag of diagnoises includes CFIDS/FM. I consulted a local CFIDS doc at

the expense of my mother as I could not afford $500/hr(becuase of " time

spent " ), expensive supplements sold out of the office, tests and office

calls not covered my insurance - in fact, this doc did not participate with

any insurance carriers. That was never a problem with Dr, N., and adequate

time was spent with me. As a list owner now I hear about doctors who set

themselves as CFIDS experts, charge high fees that are unaffordable to most

people- especially those too ill to work, write books, take speaking

engagements, endorse questionable supplements, see little if any

improvement in patient health (as opposed to lyme treatment), yet they are

not investigated. I thought perhaps it is because CFIDS is not taken

seriously by much of the medical community, but neither, it appears, is

lyme!

Yes, we must do whatever we can to help these doctors. I just wish I was

well and monied so that I could do more than I can. However, a little

effort by many is very effective and I just keep telling myself that!

Thanks for listening,

Christie

ICQ# 24506195

Subject: The saga of Dr Natole from Michigan.

Dear group,

Below is a short version of what can happen to a physician who treats LD.

I copied it from the Lyme Alliance site. I gave quite a bit of money (for

me, as I was waiting SSDI approval and broke) to help his cause, yet, he

lost as you will see. I don't know what we can do to help the doctors who

are being harassed now, I hope something more than we could do for Dr

Natole.

Sadly,

Marta

(SNIP)