snowathlete
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My test came back grey zone and I think has been sent for sequencing. Not 100% clear. Anyone had that and got results on what strain they have?
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Hi snowathlete!
I was researching the same question you made and came upon your post... did you ever find out the answer?
I also came up with gray zone and on my test results it just says "Bartonella sequencing at University of Liege". KDM says I probably have an uncommon strain and is treating me for Bartonella.
I also read somewhere that you had sent blood to Infectolabs and were waiting for the results. Did you get them? I was very positive.. but I am still not all the way sure if it is a reliable test... what do you think?
Thanks!!
Andrea
My treatment is going ok.. had a mild herx I think.. I felt more tired, with some mental confusion, muscle weakness and eye pain. But I am back to where I was before abx, or almost there I think!
Now I want the improvement to come!!
So Infectolabs are the ones that are suppose to send you the results from the GIGA sequencing? Mm... they never sent me anything and I had that test done last December!
Un abrazo Sushi!
Andrea
Sushi
Yes! Infectolabs sent me the results of my LTT test They were "strongly positive" (+50, + 30 and +2).
But were we also suppose to receive the results from the GIGA sequencing? What would those results look like?
thanks Sushi! I will contact him!
I am sorry for my confusion.. but with what results did you get the "small fragments"?
hi snowathlete!
Thanks for answering
Yesterday I was re-listening to my visit with KDM (I recorded it) and he said that when they find small fragments they don't want to risk affirming that we have Bartonella because the fragments could be compatible with some very very very rare bacteria. But, he said that he looks at our clinical picture (immune profile and symptoms) and he can tell if we have or not Bartonella.
About your borderline result in Infectolabs... I asked him on my last visit if the stronger the result, the more sure it was that I had Lyme. And his answer was no. He says that the healthier we are (I am mildly affected), the stronger our response is, but it doesn't mean that we have a worse case of lyme or more bacteria in our bodies. How are your lymphocites? Are they low? I know a girl that had to send two times the amount of blood in order to get a positive cause her lympocites were very low so they couldn't respond to the bacteria.
I have been on the bartonella and lyme treatment for a little more than 3 months now. (like you!)
The first two months went ok, with no improvement or herx. On my third month I started feeling more tired, brain fogged, some more knee pain and muscle pain... but not that bad really. KDM told me before I started abx that my herx would be mild. He said that if you had high perforin herxes would usually be worse. (my perforin was ok).
How is your herx? when did it start? What kind of symptoms do you have?