el_squared
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Seeking perspective on some test results I got. I will talk to my doctor soon but in the meantime I'm reading the results and they appear to be a diagnosis of Lyme Disease but I'm not sure.
I just got tests back from Advanced Laboratory Services. The preliminary tests were negative, at 10 days and 8 weeks, but I now appear to be positive at 16 weeks.
It says: the Poly Borrelia culture shows: Growth. It says culture was positive for spirochetes at 16 weeks. "These spirochetes strained positive with polyclonal antibody immunochemical strain for Borrelia species."
That's all it says.
What does this mean? Could this be an "answer" -- meaning why I have chronic fatigue, pain, neurological problems (jerks and spasms). Would this be a small part of the picture or a big part? I know there's a lot of controversy around these "alternative" tests and the idea of "chronic" Lyme. I was negative on the western blot test.
Any thoughts appreciated!
I just got tests back from Advanced Laboratory Services. The preliminary tests were negative, at 10 days and 8 weeks, but I now appear to be positive at 16 weeks.
It says: the Poly Borrelia culture shows: Growth. It says culture was positive for spirochetes at 16 weeks. "These spirochetes strained positive with polyclonal antibody immunochemical strain for Borrelia species."
That's all it says.
What does this mean? Could this be an "answer" -- meaning why I have chronic fatigue, pain, neurological problems (jerks and spasms). Would this be a small part of the picture or a big part? I know there's a lot of controversy around these "alternative" tests and the idea of "chronic" Lyme. I was negative on the western blot test.
Any thoughts appreciated!