LYME TITER

Description of Event or Problem

IN THE EARLY 2000'S, I WAS TESTED BY THE TITER FOR LYME DISEASE. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S TWO-TIER BORRELIA (LYME) TESTING PROTOCOL CAUSED ME INTRACTABLE HARM BECAUSE OF DELAYED DIAGNOSIS AND TIME WASTED BEFORE I FINALLY WAS DIAGNOSED CLINICALLY AND TREATED IN 2005. THIS WAS AT A MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITAL. HAD I BEEN DIAGNOSED IMMEDIATELY, I WOULD HAVE HAD TREATMENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. RECENTLY, I WAS APPROVED FOR DISABILITY WITH 8 QUALIFYING CONDITIONS. ALL DUE TO THE MISDIAGNOSIS (FIBROMYALGIA, ARTHRITIS...). THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND, ONLY HIS 1ST TITER WAS 3 YEARS EARLIER THAN MINE. HE WENT WITH NO DIAGNOSIS UNTIL 2006 AND IS ALSO IN AND OUT OF TREATMENT. THE MFR SITE WAS (B)(6) MEDICAL CENTER.