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Description of Event or Problem

I WAS ILL FOR 25 YEARS WITH PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, MIGRATING JOINT AND TENDON PROBLEMS, COGNITIVE ISSUES, AND IMMUNE DEFICIENCY. I WAS TOLD BY MANY PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE (B)(6) CLINIC, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE LYME, BUT THAT I COULD NOT , AS THE ELISA AND WB WERE NEGATIVE. IN 2010, I WAS TESTED AT (B)(6) AND WAS POSITIVE BY CDC STANDARDS, THOUGH (B)(6) WAS STILL NEGATIVE. FURTHER TESTS REVEALED I WAS POSITIVE FOR BABESIA BY (B)(6), EHRLICHIOSIS, (B)(6), AND I WAS TREATED WITH APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE FIRST TIME. AFTER ONE YEAR OF ANTIBIOTICS, I BECAME MORE WELL THAN I HAD BEEN IN OVER 15-20 YEARS. I FEEL THE TESTING BY ELISA AND WB AS CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY STANDARD LABS AND PUT FORWARD BY CDC AS A STANDARD KEPT ME SICK FOR OVER A DECADE, INCLUDING DISABLED FROM WORK FOR 3 YEARS. I AM NOW BACK TO WORK, BUT STILL STRUGGLE WITH ONGOING ISSUES FROM SEVERE AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY AND PITUITARY/ADRENAL FAILURE. I WAS DEFINITELY HURT.