FYI if needed.
Just wanted to leave some info. here for you.
Today Tonight on the tellie has shown an episode regarding Lyme Disease in Australia. The show is really about people who have caught a Lyme-like illness (Lyme Disease)
in Australia itself and talks about how the govt. and the AMA don't recognize that it exists here and medication is hugely expensive... long story.
Anyway, if you were in an area of the US where Lyme Disease exists when this illness began, and you would like to investigate more, there is some information available that may be of assistance if it all seems to fit your symptoms and you wish to get more informed assistance.
Not sure which State you're living in, but there is a doctor in Bellingen, NSW who is being a bit of a pioneer in getting LD recognized as existing in Australia. He gets his patients tests done overseas and also follows overseas treatment protocol. The name and website of the company doing his testing is also at the bottom of the Today Tonight episode which I'll post below.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonig...-compensation/
Today Tonight Lyme Disease Episode.
The doctor's name that I mentioned is in this article.
http://www.karlmcmanusfoundation.org.au/
Karl McManus Foundation for Lyme Disease Research and Awareness
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/factshe...e_disease.html
NSW Govt Fact Sheet Lyme Disease
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The panel concluded that although locally-acquired Lyme disease cannot be ruled out, there is little evidence that it occurs in Australia. The panel also noted that there was a continuing risk of overseas-acquired Lyme disease being imported into NSW.
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