He believes, I guess, acute Lyme disease is real, like you get bit by a tick, have the rash, then immediately have symptoms. But I don't think he believes in the chronic form, where maybe it's been in my body for 10 years or more, causing symptoms, and showing up as negative on the standard blood test (Western blot maybe?) because Lyme bacteria are really good at hiding. The chronic form might need months or more of antibiotics to treat it (that's what our friend went through, and she's finally doing better...except for the part with her husband leaving her...).

It was an integrative physician who ordered the test--she's an MD, but also has training in more holistic/alternative methods. I initially took our daughter there a few months ago to seek help with both chronic constipation and her being on the autism spectrum (she just got food intolerance results back, and they came up really high on eggs and dairy). And when I showed him the website, he was saying he hoped they didn't tell me to "use crystals" and stuff like that. So I get the sense he doesn't buy into holistic/alternative medicine as much... (note: no crystals were mentioned!)