September 13, 2014 at 7:54 am #1358

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hey terri,

thank you for the responses….very informative.

i would like you to please elaborate on why another test right now, be it an igg or biokit would be of no value. with the understanding that the western blot is more sensitive a test, if i were to have any of these other tests now wouldn’t i be in the clear? i would actually feel better knowing im negative. this seems to be the case in my mind as normally people who test negative now after almost 8 months would be conclusively negative.

so based on your answer if i still feel the need to retest please advise which test i should take: igg, biokit, western blot and when….you mentioned “in 6 months” 6 months from now or my western blot? —if its from the western blot that would put my test at almost 11 months post exposure…that is an absolute crazy amount of time to figure out my status.

i also have read that there have been cases of the western blot being more accurate after 6 months as opposed to the 12-16 week guideline set forth by uw. Have you ever seen any cases of people being indeterminate after 16 weeks (like me at 18.5) then being positive when retesting this late in the game?

lastly you seemed to not comment on my symptoms for which obviously you cannot see. so today is friday (symptoms started last saturday) and they are all gone maybe some redness but ever so slight….so derm docs and gp’s cannot really diagnose anything by looking as they look pretty different from what i have seen on the web….so the next time i get symptoms is there a way for me to test them outright? i read something about PCR but no doctor knows what that is…where can i get it and when do i swab? time? when there is rednesess, sore, open cut???? mostly everything has been a red bump no open wound, unless i mess with it and try to “pop” it or somehting..

thanks for again,

monkey