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Request for Doctor Information

For those of you wondering about "the writer" for whom we were requesting your stories, please see the Austin American Statesman article which appeared on the first page (below the fold) of the March 30, 2006 edition of the paper: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/30LYME.html

If your story was not used in this article, rest assured that your efforts were not wasted. All of your stories are important to our ability to convey the importance and urgency of creating a safe environment for Lyme practitioners in Texas. We will also be contacting some of you about posting your stories on our web site (currently under development).

Further to our work to make it safe for health care practitioners to treat Lyme in Texas, we need to get a better idea of how many doctors are treating Lyme disease beyond the IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) 30 day protocol

If you are being treated for Lyme in Texas, please respond with the following information by replying to this post and inserting your answers:

• Your location (Town or City and Zip Code)
• Provider's Name (please indicate if this is a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant)
  • Provider's Location (Town or City and Zip Code)
• Were you previously seeing another doctor who has since stopped treating lyme patients or left the state? If so, please provide their
  • Name
  • Location (Town or City and Zip Code): (if this professional has stopped seeing Lyme patients)
  • Old and new location (City, State and Zip Code): (if this professional has left the state)
  (This question does not apply to doctors who have retired.)

Our ability to build a case to convince state officials that our situation is untenable and must change depends on information which you provide us. I hope by now that we have gained your trust and that you will be comfortable sharing this information with us.

If, however, you are still not comfortable providing us with your doctor's name, please provide the initials and location to help us to ensure that we do not double count or miss anyone.

All information is held in complete confidence, and will be used to determine how many doctors are treating Lyme in Texas, how many have stopped treating Lyme, and how far people are traveling to reach them.

With your help, we are confident that Texas will become an LLMD-friendly state. Once we have achieved that goal, we can move on to making Texas a Lyme-free state.

Suzanne Shaps
J. David Kocurek