Lyme Disease vaccination

[C Eyler <eyler@mindspring.com>]

At 12:43 PM 5/14/99 -0700, Kimberly M. Price wrote:
>I called my Doctor about the Lymrex vaccination (against lymes disease)
>and he won't even carry it!  It costs around $100. a shot, has a very
>short shelf life, and two are required.  Hows that for HMO's and
>preventive medicines!
>
>Be careful out there......lyme disease is no fun and if it gets to stage
>3 (in the internal organs) it can be downright deadly......

Found two embedded ticks on myself last year, and had to go on antibiotics.
 Ticks (and other insects) love me and my horse, so the vaccination is a
no-brainer for me.  Just got my first injection today; second will be in
four weeks and the third to come ten months later.  It's costing me $80 for
each injection, though perhaps my insurance carrier will turn out to be
enlightened enough to reimburse me for part of that (I'm not holding my
breath).

Cindy Eyler
Baltimore
eyler@mindspring.com


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