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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Best Lyme Disease Book! Oct 26, 2009
Since purchasing Dr. Singleton's Lyme Disease Solution, I have read and re-read it and used it numerous times as a handy reference. I also bought a copy for my primary care physician and several friends. As a matter of fact, my copy is on loan right now to a friend who recently got a "bull's eye" rash. As one who has suffered with Lyme disease, bartonella, and babesiosis for over five years, I am finally on the home stretch to recovery because I am applying Dr. Singleton's multi-faceted approach to healing under his direct care and supervision. In his book, Dr. Singleton thoroughly describes/defines lyme disease, tick bite prevention, lyme disease testing, and a summary of common co-infections, He then tackles treatment from all aspects: antibiotic therapy, nutritional/dietary guidelines, vitamin/mineral/herbal supplimentation, alternative therapies, etc. He also includes details on spiritual/emotional attitudes that help to develop the perseverence, patience, and discipline necessary to beat a disease that can be long lasting for many, like me. The real solution for healing of Lyme Disease and related infections, I believe whole-heartedly, is only possible with Dr. Singleton's approach. It takes diligence to apply his solutions, but they work! Most other approaches represent only part of the picture and are incomplete. With so much conflicting information regarding Lyme Disease and the complexity of treating this illness, I truly hope that my real life experience will testify to the value of this book.
2 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Lyme book - misses the mark Oct 24, 2009
Singleton seems to be a nice guy, trying to write to the "average" potential patient. Basic stuff that those of us with a brain - and an actual REAL LLMD treating us... knew years ago. I was bored after about 5 minutes. Maybe he intended to only reach those that know nothing. It becomes crytsal clear when you realize he dedicated one page to Babesia and Bartonella - the two nasty co-infections that will actually KILL you. If you don't treat them first and attack only the lyme - or worse yet since he gives no information on how to find out if you have them... and you DO if you have lyme, as no one gets ONLY lyme, then he is sending you to a quicker gravesite. Really one page... ask anyone who knows they have Babesia and they'll tell you that NOT treating it is a big mistake, unless of course you just want to stay sick. And Bartonella (cat scratch fever) is now thought to be much more common than lyme itself because it can be gotten as simply as being scratched by a cat. NO ONE doctor has all the answers and this book leaves several gaping holes.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A Lyme book worth reading Oct 15, 2009
Review of "The Lyme Disease Solution", a book
by Kenneth B. Singleton M.D., M.P.H. (C) 2008.
To give a little background about where this reviewer (that's me) is coming from, I had Lyme in 2005 and was treated by a doctor at the Mayo Clinic. I wasn't entirely satisfied with the results because I had to argue with the doctor(s) about how long the treatment should last. After the treatment was over and I still didn't feel well, I read the "Healing Lyme" book by Stephen Harrod Buhner. Following Buhner's protocol for another 5 months, I finally felt better. In May of 2009, I was bitten by another deer tick and began experiencing symptoms of Lyme again. A different doctor in a different state gave me a 2 week prescription for doxycycline -- even after I argued that 2 weeks wasn't enough. I was feeling better after 2 weeks, but not cured. Naturally the symptoms got worse again after the 2 week prescription ran out.
I wish I had had "The Lyme Disease Solution" book by Kenneth B. Singleton M.D. when dealing with the doctors on both occasions.
First of all, Dr. Singleton has had Lyme himself and knows what people like me have been going through in dealing with doctors. Secondly, he is an M.D. himself, so what he has written carries more weight than Buhner with the medical establishment. Nevertheless, Singleton acknowledges Buhner's work and refers the reader to Buhner's book.
Yes, as someone else pointed out in a separate review, Singleton does repeat himself a lot, but that's mostly due to the style and format of the book where each chapter often contains an introductory paragraph saying what will be covered in that chapter, followed by the details of that chapter, followed by a summary of what was covered in that chapter. I could have done without the trailing summary, but that's just my opinion.
The best part is that most of the book not only fully describes the symptoms of Lyme, the problems with diagnosis, and the problems with treatment, but also goes into detail about each of several currently established allopathic treatments for Lyme, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Then it goes into detail about many alternative treatments, explaining in detail why and how it works. It even suggests dosage and, in some cases, how to select a supplement that is more effective than others.
I've been using several of the alternative treatments and I've noticed a definite improvement over the last 3 weeks. I wanted to defer giving this review until I could see if his recommendations did indeed make a difference. I'm not out of the woods yet by a long shot -- pun intended -- but I feel that I'm on a path to a more complete recovery. And yes, I'll see another doctor who will probably run the same old defective and worthless tests that will falsely indicate that I no longer have Lyme. But this time I'll have the tick that bit me in a baggie, a photograph of my bulls-eye rash, and this book by an M.D. to educate the doctor that I see.
Wish me luck. No wait! Better yet, wish that I find one of those "Lyme Literate Doctors" that Singleton writes about.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Need hope? Get this book! Sep 11, 2009
This book has a lot of variety, a lyme diet, lyme supplements, different treatment angles, and, and, and. Best of all it also addresses the emotional hurdle and gives real good ideas/advice about how to deal with it. Of course there is always something in any book that the reader might have a different opinion on but this is just fine, in the end you are trying to get yourself smarter and add new information. I believe this book has great potential to help a "lymie" put a good, individual protocol together and most of all refuel patients' and care-takers' tanks with hope especially if one was running on almost empty!
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Resource on Lyme's May 07, 2009
I've been suffering from Lyme's disease for about 1 year now. It took the best hospital and doctors 2 months to do every test in the world, EKG,MRI,EMG,Blood Tests, Spinal Taps, Thyroid Check,blood work and ruled out every disease that I didn't have: ALS, MS, Malaria, West Nile Virus. I was told I had post virul infectious disease syndrome that is untreatable and should go away within 6 months. Well the docs were wrong because I continued to debilitate by the week. I did research on line and by reading books offered on Amazon. It took a Lyme specialist and a clinical diagnosis to find out I have Lyme's disease and began my treatment with antibiotics. I'm out of a wheel chair now, I can drive and work again after being set back for 4 or more months. I'm still tired and fighting the symptoms through strong antibiotics that are slowly killing off Lymes. It is still a long road for me as I suffer from Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue with the Lyme. This book helped me to better understand all that I'm going through and that its possible to get "herx" or flare ups of feeling worse before you get better that last from a week to months. It was also helpful to learn how your diet and other natural things can compliment the antibiotics for a faster cure. The CDC does not seem to be paying attention to people with Lymes (20,000 confirmed new cases a year). That's much worse than the Swine Flu and look at the publicity it gets. Thank you to the author for putting this book together for people like me!
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