My dad went to a lyme's disease specialist/neurologist today in Colorado Springs to be treated for Lyme's Disease. This doctor was told that he himself had ALS. He believed that he had Lymes instead, and started taking meds for the Lymes. To make a long story short, the doctor has been on meds for 2 yrs now and many of the Lymes/als symptoms have improved greatly. When he decreases the meds, the symptoms begin to return. My dad was tested by this clinic for lymes and it came back positive. The mayo clinic (who supposedly knows everything) tested him and said that he does not have lymes, he has early symptoms of als. I really want to believe the other clinic. My dad will get a tube put into his chest tomorrow and begin receiving treatments for the lymes through the tube. The doctor he is seeing now (from Colorado) truly thinks that my dad's symptoms will improve. He also is having my mom tested for lymes too because he said that partners can transmit this disease to each other (kind of like the AIDS virus) through bodily fluids. My dad will receive the treatments for a year, as of now, and see how he improves. The doctor said the improvements are quick for some people, and take longer for others. I have just found this to be so interesting. I know people have talked about false hope, but I don't believe in that. I think that hope is hope no matter what. Sometimes a little bit of hope is all you need to get through a day. This doctor has given my family a lot of hope for today, and who knows what tomorrow will bring. I pray that the doc is right, and my dad gets better. Regardless if this is lymes or als, it is nice to have a doctor who is willing to help my dad rather than say "sorry, nothing we can do."