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Thanks Phil.
Your friend can reach me at [email]jeff.plomley@sympatico.ca[/email]
I'd be happy to pass along any information I can. Having spent almost twenty years in pharmaceutical research, I have studied many different disease states so am quite familiar with a variety of pathogens. This one is particularly nasty because it is difficult to diagnosis since it overlaps with so many other neurological ailments such as MS, ALS etc. For this reason, it has been coined “the great neurological mimicker”. This is the major cause for delayed diagnosis (i.e. all other ailments must first be eliminated). Not to mention there is no test for Lyme with an accuracy greater than 30%. Consequently, there is a high probability of false negatives, which again results in delayed treatment. The CDC really needs to ramp up research on Lyme before it gets any worse. There are 200,000 cases reported in the USA each year, but this number is likely low by a factor of 10 since there are no reliable tests, so that means a lot of people left wondering what the hell is wrong with them! All very scary stuff.
Thanks Phil. I tried that but with the Arca Swiss Z1 I can only clamp a portion of the plate before the cable becomes an impediment. I'll check out Kirk's solution. RRS does have spacers, but they are only 1.25 inches, which means I would have to stack spacers. A nuisance for sure, and at that point any extra stability gained from using an L-plate above the centre of gravity is diminished.
Sorry to hear about your friends son. Has he been to see a “Lyme Literate” MD? I have found that their treatments are the most aggressive, and rightfully so. This can be a crippling ailment, especially when it invades the neurological system. The regular “run of the mill” GP just does not know how to treat this disease properly. The usual “30 days of doxycycline” only applies if you detect the rash within two weeks of being bitten. Past that, and you have dissemination into tissue, including brain and sinovial fluid. At this point, treatment becomes much more complex. I should also mention, that in up to 40% of cases, these ticks carry co-infections from Babesia and Bartonella, so it is not just the Borellia that needs to be treated. There has also been a recent body of research by the CDC that indicates that Borellia can exist in three forms: spirochete, cyst, and bio-film. No single antibiotic can eliminate all three. Needless to say, the complexity of the treatment needs to be aligned for both co-infection and all mutagenic forms of Borellia.
Possibly a menu item which allows the user to input an autofocus calibration offset, not unlike that offered by Nikon/Canon and others. A friends Pentax 645D has this feature, and it has proven most beneficial.
