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Long-form thinking on the conditions we treat: chronic Lyme, hormone optimization, thyroid, gut health, root-cause functional medicine. Written by the practitioners actually doing the work.
If you're in Utah and trying to find a Lyme literate doctor, the search is short on options and high on confusion. Some clinics have legitimate ILADS-trained providers. Others use the label as a marketing term. Here's how to evaluate the difference, what questions to ask, and where to look.
If you've been bouncing between primary care and various specialists without making progress, the question isn't always 'which doctor.' Sometimes it's 'which kind of medicine.' Functional and conventional medicine are not the same tool. They're not interchangeable. Here's the honest version of what each does well, and where each fails.
If you've never done a real clinical telehealth visit before (not a quick prescription mill, but actual functional medicine work), the process can feel opaque. Here's exactly what to expect, in order, from your intake form through your first month of care.
If you're between 38 and 55 and you're noticing changes in sleep, mood, energy, body composition, libido, or cognition, perimenopause is the most likely explanation. The reason your conventional doctor said your labs are 'normal' is that they ran the wrong labs. Here's what's actually going on.
If you've been told your Lyme is 'treated' but you still feel sick, or you've been told you don't have Lyme despite a clinical picture that says otherwise, you've already encountered why Lyme literate care exists as a separate practice from conventional infectious-disease medicine. Here's what the term actually means.
Every visit is $200, first or fifteenth. First visits run 45 minutes, follow-ups 30. Comprehensive intake, lab review, and a real care plan.