The Controversy

 Since day 1 I've been curious as to why Lyme is shrouded in controversy. It felt non-negotiable.

Step 1. Get bit by tick.
Step 2. Get sick.
Step 3. Get diagnosed.
Step 4. Get proper treatment.

Things get iffy in step 3 and 4, because testing can be unclear. Without a definitive test, simply getting bit then feeling symptoms immediately after isn't enough evidence for some. The recommendations for proper treatment are controversial too. The medical community says 21 days of antibiotics is the gold standard for all treatment. But most continue to remain sick after, and the medical community has decided to dismiss any further discussion (as a rule). Some doctors continue to treat and work with patients, but they're often disciplined under the college that monitors them. WHY?

Something happened in the late 90s that changed everything and no one is sure what it was. The medical community took a stand, against evidence, that chronic lyme is a non-existent condition. 

Chronic Lyme disease, which ILADS (International Lyme & Associated Diseases Educational Foundation) defines as an ongoing infection with any of the pathogenic bacteria in the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato group, is poorly understood and often mischaracterized. Although the infection was often described as "chronic" early in the history of Lyme disease, that terminology was abandoned by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and many IDSA-affiliated researchers and clinicians in the late 1990s.42 The rationale for that switch is unclear, as the bacteria's ability to cause a chronic and sometimes post-antibiotic persistent infection was already well documented in the scientific literature.43 44 The CDC generally maintains that Lyme disease is an acute infection and it does not readily acknowledge that the infection can persist following antibiotic treatment. Instead, the CDC recognizes other potential causes for ongoing symptoms. The CDC endorses the use of the term “Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome”(PTLDS) when symptoms persist for more than six months following antibiotic.45

                       (https://www.ilads.org/research-literature/controversies-challenges/ )

That's what I want to get to the bottom of.