sunsetdivingbird
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I've had Lyme disease for at least 16 years (probably 22 years) but was only diagnosed with it a few years ago. Lyme treatments have been helping me, but I'm still very sick, and may never fully recover because I went misdiagnosed for so long.
And I'm one of the lucky ones, because I have been able to get treatment at all. To quote author Amy Tan:
"As a [Lyme] patient, I have joined a club of people with a stigmatized disease that many doctors do not want to treat. While I have been lucky enough to find a doctor who is willing to provide open-ended treatment -and I have the means to pay for it- many of my fellow Lyme patients have gone without appropriate care. As a consequence, they have lost their health, their jobs, their homes, their marriages, and even their lives." (You can read her Lyme story at AmyTan.net)
Lyme is prevalent all over North America and throughout the world. There are at least 220,000 new cases of Lyme every year in the U.S.-- more than three times the number of new cases of HIV and West Nile Virus combined!
To learn about Lyme and how to prevent it, see my "Lyme disease" playlist, and go to LymePa.org, ILADS.org, TruthAboutLymeDisease.com, or LymeNet.com... and be sure to watch the award-winning documentary "UNDER OUR SKIN," which is now in theaters... more info at UnderOurSkin.com.
To learn more about the Lyme controversy in the U.S., see this article:
myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do? diaryId=8493 (take out the space)
background image: flickr.com/photos/siriwan/4771 67092
And I'm one of the lucky ones, because I have been able to get treatment at all. To quote author Amy Tan:
"As a [Lyme] patient, I have joined a club of people with a stigmatized disease that many doctors do not want to treat. While I have been lucky enough to find a doctor who is willing to provide open-ended treatment -and I have the means to pay for it- many of my fellow Lyme patients have gone without appropriate care. As a consequence, they have lost their health, their jobs, their homes, their marriages, and even their lives." (You can read her Lyme story at AmyTan.net)
Lyme is prevalent all over North America and throughout the world. There are at least 220,000 new cases of Lyme every year in the U.S.-- more than three times the number of new cases of HIV and West Nile Virus combined!
To learn about Lyme and how to prevent it, see my "Lyme disease" playlist, and go to LymePa.org, ILADS.org, TruthAboutLymeDisease.com, or LymeNet.com... and be sure to watch the award-winning documentary "UNDER OUR SKIN," which is now in theaters... more info at UnderOurSkin.com.
To learn more about the Lyme controversy in the U.S., see this article:
myleftnutmeg.com/showDiary.do? diaryId=8493 (take out the space)
background image: flickr.com/photos/siriwan/4771 67092
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Boston, MA
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