Lyme Blog Posts
What people with Lyme can learn from the disability community
Working at a job while you have a chronic illness, such as Lyme disease, can be challenging. One way to approach these challenges is to…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Women and Lyme disease. What’s going on?
Sini Anderson is a filmmaker and artist who directed The Punk Singer, a 2013 documentary about musician Kathleen Hanna and her experience with late-stage Lyme…
Florida TV reporter’s own Lyme story and long road to diagnosis
TV anchorwoman Nicole Sommavilla works for Suncoast News Network in Sarasota, Florida. This week, she started a multi-part series on Living with Lyme. It’s based…
LYME SCI: B. miyamotoi has been in California ticks for a long time
Like forensic detectives, using a bank of frozen blood serum from the 1980s, tick researchers from both the west and east coasts set out to…
Meditation and the brain’s power for self-healing
by Shona Curley I was a healthy, active woman until about 2014. I danced professionally in my twenties, began teaching Pilates to support my dance habit…
Special issue of the Lyme Times: Co-infections
A tick can transmit many pathogens in a single bite–not just Lyme disease. People actually rarely get Lyme disease alone–co-infections are the rule, rather than…
February is Morgellons Awareness Month
The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation has designated February as Morgellons Awareness Month. Morgellons, which appears to have a connection to Lyme disease, is…
Why therapy isn’t enough when you have OCD and PANS/PANDAS
The following is written by a 22-year-old woman who writes the Dreaming Panda blog, about her experiences coping with Lyme disease and PANS/PANDAS. She has…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Book’s “strong case” against Lyme status quo
Kirkus Reviews is an influential publication geared primarily to libraries and bookstores. It recommends books for stores and libraries to purchase before they are available…
LYME SCI: Using the lessons of cancer to target Lyme disease
Dr. Neil Spector, a Duke University cancer researcher who nearly died from complications of Lyme disease, is now turning his attention to finding innovative therapies…
Finding the right psychotherapist for your child with Lyme disease
By Sandra K. Berenbaum, LCSW For some parents and children confronting the challenges of Lyme disease, psychotherapy or family therapy can be a big help….
Can medical marijuana help treat Lyme disease? A doctor’s perspective.
by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, M.D. I have a confession to make. I proposed a talk on medical marijuana at ILADS because it would force me…