Touched By Lyme
By Dorothy Kupcha Leland
This blog has several goals. First, to explore the personal side of Lyme disease and how it affects individuals and families. Second, to highlight useful information for people seeking answers about this complicated illness. Third, to help foster a sense of unity and shared purpose among the many diverse members of the Lyme community. Dorothy, who serves as President of LymeDisease.org, has a family member with Lyme disease. She is co-author of a book called When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent’s Survival Guide.
TOUCHED BY LYME: How Lyme disease can affect your vision
Dr. William Padula is a noted expert on how Lyme and other tick-borne diseases can affect the eyes. According to his website, the following can…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Congress shows interest in Lyme disease research
“Tick-borne disease is on the rise across the nation, and lawmakers are pushing to invest more this year in diagnostics and research to help the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Special education protections for kids with Lyme
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that ensures special education and related services are available to children with disabilities. First…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Michigan’s tick population is surging
The number of ticks in Michigan is growing by leaps and bounds, and state health officials want people to take precautions. The two types of…
TOUCHED BY LYME: CDC serves up same old wrongheaded Lyme advice
On the face of it, the CDC-sponsored webinar—Lyme Disease Updates and New Educational Tools for Clinicians—seemed like a good idea. I mean, don’t we WANT…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Main St. Living” spreads the word about Lyme disease
“Main St. Living” is a TV program shown nationally on the YurView network, which is owned by Cox Media. I was invited to appear on…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “The Red Ring” takes a global look at Lyme disease
In 2011, Finnish filmmaker Joonas Berghäll was living his dream, making films about important topics. He went to Kenya to direct a documentary about women’s…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “A very funny play about Lyme disease”
How humorous can a person be when talking about tick-borne illness? Now’s our chance to find out! On Thursday, May 6, there will be a…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How to add a Lyme awareness frame on Facebook
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. During this time, many of you use Facebook to help educate your family, friends and community about tick-borne diseases….
TOUCHED BY LYME: Easy way to ask your Representative for Lyme funding
Lyme activists from throughout the country–in concert with the Center for Lyme Action–have been stepping up to advocate for increased federal funding for Lyme disease….
TOUCHED BY LYME: Long-haul COVID “isn’t as unique as we thought”
In spring 2020, reports of COVID “long haulers” started showing up online and on TV news shows. These are people whose COVID-19 infections have supposedly…
TOUCHED BY LYME: If your teen has mental health problems, read this
By the time they turn 18, as many as 50 percent of all children and teens will meet the diagnostic criteria for at least one…