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.
Sequel to Under Our Skin is essential viewing
Review of Under Our Skin 2: Emergence.
Keeping clear water in your metaphorical tub
(Book review) “Create a Toxin-Free Body and Home Starting Today,” by Dr. Lee Cowden and Connie Strasheim.
So what does it take to get a good night’s sleep?
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal discusses how much Lyme disease can disrupt the sleep cycle and one option for dealing with it.
No "magic bullet" for Lyme, but lots of useful ideas
(Book review) “Freedom from Lyme Disease,” by Bryan Rosner.
"Lyme? At least it isn’t cancer"
Guest blogger Emily Reach White writes that one of the hardest things about Lyme disease is the reaction of other people.
Dr. Jones called both Great Satan and Mother Theresa
The following guest blog is excerpted from a lengthy interview with Lyme pediatrician Dr. Charles Ray Jones on the Lyme Connection website. In this section,…
Jesse Colin Young “got brain back” after Lyme treatment
The singer/songwriter/founding member of the band “The Youngbloods” talks about his experience with Lyme disease.
New Lyme book offers "science plus compassion"
Review of “Compendium of Tick-Borne Disease: A Thousand Pearls.”
“Not your average illness memoir”? That’s an understatement.
Book review of “lyme light: a memoir” by Natalie London.
TOUCHED BY LYME: How does your chronically ill child or teen spend the day?
Many youngsters with chronic Lyme fill their time taking medicine and watching TV. But some find other ways to broaden their horizons.
TOUCHED BY LYME: One woman’s story of healing from chronic Lyme
Guest blogger Erika Arens writes about her eight-year journey with tick-borne illness.
TOUCHED BY LYME: When Lyme disease steals your voice—literally
Guest blogger Caroline Trujillo shares her experience with Lyme-induced aphasia.