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: A beauty contest for biofilms?
This microbiology website is holding an on-line photo contest for microorganisms. Your vote for the borrelia biofilm could help raise Lyme awareness in the international…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Waiting for life's red lights to turn green
(Guest blog) A mom writes in free verse about her daughter’s challenges with Lyme and schooling.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Misdiagnosed Lyme turned into horrific experience
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal writes about damage caused by “illiteracy of tick-borne illness.”
TOUCHED BY LYME: "A lost childhood: The hidden faces of Lyme disease"
LymeTeens, an on-line social network support group for teens with Lyme, has created a video for Lyme disease awareness month.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Four years since AG action & we're still stuck with the d*** IDSA guidelines
Petition to remove IDSA Lyme guidelines from NGC has passed 21,000. Please sign and share now.
TOUCHED BY LYME: 20-year-old’s advice to her 14-year-old self: “You gotta have hope”
The “co-stars” of this unique video are each the same person, at different stages of her Lyme journey
TOUCHED BY LYME: Insurance coverage for Lyme? That’s a horse of a different color.
Veterinary insurance policies don’t put a 28-day limit on treating equine Lyme disease.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Update on Morgan's Lyme-related tics
Iowa teen offers installment #2 on YouTube.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Sleep advice "for the rest of us"
Guest column by Toni Bernhard, author of “How to Be Sick: a Buddhist-inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and their Caregivers.” She blogs about chronic…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Share your views about Dr. Phil’s Lyme show
After you’ve seen Dr. Phil’s Lyme segment, please post your comments here.
TOUCHED BY LYME: Game warden who died from Lyme to be honored in Washington DC
His name will be engraved in the National Police Officers Memorial.
TOUCHED BY LYME: "Like having 10 nails stuck in the bottom of your foot"
Dr. Richard Horowitz will discuss MCIDS, a more inclusive description for chronic Lyme, at two conferences in San Diego May 5 & 6—one for doctors…