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: Kids need to feel safe and protected, and so do their families (Guest blog by Sandy Berenbaum)
When I started my psychotherapy practice 22 years ago, specializing in adolescents and families, I recognized that, as a mother and as a psychotherapist, the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When a medical problem calls for non-medical help
I recently received a phone call from a mom whose two teen-aged sons are terribly ill with Lyme and coinfections. In addition to all the…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lymelife for Dogs
There’s a scene in the Lyme documentary Under Our Skin, where somebody demonstrates how to “flag” for ticks. With his trusty long-haired dog trotting through…
TOUCHED BY LYME: A political and medical snake pit
I’m always looking for new ways to explain to people the complex world of Lyme disease. Not only is the illness itself biologically complex, able…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme Awareness Trifecta at California nurses’ conference
Nurse practitioners had three opportunities to learn about Lyme disease at a recently concluded statewide conference in Sacramento:
TOUCHED BY LYME: No Lyme in California?
Today I attended California's Lyme Disease Advisory Committee meeting in Sacramento. It's a group which advises the state health department on tick-borne disease issues. I…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Did Lyme contribute to killing of pastor?
The eyes of the Lyme community are riveted on this week’s tragic shooting death of an Illinois minister. The alleged shooter, 27-year-old Terry Sedlacek, has…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Financial help for Lyme drugs?
Sooner or later, anyone dealing with Lyme disease comes face to face with the high cost of prescription medicines. Even those who start out with…
TOUCHED BY LYME: "Beating Lyme"
The task for an author who wants to write a book about Lyme disease is daunting. This is due not only to the complex illness…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme-Autism connection?
A few years back, Tami Duncan was a mother of an autistic son, searching for ways to help her child. As it happened, she also…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Ticks in the snow
The photo to the left is an engorged Ixodes Pacificus, otherwise known as the western black-legged tick, notorious carrier of Lyme disease, sitting on snow…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Wisdom of the Lyme Crowd
As a Lyme support group leader, the first piece of advice I give anyone dealing with tick-borne infections is to join at least one on-line…