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: Disbelieving Lyme disease
A mom I know whose whole family has struggled with Lyme disease for over 20 years called me after my recent posting about teenagers with…
TOUCHED BY LYME: When teenagers have Lyme disease
Dealing with Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections is a miserable ordeal at any age, but it offers unique challenges when the person going through…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Lyme in them thar zip codes
A steady stream of responses has flowed into my email box regarding my previous blog post “No Lyme in (your zip code here).” What follows…
TOUCHED BY LYME: A whole ’nother ballgame
In the chaotic early days of my daughter’s illness, when we trying to make sense of her bizarre symptoms and the equally bizarre reactions we…
TOUCHED BY LYME: A roadmap for Lyme disease
When my family and I needed to quickly come up to speed about Lyme disease several years ago, I looked for a book that would…
TOUCHED BY LYME: No Lyme in (your zip code here)
Several years ago when my daughter first came down with mysterious disabling symptoms that no doctor could diagnose, my neighbor said, “Sounds like it could…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Like Alice Down the Rabbit Hole
I fell into the alternate reality of Lyme disease four years ago when, seemingly overnight, my teenage daughter became seriously debilitated and none of the…