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.
A father regrets that he failed to believe his daughter really had Lyme disease. His message to others who have family members with Lyme: “Lyme disease is real, the pain is real, the problem with logical thought is real, the lack of energy is real.”
Guest blogger Sofia Webster paints a portrait of one day in a Lyme disease support group.
The mother of a daughter with Lyme disease wonders what do about lingering symptoms. In my opinion, she’s turning to the wrong voices for answers.
“The Lyme Altar: A People’s History of Symptoms, Sacrifice and Hope,” a new documentary, focuses on Lyme patients and the doctors who treat them.
Review of Under Our Skin 2: Emergence.
(Book review) “Create a Toxin-Free Body and Home Starting Today,” by Dr. Lee Cowden and Connie Strasheim.
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal discusses how much Lyme disease can disrupt the sleep cycle and one option for dealing with it.
(Book review) “Freedom from Lyme Disease,” by Bryan Rosner.
Guest blogger Emily Reach White writes that one of the hardest things about Lyme disease is the reaction of other people.
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, Dr. Jones discusses how 20 years of harassment by medical authorities almost got him to give up treating children for Lyme–and what prompted him to keep at it.
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