TOUCHED BY LYME: Saving money on Lyme-related lab tests
Paying out-of-pocket for lab testing can take a hefty toll on your family’s pocketbook. Here’s one way to save.
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.
Paying out-of-pocket for lab testing can take a hefty toll on your family’s pocketbook. Here’s one way to save.
When the CDC bumped its estimate of annual Lyme cases from 30,000 to ten times that, it made the evening news.
The CDC upped its official count of Lyme disease cases in the US to 300,000, ten times the previous number.
The past few months have seen a sharp rise in Lyme disease coverage in the national news media. Here are clickable links, in case you missed them.
Updated edition of “ultimate guide for healthy travel” obscures the fact that Lyme is a world-wide concern.
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal explores what “fatigue” can mean to a person with chronic Lyme disease.
Her case underscores the need for extreme vigilance concerning ticks.
The US Mail brings a gift from the heart to help Lyme patients.
Guest blogger Phyllis Mervine pays tribute to all the people “Touched by Lyme” who have used their knowledge and experience to lend a hand to others struggling on their Lyme journey. Phyllis is the founder and president of LymeDisease.org and the Editor-in-Chief of The Lyme Times.
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal responds to recent media coverage in by reporters from the Boston Globe and the New Yorker.
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