TOUCHED BY LYME: "Advancing science, improving care"? I don’t think so, IDSA.
The IDSA opens its annual meeting with a slogan that rings false for Lyme patients.
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.
The IDSA opens its annual meeting with a slogan that rings false for Lyme patients.
Heartfelt encouragement from the writer of “My Lyme Symphony.”
Sharing her story has helped Kim Gettys become one of the top fundraisers for the 2012 Lymewalks.
So how exactly did Lyme disease get all bollixed up with presidential politics? Guest blogger Ben Domenech, a GOP political commentator, gives his take on what happened.
“When you mix presidential politics with Lyme disease politics, you get some pretty strange chemical reactions.”
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal explores what it means to re-enter the world after chronic illness.
Guest blogger Peter Burke, an attorney who focuses on disability law, summarizes some of the challenges faced by Lyme patients.
How to protect yourself in tick territory.
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal revisits the spot where a tick gave her Lyme disease 15 years ago.
A prominent Lyme-treating physician from New York calls for an all-out effort to combat the Lyme epidemic.
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