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 Lyme documentary Under Our Skin will be shown March 4 at Santa Clara University. The event, “Lyme Disease, a ticking time bomb,” will include a fundraising raffle. Prizes include San Jose Sharks hockey tickets and a Kindle Fire.
A Minnesota ice skater’s artistic video teaches people about Lyme and promotes petition to remove the IDSA guidelines
Dr. Christine Green will discuss coinfections at LymeDisease.org’s upcoming conference, “Getting Healthy Again: Using Integrative Medicine to Heal from Lyme Disease,” in San Francisco January 22.
This RN and Lyme survivor uses puppets, songs, and positive messages to teach children—and adults—how to prevent tick-borne illness
Last week, I contacted the IDSA’s media spokesperson for a reaction to the deluge of postings on the organization’s Facebook page. Here’s her response.
IDSA gets an earful from Lyme patients on the organization’s Facebook page. But will they pay any attention?
Entertainment superstar Thalia talks about having Lyme disease in her recent memoir “Growing Stronger.”
Ann Corson, MD, one of the speakers at LymeDisease.org’s Jan. 22 Lyme patient conference in San Francisco, knows what the parents of her young Lyme patients go through. Back in 2001, she was working as a family practice physician in Chester County, PA, when her son was bitten by a tick—and their whole world changed.
A holiday poem by Bob Morgenstern
Researchers looking for nymphal ticks at this prominent northern California destination found them in unexpected places, including on and underneath wooden picnic tables and benches.
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