Touched by Lyme

What to do about schooling is one of the most frustrating challenges facing families of children with Lyme disease.

Even if you don’t live in Connecticut and don’t know anybody in Connecticut, you probably know somebody who DOES know somebody in Connecticut. We need to find those people–pronto.

"Spirochick Alix" blogs about Dr. Dave Martz's presentation at CALDA's recent Lyme patient conference. Hearing how he overcame ALS touched her especially, because her father died of ALS the same year Dr. Martz was diagnosed with it.

Dr. Raphael Stricker will discuss important research projects which offer hope to those with tick-borne diseases, at CALDA's upcoming Lyme patients' conference.

Dr. Christine Green will discuss "The Many Faces of Lyme Disease" at CALDA's upcoming April 24 patients' conference GETTING HEALTHY AGAIN IN 2010.

Actor Ben Stiller discussed his knee problems and the fact that he hoped it was Lyme disease (since he seems to think that’s a minor problem) on the David Letterman show. Letterman and he also both agreed that Lyme wasn’t a California problem, just an “east coast thing.”

To a teenager mired in the muck of an all-encompassing chronic illness, the promise of a better life at some distant point in the future can seem impossibly remote.

Any month can be a good time to raise awareness of Lyme disease, but May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and offers special opportunities.

“Inflammation is a bonfire produced by the immune system in reaction to allergies, infections, poor diet, chemicals, heavy metals, and intestinal dysbiosis. It is the inflammatory response that produces many of the symptoms of Lyme disease.”