Lyme Disease

Last year, in my old career path, I met a lot of people who were suspected to have Lyme Disease. Most of them, actually, all but one of them, confirmed this through rigorous (and expensive) testing. Even though I don’t do that work any longer, I still worry about them and I worry about other people out there suffering from this mysterious disease. The CDC has declared Lyme Disease a “non-event” for the most part and claims that 2 weeks of antibiotic therapy will cure you. I cry bullshit. And I mean to use such a harsh term. They’re killing people by not reporting the truth. Go to Google News and look up Lyme Disease, you’ll find hundreds of stories of people struggling for years being misdiagnosed and treated for everything from Fibromyalgia to Bipolar to an insatiable need for attention. Here is a story I read two days ago on www.cnn.com…

10-year battle with pain highlights Lyme disease debate

It was on the front page then, now I had to do a search for it. It’s been buried on the cnn page in the last two days which sucks. People need to hear about this, hence why I’m posting it here. I know not many people read my blog and that’s fine, just please, if you’re touched by this story (or enraged like I was and am) share it with someone. You never know who is out there, suffering silently, needing inspiration to keep searching because an answer is out there.

I did some research last year on Lyme and I have a few very helpful books so if you would like to know more, just email me. Or comment here and I’ll try to answer the best I can or find a resource for you.

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