A day in the life of a Lymie is vastly different from that of the “average,” healthy individual. Even among Chronic Lyme sufferers, there is a spectrum of symptoms and experiences. Sharing these experiences helps us find common ground in similarities, and understanding in differences. Is Chronic Lyme Real? Most people have […]
In 1975, researchers from Yale investigated an epidemic of 51 patients with arthritis who lived near the woodsy town of Lyme, Connecticut. The most common symptom was recurrent attacks of knee swelling. A few had pain in other joints, such as the wrist or ankle. Many had fever, fatigue, and headache. Some remembered a round […]
Rachel is a traveling wedding and elopement photographer from La Crescent, Minnesota. In 2018, she was diagnosed with two typical Lyme co-infections, Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis, but she wasn’t diagnosed with Lyme until May 2019. Working From Home Luckily, with Rachel’s chosen profession, she gets to spend most days working from home. When she […]
We’ve incorporated some of the suggestions from our LymeNow community into this playlist! Follow us on Instagram to learn how YOU can submit song picks for dealing with Lyme disease. Her Diamond- Rob Thomas Favorite lyric: And she says, oh/ I can’t take no more/ Her tears like diamonds on the floor A heartbreaking song […]
Lyme is no respecter of persons. It doesn’t care whether you’ve been taking care of yourself, or if you have children. It doesn’t care about your financial situation or worry about whether you’ll be able to pay your medical bills. Don’t bother showing it a list of all your hopes and dreams. It doesn’t care. […]
How can I support someone living with Lyme disease? Whether you’re a friend, a family member, or significant other of someone with a chronic illness, you may have asked yourself this exact question. Offering chronic illness support can be a difficult task because not only does it require a lot of effort, it is quite […]
Laura was in the middle of her masters degree when Lyme hit. She was 23, single, and a full-time student at the University of Minnesota. Her masters degree would have been in Environmental Health with a concentration in infectious diseases. School Struggles She was sick for about 8 months before she finally had […]
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are skyrocketing across the country and here in Maine, and they are spreading farther north in our state. On Sept. 5, I convened an official Senate hearing at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory Tick Lab in Orono to spotlight both the devastating consequences of […]
PUTNAM VALLEY – The incidence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses is frightening since more than 400,000 new cases of Lyme have been reported across the United States with 98,000 cases confirmed in New York State. State Senator Susan Serino (R, Hyde Park) and Putnam Valley Supervisor Sam Oliverio recently hosted a forum […]
The sooner experts admit that, the sooner we’ll figure out what’s happening and perhaps prevent a lot of suffering. Lyme disease exposes how overrated medicine is. People have come to expect modern science to be able to detect and cure bacterial infections, at the very least – and yet for Lyme, a bacterial disease transmitted […]
