Focus – Opinions and Features

The following book review first appeared on the CanLyme website. By Catherine Kinsella Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease is a candid and moving account of Rachel Leland’s journey through Lyme disease from the perspectives of Rachel and her mother, Dorothy.... Read More »

My name is Talan Yorn, also known as “The Lyme Ninja.” In a previous blog on LymeDisease.org, I shared my personal journey and battle with Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections. Despite these obstacles, I want to show people that we can overcome them, no matter how big or... Read More »

by Ann Maher I am from Kilkenny, Ireland and I never thought that I would be writing this Lyme disease blog in my 70th year. I decided in 2022 to write a book about my journey with Lyme disease to highlight the devastating complications I have had, and hopefully make sense of the... Read More »

by Fred Diamond When I was researching information for my book “Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know,” I wanted to learn how stress can flare Lyme symptoms, and what Lyme survivors could do to minimize their... Read More »

by Pamela Andrews In 1991, my daughter, Leya Schiller, graduated from high school. She had spent the previous several years exploring her special interests: karate, dancing and learning how to become a fashion model. Graduation from modeling school was celebrated with a fashion... Read More »

The Wyss Institute at Harvard University seeks Lyme patients to donate blood cells to support cutting-edge research.The process is painless and you’ll get paid for your time. Swollen lymph nodes can be an early symptom of Lyme disease. Lymph nodes, lumps of immune tissue... Read More »

By Jessica Harris My mother was diagnosed with ALS by several neurologists and even had an EMG [electromyography] that indicated ALS. My mom was entering the middle stages of ALS when she discovered she actually had tick-borne infections. Treating those infections has saved her... Read More »

By Jill Wussow It’s May again – Lyme Disease Awareness Month. I want to focus this year on the fact that this unforgiving disease is often a hidden one. Those of us with chronic Lyme are fighting every single day and are regularly putting on a disguise, an illusion... Read More »

By Fred Diamond When I was researching my book “Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know,” I had no idea that medical gaslighting was something that persistent Lyme survivors had to commonly deal with. I also had... Read More »