Focus – Opinions and Features

By Resiliently Rachel I sit in my wheelchair at the front office of my junior high. Tears sting my eyes as I explain to the school receptionist I need my mom to pick me up. She doesn’t understand. She asks why I need to go home. Why? My feet and legs are on fire. It feels like... Read More »

by Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD Linda was 47 years old in 1990, when she became ill after visiting a park in Florida. Her “mystery illness” resulted in fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, neuropathic pains, depression, night sweats, impaired cognition, and Bell’s palsy. In 1996, she was... Read More »

Carl Tuttle gave the following comments via telephone to the Nov. 17 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. We have added links for reference. This comment is directed to Dr. David Walker, Co-Chair of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. During the July 8th... Read More »

Yan Zelener delivered the following public comments by telephone at the Nov. 17 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. My name is Yan Zelener and I am the Director of Science for LymeTV. We are a Portland, Maine-based non-profit focused on tick-borne disease... Read More »

Phyllis Mervine delivered the following remarks by telephone at the November 17 meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Good morning. I am Phyllis Mervine, Founder and President of LymeDisease.org, the oldest Lyme patient advocacy nonprofit in the country. I and other... Read More »

Mary Lorusso-DiBara gave the following public comments at the November 17 online meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Today I represent our family – five siblings, their children and spouses who have been ravaged physically, emotionally, and financially by... Read More »

Janice Sutton gave the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on October 27. As a critical care nurse for over a decade, I saved lives, using current–not antiquated–science. But when it came time to save my own 14-year-old daughter’s life from... Read More »

Phyllis Mervine delivered the following verbal comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on October 27. My name is Phyllis Mervine. I’m the President and Founder of LymeDisease.org. I want to talk about how the CDC incidence map is not working for California. I have talked... Read More »

By Carolyn Degnan One of the biggest problems that chronically ill patients face is “gaslighting” from their physicians/practitioners. I’ve been familiar with that term when talking about a personal relationship. However, I had never heard it applied to a doctor/patient... Read More »