(Book review) Improving diet may be one of the most important steps a Lyme patient can take on the road back to health. Read More »
Touched By Lyme
Dorothy Kupcha Leland
This blog has several goals. First, to explore the personal side of Lyme disease and how it affects individuals and families. Second, to highlight useful information for people seeking answers about this complicated illness. Third, to help foster a sense of unity and shared purpose among the many diverse members of the Lyme community. Dorothy, who serves as Vice-President of LymeDisease.org, has a family member with Lyme disease. She is co-author of a book called When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent's Survival Guide.
(Guest blog) Listening to a ghost: Dr. Dave Martz talks about recovering from ALS
03
MAY
2010
"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. Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Research offering hope to Lyme patients
10
APR
2010
Dr. Raphael Stricker will discuss important research projects which offer hope to those with tick-borne diseases, at CALDA's upcoming Lyme patients' conference. Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: The spectrum of Lyme disease
07
APR
2010
Dr. Christine Green will discuss "The Many Faces of Lyme Disease" at CALDA's upcoming April 24 patients' conference GETTING HEALTHY AGAIN IN 2010. Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Letterman and Stiller, you guys are WRONG
24
MAR
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.” Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Teens with Lyme–Finding the light IN the tunnel
23
MAR
2010
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. Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Good ideas for Lyme Awareness Month
22
MAR
2010
Any month can be a good time to raise awareness of Lyme disease, but May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and offers special opportunities. Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Inflammation–Taming the Fire
16
MAR
2010
“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.” Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: When loved ones won't heed our hard-earned advice
16
MAR
2010
What should you do when you think a loved one might have Lyme disease, but they just don't want to hear about it? Read More »
