KQED Inteview With Lyme Book Author and Movie Creator

Click this link for a beautiful interview with the people who created the groundbreaking book, Cure Unknown, and the film, Under Our Skin from KQED, San Francisco:
Lyme Disease
The tick-borne illness Lyme disease is on the rise — but many patients and their advocates say the disease is often underestimated, misdiagnosed and improperly treated. We discuss [...]

When Did I Get Infected?

My friend, Sally, asked me this recently, wondering if Lyme wasn’t a mostly East Coast disease. I thought I’d give the long version response here, so I could give her a shorter answer by email. (And thanks for the good question, Sally!)
My docs and I have traced my Lyme symptoms back to my childhood. It’s [...]

CDC Positive Western Blot

I came home this past Wednesday from my second trip to San Francisco to see my LLMD (Lyme Literate Medical Doctor). She’s the one who gave me a clinical diagnosis for Lyme Disease four weeks ago.
During this visit I got my blood tests results back and I am VERY positive for Lyme Disease, even based [...]

It’s Lyme.

Here is the letter I sent out to my family earlier this week:
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My dear family,As you probably already know, I went to San Francisco a week and a half ago to see a doctor that specializes in Lyme Disease (known more specifically as Lyme Borelliosis).
First, I want to send out a big thank you to [...]