The Faces Of Lyme

These Stories are REAL people
with Lyme disease & coinfections

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For the non-lyme literate: Common Lyme abbreviations: abx=antibiotics  dx=diagnosed/diagnosis

MASSACHUSETTS

Jan Dooley
- I didn't see the tick or a bull's-eye 5 years ago. I had just moved to South Carolina and was busy settling in, when I became very weak and couldn't walk and was confused and lost 10 lbs in a month. I finally got a blood test for Lyme and it was confirmed Ehrlichiosis, but after 3 months of the nightmare, I got a 14-day dose and my life has been hell since. I've spent thousands of $ and been to over 30 doctors including Mass General with no validation of Chronic Lyme. My story is the same as everyone else's. I am getting so much help from the book "Unknown Cure" that I now have hope. I can't do the antibiotics because it gives me "Leaky Gut" so I get alternative methods and acupuncture. We will find a cure if we all fight the ignorance of this mind blowing neglect of the medical community.

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Darlene Travers - Bitten June 1996,did not get a diagnosis and treatment until January 1998.  I am neurologically affected with dizziness, ataxia, neuropathy during the times I am Lyme sick. I am presently on two antibiotics three times per week.

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