San Diego TV newswoman Brooke Landau has been a rock star to the Lyme community for many years now.

First, there’s the inspiring example of how she overcame many roadblocks in her personal journey with Lyme disease.

And then there are the ways she has been a national spokesperson for the cause.

Therefore, when we all recently learned she would be undergoing heart surgery, the community has been following her case closely. (Click here to read my prior blog about this.)

So, it gives me great pleasure to show you the latest message from her Facebook page:

People who want to send her messages of support may do so via her Facebook page.

A pretty good way to start out 2019, yes?

TOUCHED BY LYME is written by Dorothy Kupcha Leland, LymeDisease.org’s Director of Communications. She is co-author of When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent’s Survival Guide. Contact her at dleland@lymedisease.org.