I’m getting ready to pack my bags and fly east.

I’ll be speaking at “Empowering the Patient,” the 5th annual Lyme disease patient education conference, sponsored by Midcoast Lyme Disease Support and Education (MLDSE).

It takes place all day in Augusta, Maine, on Friday, April 26. No reservations required and it’s free of charge.

Among others, I’ll share the stage with Sandra Berenbaum, with whom I co-authored the book “When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent’s Survival Guide.”

People familiar with our work know that Sandy and I are all about empowering patients.

The topic of my presentation will be “Survival Techniques for Families with Lyme Disease.” Sandy will talk about “Educational Options for Students with Lyme Disease.”

Distinguished line-up of speakers

The event runs from 8 am to 5 pm, with a dynamite line-up. Keynote speaker is Dr. Tom Moorcroft, DO, a former president of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). His topic is “Healing Lyme Brain: Gut-Brain Axis Approaches to Optimizing Brain Detoxification and Healing Chronic Illness.”

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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.