Focus – Opinions and Features

By Gabriela Wijegunawardena Over the past seven years I’ve seen: five primary care doctors, two neurologists, five OB-GYNs, one gastroenterologist, two urologists, one allergist, five dermatologists, five ER doctors, three functional medicine doctors, one ophthalmologist,... Read More »

Alexandra Moresco delivered the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. I’m Ali Moresco, a 27 year old tick-borne illness patient and advocate, having created readily available tick-borne disease resources and raising $400,000 over the... Read More »

Beth Carrison delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Over the past several months, increased attention is being paid to minority health disparities. As written in the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s 2018 Report to Congress, cases... Read More »

Wendy Adams gave the following statement via telephone, during the July 8 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m Wendy Adams of Bay Area Lyme Foundation, and I was a member of the inaugural Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, and most recently a member of the... Read More »

Dr. Elizabeth Maloney delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Good morning. I am speaking with the support of ILADS’ board of directors. I co-authored ILADS 2014 guidelines. If you haven’t read our guidelines, please do. I’m here to... Read More »

By Rachel Leland As someone who has done more than my share of “sheltering in place” over the years, I’ve long been a fan of ordering things from Amazon. I buy everything from groceries to clothing to flashlight batteries. Heck, I even bought the dress I got married in from... Read More »

by Jennifer Shea In 2016, I had a flu-like illness with a sudden onset of neck and back pain. I suspected Lyme disease, so my physician ordered the two-tiered test. It was negative. Thus began a two-year quest to find the cause of my unrelenting neck pain and a growing list of... Read More »

By Meghan Ward As a young, adventurous girl, I loved exploring the outdoors and its beauty.  I grew up on Long Island, where the threat of ticks is high and playing in the woods did not reduce my chances of being infected. Around the age of seven, I was bitten by a tick and... Read More »

by Sandra Berenbaum “Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.”  ~Viktor Frankl All of my psychotherapy clients live in the Lyme world. Most have Lyme themselves and/or their children have Lyme. Now, of course, they all live in the COVID-19 world as well. Getting through these highly... Read More »