Lyme Disease is no longer a Northeast problem. It’s a nationwide issue. While the CDC reports that nearly 300,000 new cases of Lyme Disease are reported each year, I estimate that the number is far greater. And while I do not advocate staying indoors and avoiding the great outdoors all together, I do recommend that you take a few common sense precautions before, during, and after you head out to enjoy the world around you:
Continue reading “Lyme Disease Prevention: 5 Tips to Be Tick Smart”
As I mentioned in my last post, my son had found a tick embedded inside of his shoulder. Try as I might I could not remove the tick. I was on and off the phone with my husband discussing ways to remove the little pest. My oldest son was scouring the internet in search of some solution. We tried tweezers, squeezing, Vaseline, liquid soap; we even lit a match, blew it out, and touched the tick’s back with the hot end. Nothing. He was not going to budge.
Continue reading “An Inconvenient Meeting”
Yesterday morning my 14 year old son came down stairs visibly flustered. “There’s a tick stuck in me.” I squinted and strained my eyes to try and decipher what I was actually looking at. This was a speck, no bigger than a grain of sand or the tip of a pin; it could easily be mistaken for an ordinary skin mole or a fleck of dirt. After several minutes I concluded that this little dot was indeed a tick embedded in his shoulder.
Continue reading “Letting Down Your Guard”
Last year I took some time to write about my experience with undiagnosed Lyme Disease. I’ve decided to dedicate the next few blog posts to discussing Lyme Disease as it relates to children. It’s one thing when we experience illness ourselves, but it can be downright heart-wrenching to watch a loved one battle illness, especially when that loved one is a child.
Continue reading “Children and Lyme Disease – Part I”
Before we start today, let me toss out my little disclaimer: The information found here is not a substitute for medical care. You should always consult a qualified physician regarding any of your healthcare concerns.
Continued from my previous posts: Lyme Disease I, Lyme Disease II, and Lyme Disease III.
Continue reading “Lyme Disease Part IV: Finding Normal Again”
A continuation of my previous posts Lyme Disease Part I and Lyme Disease Part II.
Continue reading “Lyme Disease Part III: Rock Bottom”
A continuation from my previous post: Lyme Disease Part I:The Slow Deterioration….
Continue reading “Lyme Disease Part II: The Depressed Hypochondriac”
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