Once Upon a Chronic Lyme Lifetime


By Janet F. Murray Having your dreams cut short due to an illness like Lyme or other tick bite infection is a painful experience for anyone. This pain is even more apparent when you don’t know whether your dream is deferred or entirely out of the question. I speak for many when I say that […]


Book Review: But You Look Healthy! by Juliet Wilson


“A clear pathway back to health, and proof that it works” When Canadian-born Aussie, Juliet Wilson finally found the root cause of a lengthy and debilitating health battle, then treated it with great success, she committed to sharing what she had learned with others. ‘But You Look Healthy’ is her gift to those who find […]


Dee’s Lyme journey: Was SOT the answer in the end?


By Dee Gozdecka I remember that late spring morning in 2014, when I woke up with a sharp pain on the left side of my chest. It was unusual and I could not move, but after a while it eased, and I finally got out of bed and started my day as usual. Over the […]


Netherlands: Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are real, not a joke


By Dominic D Smith Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsHorticulturist, Landscape Designer and Engineer, Education Ambassador, Mentor, PatientRepresentative. Infected: 1998Infected by: 3 ticks (Netherlands)Diagnosed: 2005Diagnosis: Active and positive: Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia miyamotoi, Rickettsia, Tick-borne Encephalitis virus, Anaplasma, Bartonella, Ehrlichia, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Parvo B19, Epstein-Barr virus and Borna virusMisdiagnoses: Stress, Psychological/psychiatric disordersCurrent state of health: “Still undergoing treatment” In […]


Improved multi-strain diagnostic tests for Lyme disease


By Jacqui van Teulingen At the LivLyme Summit in Colorado we heard about the progression in laboratory testing for Lyme disease and Tick-borne Relapsing Fevers via Dr Jyotsna Shah, CEO and president of IGeneX. It was timely given the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) journal has just acknowledged the shortcomings of existing tests established […]