That was so cool. I met her at the lyme rights rally in Connecticut couple years ago. How great that the station she works for now was willing to air her story-which is like so many of ours.
Why oh why does the debate and ignorance carry on-when it doesn't have to be that way.
Thanks Jelly Carol
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
That was Really good - -Thanks for posting-
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
Mac Users ?
I have a Mac and use Quicktime for media.
The Brooke Video is for Windows but if you click on the help button on the video box there is a way to download something to help you play this on your Mac.
I can't figure it out and don't have the attention span to continue, but my guess is most people can.
I'm due to call my computer helper anyway.
Thanks for posting this. I hope to share it with my doctor, maybe friends.
Posted by elle108 (Member # 11730) on :
This was great to watch!.. I had one question though...the announcer stated that she "tested negative for Lyme for the first time in 12 years."
I was not aware that a person ever stopped testing negative...I thought the antibodies always showed up...maytbe I've got that one wrong.
Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :
WOW, that was some treatment she had!
It is good to see how wonderful she looks.
Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
are ther really only 7 llmds now???
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
excellent content; same as what you posted in hard copy.
mine didn't show photos; only a stationary one of her standing in front of the camera
did you have active screen coverage showing other person/her together? thx Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
quote:Originally posted by lpkayak: are ther really only 7 llmds now???
NO, and i'd like to know where she got that number at?
i hope JILL E. or someone including brooke can answer that here for us!
Posted by wrotek (Member # 5354) on :
Thanks for the video.
And the doctor had his license taken away. What a crazy world we are living in.
Maybe someone can tell me, what is the difference between giving antibiotics into heart and otherwise ? I know that it it practiced into aorta, but the heart ? It must have been really experimental, because doc lost his license. Posted by merrygirl (Member # 12041) on :
That poor Doc. It makes me mad. He saved her.
What the hell?
Any info on the doc and his situation?
Congrats to Brooke!
Posted by CaliforniaLyme (Member # 7136) on :
Elle- it varies like with so many things- some people stay positive forever, some people Do turn negative-
Wrotek- my LLMD was emphatic about difference between picc line (p stands for peripheral) and central line (heart). Central lines that go to heart are used commonly for many conditions- that is not what would have gotten any LLMD in trouble. My LLMD explained, not verbatim as follows, but the gist of what he said-
"Turn on the water tap and put your hand under it- that's your VEINS- then try to put your hand in a fire hydrant, that's your HEART. It is immensely powerful and carries the abx through your body." Something like that!!!
And weirdly enough when I changed from picc line to central groshong was when I turned- coincidence? Maybe- maybe not*)!!!
[ 16. August 2007, 10:56 AM: Message edited by: CaliforniaLyme ]
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Hey all,
when they say antibiotics to the heart, that is what a port, Hickman catheter or any central line will do. Central lines go into the superior vena cava (i think) and directly into the heart. So essentially, almost all IV treatment.
Posted by canbravelyme (Member # 9785) on :
What a fantastic news item.
I cried when Brooke was speaking about how we just have to accept that this may just be what we have to live with, and we have to learn to manage the symptoms as well as possible.
I just brought this up with my homecare nurse yesterday, and we had a long chat about this. I'm going to be exploring the addition of spiritual retreats in my life a few times a year. Not such a bad thing to _have_ to do!
Brooke shows the same kind of gratitude I do when I _can_ do something; when she said at the end of the interview, [paraphrase] "It's a pleasure to be able to be here with you guys". Didn't we all, at least all us disabled ones, know exactly what she meant?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by lpkayak: are ther really only 7 llmds now???
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