At first I was a little paranoid to talk to them, but asked a lot of questions and got information from them as well.

It seems they have had a "handful" of cases reported in this town.

I told her my story, alot of the misconceptions that I've learned here, and offered to do anything to get the word out...do presentations at the school, talk to her daughter who is a nurse at another school, speak to other parents....whatever it takes.
She was going to give my name and number to someone else in town that she spoke with and
she invited me to the next town meeting to see what we can do to get the word out. They have a health fair and newsletter that maybe I could get involved in.
I'm go to send her some of the information that all of you have directed me to as she seems interested and wondered if she might have it.
Has anybody else worked with their dept of public health and have suggestions?

 

Out of curiosity, what state do yo live in? When my family came down with Lyme about 12 years ago, our health dept. didn't want to know anything about it and were not very helpful. I live in Ohio, where of course, there is no Lyme.

I am glad your dept. was more helpful and is interested in it. Good luck and keep us posted. Barb
 

Joyce