I heard Tommy Hilfiger has Lyme and his 2 children.If this is true are they helping our cause?..He is prettty famous I'd say...
daniella
[ 28. October 2005, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: daniella ]
Posted by MaFunk (Member # 8019) on :
Well, he is an honorary committee member of the Lyme Disease Association (so is Chevy Chase and his wife!). There's obviously some connection between Tommy Hilfiger and Lyme Disease.
Posted by MaFunk (Member # 8019) on :
Here's a list of some celebrities that have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease:
Michael J. Fox Richard Gere Chelsea O'Donnell, daughter of Rosie O'Donnell, TV hostess George E. Pataki, Governor of New York Pete Seeger, folk singer and activist Jamie Lynn Sigler, singer (Meadow on "The Sopranos")
Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
You forgot Hall, or was it Oats?
Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :
I heard Cher had CFS..... Then of course Montel in denial
Don't hear much from them do we....?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Daryl Hall........and yes, Montel and Michael J. Fox are in bigtime denial.
Posted by heiwalove (Member # 6467) on :
alice walker had (has?) lyme.
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
Yes, Alice Walker got it in that tick infested coastal range that is so luring and magnificent and so dangerous!
Last she spoke, (years ago that I know of) she said she was cured and was making peace with getting back into her garden, but I sometimes wonder HOW she could be CURED after she had neuro lyme and is she hiding here on the board?
Why isnt she part of the Lyme Literateee?
Hilfiger and chevy chase---I never KNEW!
Any others that we can verify? Trails Posted by hopeful123 (Member # 3244) on :
Amy Tan, the writer.
hopeful123 Posted by daniella (Member # 6753) on :
Are they all better? Or do they keep battling like us? I'd love to know...
Posted by daniella (Member # 6753) on :
Maybe they could all get together for a television special on lyme!!! Raise millions of dollars for reasearch and find a cure!
And we could all take it and be better!.......just a novel thought...lol
daniella Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
Does anyone know one of these famouse people so we could call and see if they would start the ball moving amoung the rich and famous?
What gets me is all the people on Martha's Vineyard--why aren't they making a stink and doing more? They are famous and rich.
What about the Kenndys?!!!
Linda
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
Well there is the Lyme Literati group that has raised tons of money and awareness.
No offense to the literatis, coz they have been VERY generous and worked very hard, but you know the public, they need a MOVIE STAR ***** to make em get off their arses.
Trails Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
Also, Rebecca Wells, the author who wrote the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. She has periodic updates about her progress on her website and just posted a new one this past week.
It seems she's still very sick, and her husband has just been dx
Plus the quarterback at Florida State University who was dx over the summer...
Andie
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
The actors are afraid to let everyone know they have Lyme because then they might not be hired. Who wants to hire someone who may not be able to work long hours?
who's Alice Walker?
Posted by nan (Member # 63) on :
Check out AMy Tan's new web site. She talks about her battle with ongoing lyme disease.
Alice Walker- Author of THE COLOR PURPLE and Ex-lover of Tracy Chapman
I bet she would hate to be known for only those two things so:
She wrote about her undiagnosed and SEVERE nuero lyme in her book SAME RIVER TWICE.
She has written many other wonderful pieces and novels.
She continues to be an activist for women of color.
Trails
Posted by daniella (Member # 6753) on :
wow Amy Tan's site is great! She really understands the battle...
Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
montel may have gotten veiled threats of withdrawal of advertising sponsors for his show, were he to address lyme disease.
i'm sure he's investigating TBDs as a cause of his MS. he was a marine, and i'd presume therefore that he was made aware of infections as a military person.
look at what ophrah winfrey went through with the mad cow disease. imagine the money she spent on this topic.
Posted by Gabriella7 (Member # 7862) on :
Hi, Can anyone give me a link to the fact that Michael J. Fox has Lyme Disease. I know about the Parkinson's but didn't know he has lyme also. I have recently been dx'd with lyme after my dx of MS 3 years ago. I did not know that Montel Williams has lyme in addition to MS?
My youngest son has ben dx'd with Parkinson's so for that reason would like confirmation to point him in that direction to see if lyme is the cause of his dx. He is not going to just take Momma's word for it.
Gabriella Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
so far as i know, montel, and fox are dx'd with m.s.
lyme mimics ms,als,and too many other diseases to mention.
atkinson-barr, Ph.D did a study testing 150 als patients; many, if not most, tested positive for lyme disease, and/or other tick-borne infections. search the name on this site, and you'll pull up the study, which is also on http://www.lymenet.de
parkinsonism has been one diagnosis for lyme disease, or multiple infections from teh bite of an insect. ticks are not the only insects that carry borrelia, and other pathogens.
Posted by Ann-OH (Member # 2020) on :
In addition to Alice Walker here are some more authors: Amy Tan,Jordan Fisher Smith, Meg Cabot, E. Jean Carroll, executive editor Jennifer Weis of St. Martin's Press.(all participated in the "Lyme Literati" program.
Ann - OH
Posted by Ann-OH (Member # 2020) on :
Here is a post from some time ago, where Melissa posted a list of celebrities who have/had Lyme.
Michael J. Fox had Lyme disease in the late '90's. He talked about it on Letterman and it was a cover story for one of the tabloids.
Ann - OH [quote] For some reason I remembered that Seattle "The Real World" on MTV had a gal with LD so I went looking to see what had happened to her. In anycase, ran across this while I was doing that. Don't know why, but it made me feel better to know this many people in the public eye have had to deal with this too. So I thought I'd share the list. If nothing else it might be useful to those of you doing political stuff for LD.
Berkley Bedell, former Iowa Congressman Neneh Cherry, member of musical group "Fine Young Cannibals" Mary-Lynn Currier, marathoner Nick Esasky, former baseball player Michael J. Fox, actor Julie Furtado, professional bike rider Richard Gere, actor Pete Harnisch, New York Mets pitcher Rob Hill, TargetChip Ganassi Racing team crew chief Rob Kress, former Detroit weathercaster, WXYZ (Channel 7) Wanda Kurdziel - hiker/backpacker Irene McGee, former cast member of MTV's "The Real World" Tara McMenamy, three-time All-American cross country skier Carrie Nye, Dick Cavett's wife Chelsea O'Donnell, daughter of Rosie O'Donnell, TV hostess George E. Pataki, Governor of New York Gary Player, golfer Kevin Salem, rocker Tom Seaver, former New York Mets pitcher Pete Seeger, folk singer and activist Jamie Lynn Sigler, singer (Meadow on "The Sopranos") Tim Simpson, professional golfer Diane Varsi, actress Alice Walker, author Christie Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey Michael Zaslow - Soap Opera, "Guiding Light", actor
~Melissa
Posted by Gabriella7 (Member # 7862) on :
pq, The site you posted in in german and mentions a person named Fox as a contributor but not the same. Montel Williams has MS but I have never read anything about Lyme. His website is: http://www.montelms.org/ (The Lyme spirochette can be the cause of MS but it has never been proven. I have both with the MS dx coming 3 years ago. I hope and pray that the treatment for the Lyme will be the ultimate answer for my progression of MS.
Ann, Michael J. Fox announced his bout with Parkinson's in the late 90's but he has had it for a lot longer. He could have both. I have never read or heard that he has lyme. If you find it in writing I would be interested in the site. His website is:
quote:Originally posted by Ann-OH: Michael Zaslow - Soap Opera, "Guiding Light", actor
He officially died of "ALS" ... or was it?
Posted by AlisonP (Member # 7771) on :
I was just talking to a woman on the phone and telling her about my Lyme and she said that Martha Stewart has had it three times.
I have no idea if this is true or where she got that information, but I wouldn't be surprised, especially being from conneticut.
Alison
Posted by Monica (Member # 224) on :
There are probably lots of celebrities with Lyme, but I'm sure they have the same problem that we have: getting a diagnosis.
Posted by lyme_suz (Member # 7628) on :
Martha and lyme. May be that that would explain certain things.
If nothing else, we can relate to house arrest.
Posted by Gabriella7 (Member # 7862) on :
Thanks for letting me know about Alice Walker's book entitled "The Same River Twice". I picking it up from the library tomorrow and looking forward to her autobiography? Spelling was once my strongest suit but alas Lyme sometimes makes the spelling of the simplest words impossible. Also memory of who told me about the book!
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for letting me know about Alice Walker's book entitled "The Same River Twice". I picking it up from the library tomorrow and looking forward to her autobiography? Spelling was once my strongest suit but alas Lyme sometimes makes the spelling of the simplest words impossible. Also memory of who told me about the book!