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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Strange how things happen!! I RARELY pick up magazines at the grocery store, [maybe twice a yr at most] but this time I did.

I saw it had some info on walking and other interesting things.

It's FIRST magazine. If you're looking to pick one up, it's the one with Carrie Underwood on the cover... April 28 issue.

Anyway, now the good part!

On page 44 there is an article about a young woman who was tired all the time and it kept getting worse.

She later developed Bells Palsy.
She finally found her way to an LLMD and was clinically dxd!!

They even reference the Lyme Disease Association as the place to go for more information!!

Check it out!!

I'm thinking of writing the magazine and thanking them for the very well written article!

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

it's called FIRST magazine? never heard of this..

Posted by mtree (Member # 14305) on :

[woohoo]

awsome......I'm going to get one today.....or have someone get one for me.....

thanks for the information.....

[Smile]

mtree

Posted by 1Bitten2XShy (Member # 12280) on :

It even mentioned the woman was on some long term abx, including IV.

Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :

Tried to do a search to see if I could come up with it on line but came up empty handed.

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

quote:
Originally posted by bettyg:
it's called FIRST magazine? never heard of this..

It's been around for years. Just look at the grocery store. You'll find it.

It has in very large print, Walk Off 96% More Fat.

And Carrie's pic.... FIRST is written across her forehead!!

I found their email:
[email protected]

Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :

Kam,

Ya, that was my thought, too.

Thank you Lymetoo. I can't afford it, but it's reassuring just to know that it was printed.

daise [Smile]

Posted by ElaineC (Member # 9857) on :

Great!! We could do with alot more articles like this! [Smile]

Thanks for letting us know about it.

Posted by trish4 (Member # 14156) on :

I read this article last week =) I was very happy to see there getting Lyme Disease out to the public

Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :

trish4,

... out into the public ... one hurtin' Lymie at a time. Yes.

It all helps the rest of us, including those many, many, many who don't know that the name for what has devastated them might actually be called "Lyme."

[woohoo]

daise

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

quote:
Originally posted by daise

It all helps the rest of us, including those many, many, many who don't know that the name for what has devastated them might actually be called "Lyme."

And I do hope that the people who read this article and thought "That's ME!" will keep searching until they find a good LD board and/or a good LLMD!!

Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :

Yes, TuTu, the many hurdles of Lyme.

It's disgusting.

daise [Smile]

Posted by MysteryGirl44 (Member # 10201) on :

Woooooooooooooooo!

Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :

I LOVE THAT MAGAZINE!!!!! [Big Grin]

Here's the link to e-mail the editor, if anyone would like to share their opinions.

I'll have to see if I have that issue.

I know they had something on Lyme being a possibility for fatigue or something a while ago, maybe it was last year or the year before.

That was just a little blurb though.

Great find TuTu!!!! [group hug]

That's VERY encouraging news! [woohoo]

Ali

Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

I just wrote to thank them for an article I haven't read!

But if you all say it is good.. that is good enough for me! Glad it was enjoyed! It is nice to see you all excited!

[Big Grin]

Posted by laura j (Member # 14257) on :

That's awesome! Maybe since anything printed about Lyme in newspapers seems to state CDC treatment guidelines, we'd have better luck getting the word across via magazines? I think magazines would be a good avenue to get the word out there about the other side of Lyme, our side, w/ILADS treatment guidelines.

What if we tried contacting other magazines to share some of our stories?

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

quote:
Originally posted by laura j:
What if we tried contacting other magazines to share some of our stories?

Great idea!! [Smile]

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

tutu,

i didn't see a link for this especially when you had us go from current new monthly magazine back to your link here.

could you or SOMEONE ELSE post it to read. thx!
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june issue was really 3 great pages of reading!!
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