Ben Stiller is on Letterman and he mentioned having Lyme Disease but only for like a quick mention. Then Dave even chimed in about Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis mentioning that Ehrlichiosis is a killer.
I really wish they would have said more but it was just kind of metioned within a story.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
At least Dave is no longer making jokes about Lyme. He got very ill from it. (mainly the ehrlichiosis)
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
I heard it I was soaking at the time in a tub of hot water.
The Tv was on and I was listening to the jokes.
I to was hopeing for more info.
MADDOG
Posted by John S (Member # 19756) on :
It is sad that I wish this disease on the powerful just so something can be done.
If Bill Gates got this disease, thousands of children might be spared it in the future.
I know I am morally wrong, but my opinion hasn't changed.
The problem is that most of them can get aggressive treatment right away and can be spared our torture.
Posted by carly (Member # 14810) on :
It's not sad, John. It's reality. I don't think you're wishing a terrible disease on these people.
I think what you're wishing for is change. The way change happens is when the rich and powerful -the influential- are affected.
I'm right there with you. If someone should be infected, let it be the "headliners", not the little people. Then something will be done!
(someone's going to get it --that's my point.)
Posted by Haley (Member # 22008) on :
Isn't that interview from a long time ago? I've been wondering happened to Ben Stiller and his Lyme diagnosis?
Posted by H8NLyme (Member # 29487) on :
According to the official numbers it should be statistically nearly impossible to have two people taken at random, Stiller & Letterman, to both have experience with Lyme.
In my state the recognized number of cases of Lyme disease last year was 35 people out of a population of 6.3 million. That is 1 person in 180,000. Odds of 2 people taken at random having it would be 1 in 32.4 billion.
Everybody I know seems to know someone who has had Lyme disease. I know at least 7 people who have had it.
I had a doctor tell me "You can't get Lyme disease from a lone star tick".
I had another doctor tell me there is no Lyme disease in Tennessee.
The official response to this disease seems to be to deny it exists.
The response doesn't make sense unless there is something else going on. It is like the cigarette industry denying any link between smoking and cancer. They were still holding that line until the '80s.
When I can't make sense of a situation the answer is usually political. Who benefits from Lyme not being recognized as a problem?
I really don't know.
Posted by Jacqi (Member # 6619) on :
"Who benefits from Lyme not being recognized as a problem?"
My quick answer to that would have to be insurance companies and somehow politicians.
In my Moms last years she had a saying that I would just nod my head at and sort of pat her hand. Now I could just kick my self over. "It's a conspiracy, they really are all in it together".
I just figured it was the dementia finally getting the best of her, but sometimes I wonder if she wasn't right.