LymeNet Flash: The word is getting out........ about lyme

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Posted by shelly23 (Member # 16124) on :

Okay so i just got off the phone making an appt with a hotel near my lyme doc, the receptionist was asking what brings you all the way over here.. i said my lyme doc is a town over.,. she said lyme wow that seems to be on the rise, what an awful disease.. i said ah yeah its not a walk in the park.. she was nice.. anyway i thought wow someone in the deeps outh outside the med community is hearing about this disease .. wow

Posted by blaze (Member # 16838) on :

I guess I'm not as optimistic as you, but I wanted to bump your thread up. I think most people still think: Lyme, CT, ticks.

Posted by zombie_mummy (Member # 17402) on :

Apparently Dr. Oz (of Oprah fame) saw "Under Our Skin" and wants to know more about Lyme. So yes, word IS getting out.

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

did dr. oz RADIO interview with andy wilson take place??

anyone have link so we could listen to interview AFTER that night's airing? thanks.

if yes, start a new post in medical

subject: DR. OZ'S LIVE INTERVIEW W/ANDY WILSON, UNDER OUR SKIN producer

big thanks!! [group hug]

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

I think it's a warped view that the word on Lyme is getting out now. I worked with 60+ intelligent, highly educated individuals in a medical-related business. Do you know how many of those co-workers can relate or have any idea about Lyme and co-infections? ZERO.

I think we're chasing pipe dreams and are too much in a lyme-tunnel at times.

Posted by shelly23 (Member # 16124) on :

Well i never said it was perfect but the more ppl hear about it maybe the more they will someday understand it........ trying t obe positive

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

Shelly, I think it's great when people know, and if they don't, let's educate them!

Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :

I think as the numbers of people diagnosed grow,

So does the word.

I am responsible through my diagnosis and speaking to others,

For 7 neighbors to be tested and diagnosed with Lyme.

Five of those 7 were CDC positive both IgM and IgG.

I don't hide my Lyme.

I welcome questions and the curious.

Local support groups are also very important in spreading the word.

Hugs,

Geneal

Posted by Lymeorsomething (Member # 16359) on :

I don't think we really need Dr. Oz, Oprah, or Maury Povich for that matter romanticizing lyme disease. We just need more good old fashion scholarly research that is published in credible medical journals.