I had been trying for over a year to get the local news stations in Tampa Florida to do a story on Lyme.
With the help of my aunt, and her boyfriend asking her to marry her in a unusual and romantic way, I finally got my chance to make a difference in Tampa.
I love the way the reporter covered the story. There is a good balance between prevention, early stage lyme information and late stage lyme information. I am so pleased with what he did.
He was so excited to do the story and I think really helped us here in the Tampa Bay Area.
Tell me what you think. And I was wondering, does anyone know of a doctor or center in Sarisota Florida who does testing specifically for Lyme Disease? When researching, the reporter found this place in sarisota, but I had not heard anything about it.
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How awesome - great story - good for you!!!
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You did very good, awesome stuff
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wonderful news story...good job skyler
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Fantastic!!!! If only one station in every major city would do this!!!
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Is there a written transcript? My computer couldn't open the video for some reason.
I'd like to send it to my aunt - she lives in St. Petersburg. She's 85 & doesn't have a computer.
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This is great! I keep emailing our local news stations as well. I have had a couple of reporters very interested and then oddly they back out.
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Yay skyler! This is the best story I have seen on lyme in Tampa
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You go girl!!!! Posts: 1603 | From ny | Registered: Aug 2006
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And it's probably not much help, but I came across an article a few months ago (link for article) that references a lyme specialist in South Florida, though not by name of course. The article refers to her as being the only lyme specialist in South Florida although naturally I have no idea if this dr. is in Sarasota (which is in South Florida if I'm not mistaken) or not.
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great job :-)
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Very good - congrats! I wonder if they could keep showing it as a PSA. I hope you'll be feeling better.
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Skyler you are the bomb!!! And thanks for helping all of us. Posts: 1127 | From atlantic city, nj | Registered: May 2008
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WOOOO!!!!!!!!! HOOOOOO!!!!! Major accomplishmenmt ..... getting the word out there where there is no Lyme (yeah right).
Is the Doc in the story an LLMD or at least willing to treat according to ILADS? Florida needs a good lyme literate/ lyme friendly doc that is accessible.
robi
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Congrats for getting the word out there Skyler!
You looked great and did an awesome job!
Love, Light, & Health, Jennie
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