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This is very sad! Another sad story from a Canadian citizen who struggled for years trying to get diagnosed in her country. When she finally got her diagnosis she ended up losing it all trying to pay for her treatment... so shocking! For the full article simply copy the title of this thread...

That is great! I think making this part of the children's education is a big step towards Lyme awareness. I hope they start doing this kind of things in more and more states! Actually anything health related should be a must, and yes, I'm talking about things like nutrition and such!

There is a thread about the states and cities that are most affected by those pesky infected ticks :( Check it out if you have the time to do so, I was so surprised to see that places like NY are severely affected!

What do you guys think? Do you think 6 minutes would do to get rid of ticks on your clothes? For the full article copy the title of this thread, paste it into your preferred search engine and you should be able to find it.

A very interesting little article that instructs you what to do in case you find a think on your clothes. For the full article, simply copy the title of this thread and paste it into your preferred search engine.

You mean jump to conclusions or are you referring to the doctors not really believing their patients? I've had experience with both... I've seen how young doctors make huge mistakes, often confusing a disease with another. I hate the fact they sometimes assume the most obvious diagnosis is...

It also depends on where you live, some areas are affected more heavily by infected ticks, if you live in one of those heavily hit zones then better be careful. I'm lucky to live in a zone where very few Lyme cases have been reported :)

I think this is a very complicated issue :( I strongly beleive we need to spread more awareness towards this disease, because if we did people in countries like Canada wouldn't have to be traveling to the US in order to get an accurate Lyme diagnosis.

According to this article preventing Lyme can sometimes be more expensive than treating it, do you agree? For the full article, simply copy the title of this thread onto your preferred search engine. You should be able to find it.

Yeah, they have free universal health care in Canada, but it comes with limitations. I think the problem is that they don't have so much experience with Lyme disease over there. I think in my country it would be even harder, but lately there have been some talks and meetings, hopefully...