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This is a must see for outdoors people and I'd be sad not to see that library packed on the 12th 6pm and 24th 7pm at the FEPL Crystal Ridge branch on Ridge Road. Those dates are easy to remember for all you beer drinkers out there (12 and 24)
. What would be even sadder is if no members of the medical profession showed up because currently very few of our local doctors know anything about Lyme much less even know how to spell it. If you contract Lyme in Niagara your hard pressed to get help. The May 24 screening has a Q&A by a specialist afterward. IMPORTANT!!!! Melisa is trying to compile a list of all residents throughout Niagara who have been diagnosed or suspected they had Lyme disease. She would love to build a data base and share stories and hell I'd even host a subforum for it here on NFN for free if it helps people receive the proper testing. So if you know anyone who fits that bill send them to Melisa's blog and hopefully we'll have her email up here soon so we can easily communicate.
Doc you only need $500 to get the appropriate test to either diagnose or rule out Lyme and I think a swill would be a good fundraiser to achieve that. There's a catch though. You have to help me arrange it
where'd that sticky go? Did you know? Lyme can cause tumors on your adreno gland, cause sexual dysfunction and depression? Did you know it can cause paralysis of joints (not the kind you smoke that cause temporary paralysis) mood swings and exaggerated hangovers? I have here a list of at least 38 symptoms that accompany Lyme disease which can mimic MS, Fibromyalgia, Lupis, Chrohn's and many other disorders and diseases.
we are going to pin this topic until the end of May to encourage everyone to view this film or contact Melisa for networking purposes. The word must get out that just because it is diagnosed as Alzheimer's doesn't mean it's not Lyme and there are many people walking around or bed ridden in Niagara that have Lyme and their Doctors just don't have the education to know any better. Sometimes a self serve health system is the only way to get properly diagnosed so if you ca help Melisa then you may be helping others also.
Please take the time to visit http://www.canlyme.com/diagnosis.html and get educated and learn how to properly remove a tick and prepare it for testing and how to better watch for symptoms.
One more do you know? Only 10% of children who get Lyme display a rash and as few as 30-50% of adults experience a bulls-eye or any rash at all? Tell your doctor that just because you didn't get a bulls-eye rash doesn't mean you don't have Lyme. Tell him the standard practices of detecting Lyme are currently insufficient and that he or she needs to view this medical documentary!
This has been a public service announcement by your neighborhood outdoors guy
