The movie was excellent. Thank you for recommending it, Ken. Hard to believe that the medical community is not delving more deeply into this terrible disease. The funding for research on Lyme is paltry. We ALL need to emphasize its impact on the health of the public.
I was able to see this important documentary at the Greenwich Free Library earlier this month. Ten years ago I wrote a couple in depth stories on chronic Lyme for Hill Country Observer. Initially the editor was reluctant to let me write on this subject, but when the pieces came out in the April 2013 issue, he told me that the interest expressed by readers was overwhelming and requests for additional copies had never been greater.
Unfortunately, I have my own first-hard experience with trying to obtain care. Approximately 5 years ago I had to go to multiple urgent care clinics and physicians in order to get a blood test for tick borne illnesses. I was limping (from Lyme-related knee problems?) by the time I received a prescription for a blood test from Hudson Headwaters urgent care in Glens Falls. A week later I was diagnosed with Anaplasmosis (which can cause organ damage) and prescribed Doxycycline. The nurse practitioner told me the first Lyme test suggested I was infected but the required second test did not confirm it. Given my symptoms, I think that the nurse practitioner suspected Lyme and therefore prescribed 4 weeks of Doxy. My limp went away. But if I hadn't been extremely persistent in seeking care, God knows what would have happened to me.
By the way, I always take several months of the Buhner herbal protocol (available at Jean's Greens online) when I am diagnosed with Lyme.
I hope I can find a way to see it. Perhaps Crandall will be renting it out soon. You do such a big service doing this, I think you should get the award they give out annually by the Warren County Bar Association.
Yes, corporate medicine is dooming us...it is the ultimate state of for-profit health care. And the band plays on...
The movie was excellent. Thank you for recommending it, Ken. Hard to believe that the medical community is not delving more deeply into this terrible disease. The funding for research on Lyme is paltry. We ALL need to emphasize its impact on the health of the public.
I was able to see this important documentary at the Greenwich Free Library earlier this month. Ten years ago I wrote a couple in depth stories on chronic Lyme for Hill Country Observer. Initially the editor was reluctant to let me write on this subject, but when the pieces came out in the April 2013 issue, he told me that the interest expressed by readers was overwhelming and requests for additional copies had never been greater.
Unfortunately, I have my own first-hard experience with trying to obtain care. Approximately 5 years ago I had to go to multiple urgent care clinics and physicians in order to get a blood test for tick borne illnesses. I was limping (from Lyme-related knee problems?) by the time I received a prescription for a blood test from Hudson Headwaters urgent care in Glens Falls. A week later I was diagnosed with Anaplasmosis (which can cause organ damage) and prescribed Doxycycline. The nurse practitioner told me the first Lyme test suggested I was infected but the required second test did not confirm it. Given my symptoms, I think that the nurse practitioner suspected Lyme and therefore prescribed 4 weeks of Doxy. My limp went away. But if I hadn't been extremely persistent in seeking care, God knows what would have happened to me.
By the way, I always take several months of the Buhner herbal protocol (available at Jean's Greens online) when I am diagnosed with Lyme.
I hope I can find a way to see it. Perhaps Crandall will be renting it out soon. You do such a big service doing this, I think you should get the award they give out annually by the Warren County Bar Association.