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| ·Remembering Leslie Wermers. One year ago today. | 2009-11-02 20:10:50 | | ·Lyme disease patients mourn passing of well known doctor | 2009-07-01 04:00:00 | | ·All she lost: My sister's battle with Lyme disease | 2009-05-19 04:00:00 | | ·Laura Treanor, 19, Lyme disease not ruled as cause of death | 2009-05-07 04:00:00 | | ·Lila Star Smith Harms, 25, dies from complications of Lyme disease | 2009-05-05 04:00:00 | | ·Lyme Disease Patients Loses a Hero and Friend | 2008-11-16 19:57:38 | | ·Nancy L. (Scully) Strayer: March 20, 1946 - March 12, 2008 | 2008-04-12 04:00:00 | | ·Bite from tick on holiday led to death leap | 2008-04-11 06:49:39 | | ·Rugby great, Mike Gregory, loses his battle with Lyme disease | 2007-11-24 23:51:00 | | ·Missouri teen, 15, dies from Ehrlichiosis | 2007-09-04 04:00:00 | | ·Steven F. Wells, 45, dies after battle with Lyme disease and ALS | 2007-08-14 07:03:39 | | ·Bruno C. Malvezzi | 2007-07-31 21:06:47 | | ·In loving memory of Dr. Edward McNeil | 2007-07-24 19:45:00 | | ·Lyme disease is a growing problem, Britteny Gallgher, Kansas City, MO | 2007-05-24 04:10:00 | | ·Lyme Disease Skyrockets In Maryland | 2007-05-23 04:00:00 | | ·C. Peter Thomas, 46; Sound Engineer | 2007-05-21 04:00:00 | | ·Jimmy Duarte, gifted musician, charismatic islander, dies at 70 | 2007-05-17 15:12:03 | | ·Obituary: Lyme Disease Advocate Karen Johnson ''Rose'' Rose, 1947 - 2007 | 2007-04-30 22:50:17 | | ·BETH'S QUEST: Family crusades against Lyme disease | 2007-04-29 04:00:00 | | ·Tick kit distribution aimed at heading off Lyme disease | 2007-04-28 12:40:00 | | ·Letter to the Editor: In Memory of Lyme Advocate ''Rose'' | 2007-04-26 11:00:03 | | ·Lyme Advocate ''Rose'' Succumbs to Lyme Disease | 2007-04-19 18:25:19 | | ·Body of Missing Woman with Lyme Disease Found | 2007-04-14 21:46:32 | | ·Michael Coers won Pulitzer Prize | 2007-03-21 10:00:43 | | ·E STREETER IN LYME 'SUICIDE' | 2007-03-19 12:33:30 | | ·Lost to Lyme Lyme disease facts | 2007-03-19 04:00:00 | | ·Musician remembered as battler against Lyme disease | 2007-03-19 04:05:00 | | ·Maine Musician Bill Chinnock Dies | 2007-03-08 13:45:18 | | ·Obituary - Eric von Schmidt - Singer and painter was in Dylan's circle | 2007-02-27 11:00:00 | | ·JAMES P. KOCH | 2007-02-22 00:53:49 | | ·Andrew Spielman, 76, Expert on Insect-Borne Diseases, Dies | 2006-12-26 04:00:00 | | ·Martin Frank Dumke | 2006-11-29 04:00:00 | | ·Bill Reynolds: For QB Coen, tragedy lies beneath the surface | 2006-10-29 04:05:00 | | ·Coen plays on without No. 1 fan | 2006-10-17 04:00:00 | | ·Librarian was dedicated to students, family | 2006-09-19 17:02:58 | | ·TORMENT OF BRAIN BUG PROF - Alasdair Crockett | 2006-09-19 13:43:35 | | ·Widow of Lyme disease victim appeals for help | 2006-09-18 22:44:57 | | ·Professor commits suicide after catching dementia from tick bite | 2006-09-17 22:17:12 | | ·Tick talk: Family blames member's death on tickborne illness | 2006-08-21 04:00:00 | | ·Death of York PA area doctor due to Lyme and ALS | 2006-04-29 20:40:02 | | ·Emmy-winner Scott Brazil dies of ALS and Lyme disease at 50 | 2006-04-22 11:37:59 | | ·Kym Cooper- Dead Woman's Own Letter Tells Her Lyme Disease Story | 2006-02-05 14:08:53 | | ·Kym Cooper - Worn down by Lyme | 2006-01-22 01:56:26 | | ·Kym Cooper, 1968-2006, After long battle with Lyme disease | 2006-01-19 13:51:02 | | ·Tribe leader Francis mourned | 2006-01-14 18:22:58 | | ·Easton mourns former selectman after fatal accident | 2005-12-17 13:04:17 | | ·Educator, union leader dies from complications of Lyme disease | 2005-12-08 09:25:32 | | ·'A TERRIBLE WAY TO GO' | 2005-10-22 14:39:56 | | ·Leo Bogart, R.I.P. (1921-2005) | 2005-10-21 15:55:28 | | ·Leo Bogart, 84, Sociologist Who Studied Role of Media in Culture, Is Dead | 2005-10-21 15:46:44 | | ·Passages: Pat Pepper | 2005-10-10 01:11:11 | | ·Man loses battle with Lyme disease | 2005-10-09 10:37:43 |
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From: lymielizzie On: 11-29-2012  To lymetruthseeker Re: "Gary Blier - ACT - Warning - FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE"
Gary Blier is a scam artist and a good one at that thanks to the sick and desperate who don't know any better than to shell out major bucks to have Gary personally pick out sound frequencies that will heal their lyme. Pah-leeze lymies stop the madness! This is a major scam in which Gary has been investigated for. Now Gary Blier is doing these seminars and you see all the desperates holding on to every word this wolf in sheep's clothing spews out. ITS A SCAM ALREADY! | |
---------------------------------------From: lymielizzie On: 11-29-2012 To emmers Re: "Frustration"
Carol is right on. Healing from lyme must be done slowly and carefully. No sugars and I would include no alcohol. Try to eat as organically as you can. Juicing is excellent. I juice daily using Vitamix mixer that you can get at Costco. Get as much rest as you can and get exercise. Walking is excellent if you can get out in the fresh air every day for 15 min to an hour. Try to stay positive. I know its really really hard some days. If it were not for my 100% supportive family I would not be doing as well as I am. Hang in there Emmers. | |
---------------------------------------From: Carold On: 11-21-2012 To emmers Re: "Frustration"
You are so right. This disease is a thief. It took 6 years of my life and I know others who have suffered a lot longer than I. But you can't give up. You must keep killing the bacteria or Protozoa. It's the only way to get your life back. I was told that this disease is not a race, its a marathon. Make sure you have a good LLMD. That's is your best bet. I also found that eating gluten free, sugar free and dairy free helped my body to recover. All that stuff feeds the Lyme bugs, so starve them and kill them. God Bless | |
---------------------------------------From: Carold On: 11-21-2012 To lymetruthseeker Re: "Gary Blier - ACT - Warning - FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE"
This is a scam. I listened to the whole speele and felt there is nothing scientific about it. Please don't give this many your money!!! | |
---------------------------------------From: ambitiousheart On: 11-01-2012 To lymetruthseeker Re: "Gary Blier - ACT - Warning - FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE"
I have personal experience with ACT and although I kind of knew it was sketchy, I journeyed through this for a short time in order to see what I thought I was seeing. Long story short, I have suffered with Lyme severely for 40 years, that's my entire life. I would like to communicate more with you via email to discuss my findings and concerns. I am sorry you and your wife have experienced this. We just want to get well! | |
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 | Opinion / Editorial: Distinct pattern of cognitive impairment noted in study of Lyme patients |
 Distinct Pattern of Cognitive Impairment Noted in Study of Lyme Patients Marian Rissenberg PhD & Susan Chambers MD, The Lyme Times, Vol. 20, Jan-Mar 1998, pp. 29-32 From: Melissa Kaplan'sChronic Neuroimmune Diseases
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Synopsis: This study demonstrates that for the majority of chronic Lyme patients with cognitive complaints, there is in fact a measurable and significant decline in intellectual acuity. The nature and severity of the cognitive impairment is such that it interferes with all aspects of normal functioning: employment, home, marriage, social interactions, and general emotional well-being.
I. Cognitive Characteristics of Chronic Lyme Encephalopathy
On the basis of both a formal neuropsychological study of 49 patients (APA 5/96) and on clinical observation and comprehensive neuropsychological examination of well over 100 patients, a distinct pattern of cognitive impairment occurring chronic Lyme disease can be described. These patients consistently demonstrate deficits in directed, sustained and divided attention, planning and organization of responses, temporal ordering, verbal fluency, abstract reasoning, speed of processing, and motor programming. The overall pattern of intellectual impairment is not unlike that seen with diffuse brain injury, and it most often results in some degree of work-related disability.
Although performance is impaired on measures of cognitive functions associated with specific brain regions -- receptive and expressive language, visuospatial problem solving and memory -- the quality of performance is not suggestive of focal lesions in these areas. Rather, deficits are secondary to impairment of higher level integrative functions, likely mediated by complex neuronal systems. Specifically, the receptive language deficit is secondary to impaired auditory tracking and slowing of mental processing. The expressive language deficit is secondary to impaired word retrieval and response planning, The visuospatial problem solving deficit is secondary to impairment of mental flexibility, conceptualization and the ability to compare and contrast necessary in decision making. Finally, deficits on test of memory function are most often secondary to impairment of the encoding or initial processing of information, which depends on attention, and the retrieval of stored information. The storage of new information, or memory per se, is rarely impaired.
This pattern suggests that cognitive dysfunction in chronic Lyme, while expressed variably across individual patients, results from a common factor -- the breakdown of diffusely represented processes involving both integration and activation, and impacting primarily on attention and reasoning. The fluctuation of impairment over short periods of time suggest that a physiologic rather than a structural mechanism is responsible.
II. Neuropsychological deficits in chronic Lyme disease
(A study presented at the annual meeting of The American Psychiatric Association , May 1996)
The neuro-psychological characteristics of 49 patients with Lyme disease were examined. The study set out to answer three
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| Opinion / Editorial: Did Adam Lanza Have Lyme Disease? |
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A Tick-ing Time Bomb? Did Adam Lanza Have Lyme Disease?by JESSICA BERNSTEIN
As the nation has been questioning how Adam Lanza could have committed such an unfathomable act, mental health issues have been at the forefront of the discussion. However, knowing that Newtown is located in a highly Lyme-endemic area, many in the Lyme community recognize that neurological lyme disease could be part of the answer to what led to the Connecticut shooting.
Although most people or animals with Lyme or other tick-borne diseases are not violent, a small percentage have demonstrated violent behavior. Many may remember the chimpanzee named Travis who attacked the woman and tore off her face. That chimpanzee had Lyme disease and lived in Connecticut.
Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, M.D. estimates that aggressive behavior has been a significant issue for ...
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| Obituaries: Remembering Leslie Wermers. Four years ago today |
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Lexington, KY USA
By LymeBlog News Staff
~You've touched Countless Lives in so Many Beautiful Ways~She Was Always A Loving and Giving Sister; Daughter; Life- Partner; Jayde's Lessie; Ralphie & Dudley's Mommy; Cherished Lyme Patient Advocate; Aunt; Niece; Cousin; & Friend.
Here is an excerpt from the beautiful tribute that Andy Abrahams Wilson wrote in memory of Leslie. Andy is the Producer/Director of the Powerful Lyme Disease Documentary,"Under Our Skin". "The Lyme community has lost an important hero and friend–and so did I. Leslie Wermers, 41, died from heart failure in her sleep on November 2nd, 2008."
"It is hard to imagine Leslie’s heart giving out, because for anyone who knew her she was all heart."
"A dear friend to so many and a tireless worker on behalf of the Minnesota and national Lyme communities, Leslie gave everything she had to help others who were sick. And everything she had was an abundant reserve of love and support–even as her own health waned." Andy Abrahams Wilson, Producer/Director, UNDER OUR SKIN Click Here to read the entire tribute and to watch Leslie's interview excerpt from "Under Our Skin".
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| LymeBlog News: Virginia State Health Commissioner Warns of Lyme Disease |
A NatCapLyme Bulletin
For Virginia Health Professionals
An important
message for you from
Virginia State Health Commissioner
Karen
Remley, MD, MBA, FAAP
May 17, 2012
Dear Colleague,
Wherever you practice in Virginia, you now have to assume that any
patient exposed to ticks is at risk for Lyme disease and other
tickborne diseases. In 2011, there were 1,023 confirmed or probable
cases of Lyme disease and as you can see in the map, cases were
confirmed in all regions of the state. In preparation for what may be
a busy tick season this year, I am writing to build upon last year's
communication and to provide you with the most current information
about Lyme disease and other clinically relevant tickborne diseases
in Virginia. In addition, I want to be sure you have access to
helpful tickborne disease resources and recommended prevention
guidance to provide your patients.
READ
THE FULL MESSAGE HERE:
The National Capital Lyme & Tick-borne Disease
Association
P.O. Box 8211 · McLean VA 22106-8211 ·
Phone & Fax 703-821-8822
natcaplyme@natcaplyme.org http://www.natcaplyme.org
National Capital Lyme Disease Association | P.O. Box
8211 | McLean, VA 22106
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