May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Lyme is the most prevalent vector-borne disease and one of the fastest spreading diseases throughout the United States, and the subjects of diagnosis and treatment of Lyme are politically-charged.
This series of diaries is designed to provide information to the Daily Kos community both for Lyme disease prevention and for those Kossacks living with Lyme. Because the disease is often missed by physicians, these diaries may assist an individual or two in pursuing testing which might otherwise have been missed.
The Lyme Disease Awareness series will be eclectic including personal statements, informational pieces about the science of Lyme, and calls to action for community and political advocacy.
We hope you'll all join us in learning about this rampant disease and the medical/industrial/political morass in which Lyme patients find themselves.
Today's diary by: Amy Tan, reposted with permission.
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