Comments on: A Lyme Disease Warning From The CDC

Number Of Reported Cases Of Disease Are Rising Steadily, Warns Centers For Disease Control

[drputt45]

About 10 years ago, after visiting in the midwest, I spotted the bullseye on my 7 year old son's back. I had read about Lyme disease while on vacation and we had been careful about ticks. We took my son to the doctor here in Texas and he had just treated his first ever Lyme patient a couple of weeks earlier. Our son was treated and is doing fine.

We can blame the government, doctors or whoever, but sometimes we have be be aware of our surroundings and the dangers they carry. Sometimes we have to accept responsibility.

[toolmangler-2009]

You may find the government may have created the disease
Posted by bustardo at 10:51 AM : Jun 18, 2007


I guess that the Gvmnt created Smallpox to give the indians (and, Yes I know about the blankets that were handed out), and Bubonic Plague to give the Europeans, I am also sure that polio was created just to make F.D.Rs. life hard.
Nobody seems to think that 'Mother Nature' herself might be doing any of this. I'll bet the old Gal is sitting back saying "Suck it up, Lifes hard and then you die"

[nicsurf10]

I feel that Lyme is a major health issue and a possible cover up. I think it's possible you can't get rid of it and it keeps coming back whether youv'e been been bitten again or not.I was treated last year in the early stages and a year later Ive got it again and I don't think I was bitten again.It's changed my life for the worse and I think if people knew how common it is and the immediate negative results and future results they would move to a part of the country where there wasnt lyme. All I hear about on the news in ct. is about bird flu or west nile virus..but meanwhile lyme is destroying thousands of peoples lifes and doctors dont seem to know much about it.Why not?Its affecting a lot more people than you think Its an epidemic..with very little knowledge about it ...

[hostbody-2009]

Thank you for your segment on Lyme Disease. Lyme disease destroys cells in your body, causes intense pain, fatigue, and neurological symptoms. It is extremely hard for a Lyme patient to continue to fight for better testing and treatment when the patient can barely get out of bed. Those that feel this isn't their problem are not living in reality. This disease is panademic and will cost the public due to patients going on disability. I would rather pay for testing and treatment so that the patients can lead productive lives. Yes, I support the Lyme Bill and have contacted my representatives in the government. We all should.

[bustardo]

Why do experts want the government to provide the money, they didn't creat the desease?
Posted by Consciousnes at 09:29 AM : Jun 18, 2007


Are you so sure? Read the article in the latest Yankee Magazine. You may find the government may have created the disease and chose ticks as the vector. The ticks were then spread from the isolated island to the nearby New England mainland by birds.

Just sayin'

[jimibear]

pwdebbie, how much are you suing that doctor for? Just to take an example, I was about 25 in 1993, had no medical education, and even so, knew of the existence of Lyme disease. It was common knowledge then, and for a so-called "professional" to discount its existence is inexcusable. A cretin like the one you describe has no business practicing medicine.

[jimibear]

"Why do experts want the government to provide the money, they didn't creat the desease?

Posted by Consciousnes at 09:29 AM : Jun 18, 2007"


Thank you, Consciousnes, for proving that there truly is such a thing as a stupid question.

By your "logic", no disease would ever get funding for treatment except by those who created it. Therefore, we would still have poliom, rampant smallpox, mumps, measles and so forth killing people. We wouldn't try to find a cure for cancer, AIDS, or indeed anything.

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

[bstmorgan]

I too was misdiagnosed for two years. After megadoses of steroids and chemo drugs only made it bearble to move. When I pleaded to treat me for it (it is not prevelaint in OK). I knew I had been bit by a tick and then the symptoms started. My first tests came back inconclusive. But one came back with positive results in most of the categories, I was treated for 30 days. It was a miracle how much better I was. Because of the late treatment I have residule effects and have had two relapses. I am now unable to take antibiotics for it because I get sever reactions to them. More reserch needs to be done and other antibiotics needs to be tested for those that are alergic to penicillian or non-penn antibiotics that you can no longer take.

[consciousnes]

Why do experts want the government to provide the money, they didn't creat the desease?

[pwdebbie]

My husband had symptoms of Lyme in 1993. After several months, he went to the doctorand asked to be tested for Lyme. The doctor LAUGHED -- said Lyme was the latest "fad" and there really was no such illness. His symptoms continued to worsen until he nearly died in late 1994. After a brief recovery (over the Christmas season, which we were thinking could be our last), he became deathly ill again. This time I requested that he be transferred to a larger teaching hospital. There they uncovered an autoimmune disease and began treating him for that. In the course of that treatment, he began to manifest late-stage symptoms of Lyme. Thankfully, this time the doctor was a Lyme Disease specialist, recognized the symptoms, and ordered labs that confirmed Lyme.

Had the doctor in 1993 not laughed at us and done the tests for Lyme, my husband would probably not be on disability today. Due to his autoimmune disorder, bleeding in his lungs, heart troubles, and neurological problems (including cognitive issues) all caused by Lyme, my husband is no longer an active man. Friends and family mow our lawn, shovel our snow, maintain our home.

I am glad to see that there is more awareness now of Lyme Disease and that doctors are more apt to order the tests and begin treatment.

Please, keep this issue in the public eye as much as possible so that more people can get the treatment they need instead of being ignored as my husband was.