living with lyme disease

Why is Lyme disease a hidden epidemic?  Many struggling with a mystery illness could be infected with Lyme and are completely unaware they have the disease. Lyme is the fastest growing vector-borne infectious disease in the United States.

After interviewing Sara, we put together the 5 essential things she wanted all her friends and family to know about Lyme disease.

Someone you know is sick with Lyme disease. It could be a friend, a family member, a significant other, or just an acquaintance. Whether you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Lyme, these 10 things are going to be really useful to know.

We talked to Dan Wolff – The Tick Man and creator of TickEase – to learn more about what makes ticks “tick” and what you should do when you get a tick bite.

Living with chronic illness can significantly impact your confidence levels and change how you look at yourself. It’s common to feel as though your body has ‘let you down’ or ‘is broken’. These beliefs understandably make you feel less confident in yourself. 

While working nights at the clinic, there would be moments when my mind would go blank in the middle of a sentence. My parents noticed I would space out in the middle of conversations, and most days, I walked around like a zombie. I was irritable and depressed but still, I chalked it up to working overnight.