Oprah's Dr. Oz Talks Lyme on XM Radio November 26!
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Under Our Skin will be featured on Dr. Mehmet Oz's radio show on Oprah and Friends.XM Satellite Radio, November 26, 2008. It airs 3 times during that day at 1:00 am, 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Eastern time.*You can listen to via the Internet FOR FREE even if you don't have Satellite Radio!Plus Dr. Oz said, "He wants to hear from people who are su...
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WCBV TV Boston: Ticked. Now that's Reporting the News!
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
I just got this news story from the Vermont Lyme Network. Pam Weintraub, the author from the Lyme event in Brattleboro VT on Saturday is in it. Boston reporter Peter Mehegan of WCBV TV is the reporter and it is some of the best news coverage I have seen on the subject. It aired November 14th. Very well done, bravo WCBV Boston! “Four doct...
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LAAP Event Huge Sucess!
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
The LAAP lyme awareness movie event in Brattleboro VT was a huge sucess!!!!! I have lots to say about it and am very excited but I am also really sick today so I will post photos for now and write more when I am feeling better. Left to right my husband Don, me, Pam Weintraub, Dr. Carr Dr Carr answering a question from an audience member LLMD Dr...
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Brattleboro Reformer Article About LAAP Lyme Event
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Living with LymeBy HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff Friday, November 14 BRATTLEBORO -- For the past eight years, Linda Marcille has been looking for answers. In the summer of 2000, Marcille developed a rash on her stomach and came down with severe flu-like symptoms. She was given a number of tests which came back negative and, because her r...
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41 Year old Leslie Wermers Dies of Lyme Disease
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Don and I just found out that yet another Lyme sufferer and advocate has lost the battle with this horrible disease. Leslie Wermers has died from Lyme disease. She is in the Movie Under Our Skin that will be playing at the Lyme event in Brattleboro, VT next weekend. So many people have already died from this devastating disease, we pray that th...
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LAAP Artwork & Poetry on Display at the Latchis Theatre
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Don & I hung the Lyme Awareness Art Project (LAAP) artwork and poetry at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro Vermont on Sunday. It was really exciting to see the amazing creativity of so many Lyme sufferers on display in such a large place. The artwork will be up all month long and will be included in Brattleboro’s famous “First F...
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Turn the Corner Foundation Fundraising Gala Event
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Merrilee Hesterfer is on the event committee for the leading Lyme Disease non-profit the Turn the Corner Foundation, working on their yearly fundraising gala, UnMAsk A Cure, at the stunning venue Gotham Hall on November 13th in New York City. She sent me the letter below about the event. "There's a common misconception about Lyme Disease th...
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House Debate on Lyme Bill Video!!
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
From: http://www.lymerights.org/index.html September 27, 2008 C-Span video of the Lyme Bill debate in the House of Representatives. This is the real thing! Click here to watch now.Watch lower Resolution = Smaller file CALL TO ACTION UPDATE 2008 #8 (September 28, 2008) Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) http://www.lymedis...
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"A Piece of Me" by Susan Chacon & Photograph by Chris Burgess
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Below is a new poem that was submitted to the Lyme Awareness Art Project by Susan Chacon. Susan also submitted the Photograph which was taken by Chris Burgess. A Piece of Me Sometimes I am terrified Seeing pieces disappearing Trying to refocus But seeing is believing Crying for a lost life Unsure of what is left Refusing to believe That t...
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Pat Smith, LDA President's Update on Congress/Lyme
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
CALL TO ACTION UPDATE 2008 #8 September 28, 2008 Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. (LDA) http://www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org Update: Today, history was made and patients’ plight was revealed. By working together at grass roots level & focusing on what would best serve the entire community, our voices have final...
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Lyme Movie & Q & A with Lyme Expert Rex Carr MD in Brattleboro VT
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Lyme Awareness Art Project Brings Lyme Disease Movie to Brattleboro Confused about the controversial subject of Lyme disease? Disturbing, if not terrifying, UNDER OUR SKIN is what director Andy Abrahams Wilson calls “a chilling tale of the pursuit of profit and prestige at the expense of science and very sick patients.” Join us at ...
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Under Our Skin Screening Date in Brattleboro VT
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
It is official, after months of trying to pull it all together we have a confirmed date for the screening of the movie “Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease. The screening will take place in downtown Brattleboro, VT at the Historic Latchis Theater the date is November 15, time is 4:00. The film company told us this is the abso...
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New Painting on the LAAP Cyber Gallery
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
The beautiful image above was submitted to the Lyme Awareness Art Project (LAAP) Cyber Gallery by Marg Rehnberg from Quiet Place Gallery & Studio in Algonquin, IL 60102 More of Marg’s artwork can be seen on her website at: http://www.artbymarg.com/ Visit the LAAP website to view more artwork and poetry created by people who have strug...
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Relief in Sight?
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
I have been suffering from this paralyzing fatigue for months that is even more severe than my normal Lyme fatigue. It makes it impossible for me to work in my studio, cook, clean or even go for a walk most days. I even have had trouble standing up for the entire length of a shower at times and end up having to sit in the bathtub to finish up. W...
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Lyme Conferences in SF
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
A friend asked me to post this: From the California Lyme Disease Association: We need your help to encourage healthcare professionals to attend the annual scientific/medical Lyme conferences in San Francisco in October. This is the first year the conferences will be on the west coast and outreach is critical. Please make sure your LLMD or ...
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Documentary tackles Lyme disease debate on Cape Cod
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
Documentary tackles Lyme disease debate Cape Cod Times, Cape Cod, MA USA By CYNTHIA McCORMICK cmccormick@capecodonline.com It wasn't long ago that filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson thought of Lyme disease as the whiner's disease. "They get tired and sick and they complain a lot," was Wilson's view of those afflicted with the tick-borne illness, ev...
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Under Our Skin Screening in Brattleboro, VT
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
The Historic Latchis Theater in downtown Brattleboro has agreed to have the Lyme Awareness Art Project (LAAP) screening of the award winning movie “Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme” at their theater. Here is a link to the Latchis Theaters website: http://www.latchis.com/ and a Link to the Under Our Skin website where you can watch a trai...
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My Lyme History
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Linda M.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Lyme Disease
At a time in my life when I was enjoying the rapid growth of my art career, I suddenly became very ill. Don and I had just done a craft show in both Connecticut and Cape Cod and when we returned I found a rash on my stomach and then got what I thought was the flu. Later I got terrible pain in my joints, fatigue, vision and hearing loss, weight g...
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