Pamela Weintraub will be doing a book signing at the NYC Lyme Awareness Rally, so bring your "Cure Unknown" Books for her to sign!
Book DescriptionWhen Pamela Weintraub, a science journalist, learned that her oldest son tested positive for Lyme disease, she thought she had found an answer to the symptoms that had been plaguing her family for years—but her nightmare had just begun. Almost everything about Lyme disease turned out to be deeply controversial, from the microbe causing the infection, to the length and type of treatment and the kind of practitioner needed.
On one side of the fight, the scientists who first studied Lyme describe a disease transmitted by a deer tick that is hard to catch but easy to cure no matter how advanced the case. On the other side, rebel doctors insist that Lyme and a soup of “co-infections” cause a complicated spectrum of illness often dramatically different – and far more difficult to treat – than the original researchers claim. Instead of just swollen knees and a rash, patients can experience exhaustion, disabling pain, and a “Lyme fog” that leaves them dazed and confused. As patients struggle for answers, once-treatable infections become chronic.
I have been disabled 15 yrs because no one suspected that my illness was caused by Lyme. In the '60's, when I became ill, no on had heard of Lyme. So what about my case and thousands like me? We are severely ill. Cognitive impairments, exhaustion, etc. unable to function well enough to take part in life. Testing only 3 yrs ago, discovered my Lyme disease. Treatment is very slow and expensive. I am 58.
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