Lyme Stories, Symptoms, Treatment By Bay Area Lyme Guest Post from Michelle McKeon, MS, President, Lyme and Cancer Services Bay Area Lyme is happy to share the editorial contributions of care providers, patients, caregivers, and others in the community who are eager...
Authored by Michelle McKeon If you have never experienced the traumatizing effects of Lyme, take my word, it is a complete nightmare. I spent years in pain, battling confusing symptoms and feeling as though I had very little control over my life after antibiotics...
Authored by Michelle McKeon | Original article from the Townsend Letter Hyperthermia treatment…not really a treatment that is often talked about in the United States, is it? Similar to Lyme disease, this treatment has been around for a while, though it has not...
Authored by Michelle McKeon Why 2019 is the Worst Year Ever in Tick Numbers Tick, Tick, Tick Boom! This season it is as if a “ticking” time bomb has exploded across the country! Ticks are found in parks, yards, fields, and even beaches! Along with ticks, can come some...
Plasmapheresis is a process where the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Usually, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or the plasma is treated and then returned to your body. Some people refer to...
After a difficult and at times, life threatening battle with Lyme disease, Avril Lavigne is making a return to the music scene with the release her new single – Head Above Water – which she wrote from her bed during the height of her illness. Lavigne took to social...