LYME GREEN AUSTRALIA
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Generally housebound unless appointments or admissions |
| Location | Queensland, Australia |
| Introduction | I am involved in fighting LYME DISEASE & other tick-borne co-infections. I am a 35 y/o Australian, no o/s travel prior to illness. Tick bite gave me a bulls-eye rash, arthritis, & a cascade of seemingly unrelated symptoms. Over a decade misdiagnosed and unaware of Lyme Disease epidemic in Australia which is currently denied by the Governments and their agencies, resulting in poor access to inaccurate tests, while simultaneously demanding patient data to change policy to fund treatment for sufferers, yet denying positive tests from international blood labs. I hope that others gain awareness from my experiences. After a year on appropriate Chronic Lyme treatment in 2010 I got my life back and was in remission on maintainance treatment working f/t. In 2013/14 doctors targeted, treatments stopped, my health crashed over and over, numerous admissions were near death. Scary trendline... |
| Favorite movies | "Under Our Skin" a 2008 Lyme Disease documentary |