Lyme Disease Featured On The Today Show

[susieg-1]

Having finally been diagnosed with Lyme disease after learning of the symptoms and accurate testing procedures on this forum, I was thrilled to see a short segment on the NBC Today show that may help raise awareness of this terrible disease. They mentioned an article in the June issue of Self magazine that describes one woman's struggle for an accurate diagnosis and treatment for her Lyme disease. Great to see some national coverage on this topic!!

The video can be seen on the Today show website or the ivillage website.

[kayavara]

  susieg_1 said:

Having finally been diagnosed with Lyme disease after learning of the symptoms and accurate testing procedures on this forum, I was thrilled to see a short segment on the NBC Today show that may help raise awareness of this terrible disease. They mentioned an article in the June issue of Self magazine that describes one woman's struggle for an accurate diagnosis and treatment for her Lyme disease. Great to see some national coverage on this topic

The video can be seen on the Today show website or the ivillage website.

I saw it too and thought of a couple of people posting here.I am glad the lady finally got the correct dx.It is crazy living with so many problems and not knowing why.....reminds me of myself....just not as long as that poor lady.

[CarlaB]

I heard about the segment but did not see it. I find it frustrating, however, that they are tagging stuff like "three weeks of antibiotics is enough" at the end of this type of segment. Keep in mind when you hear this kind of thing that the IDSA (infectious disease society of America) was just forced to rewrite their guidelines for treatment of Lyme Disease because of anti-trust violations. This three week period is from their old guidelines. The new ones won't be out until next year.

After three weeks I still couldn't walk without help.

But it is good that word is getting out more.