The Great Canadian News Special from CTV ~ Out of the Wild

CTV aired a very well done news special on Lyme Disease in Canada on November 14 2009.
The W5 staff put together an overview of a few patients and what they have to do to get treatment.

David Leggett used to love the outdoors. He was a healthy, active, family man who enjoyed camping trips with his wife and two daughters. His job as a high school principal came with a long summer vacation -- the perfect time to enjoy Canada's vast stretches of wilderness.
That all changed in July 2004, after camping in a provincial park near Sudbury, Ont. "We were out hiking and then one day I couldn't hike anymore and my knee ballooned up. I felt really, really strange. I had no energy," Leggett recalled.
By October, Leggett was too ill to work. After doing some research on his own he suspected he might have Lyme disease -- but his doctors told him that was impossible because it was too rare in Ontario and it didn't exist where he had been camping. They were wrong.

To read the rest of this article and view the W5 News special click here.

Researching Homeopathy

Vitality Magazine recently published an article entitled in their July/Aug issue entitled, Homeopathic Medicine for Treating Lyme Disease. It summarizes a little about the overall picture with Lyme Disease and includes a couple of case studies that used Homeopathy for treatment.. A well written piece giving enough background to orient the reader. Kudos for helping educate us about homeopathy and how it can be used often for 'difficult' cases.

The following excerpt is taken from the article:

"While prescribing homeopathic remedies for chronic illnesses is individualized and dependent on a collection of specific symptoms expressed by each individual, there are situations in which remedies can be used to treat large numbers of people affected by the same illness. Epidemics are prime examples where many display common symptoms. In the case of the flu epidemic, the collective symptoms tend to correspond with the remedies Rhus-toxicodendron and Gelsemium.
In the case of Lyme disease, the collective physical symptoms are homeopathically represented by the remedies Ledum Palustre, Kalmia, and Rhododendron.
Having said this, there is still a high probability for individualized expression of Lyme disease. We are all born with inherent weaknesses and predispositions to illnesses, known as miasms. As such, we each experience and express chronic illnesses a little differently than the next person.
For best results and complete recovery from Lyme disease, consult a trained Classical Homeopath."
Vitality Magazine's article: http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/homeopathic-medicine-for-treating-lyme-disease/

link to Vitality Mag's July/Aug issue article on Homeopathy and Lyme Disease

Here the remedies mentioned in this article.
Is is vital to stress that homeopathy is best administered by a trained Homeopath. The strength and frequency of dosages may bring on symptoms that the patient is not prepared for. Even over the counter strength remedies, if used often enough can cause a 'proving' of the remedy or other complications may arise. Always take homeopathic remedies under the advice of a licensed Homeopath. The information on this blog is not meant to be medical advice- please consult your medical doctor before using any homeopathics.


1) Rhus Toxicodendron

 

http://hpathy.com/homeopathy-materia-medica/a-day-in-the-life-of-rhus-toxicodendron/

2) Gelsemium

http://www.herbs2000.com/homeopathy/gelsemium.htm
http://abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Gels
 3) Ledum Palustre

Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

 

 

http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/_ca/www/erlepa.htm

4) Kalmia

http://www.homeoint.org/illustr/k/kalm.htm
http://hpathy.com/homeopathy-books-online/lectures-on-homeopathic-materia-medica/kalmia-latifolia-2/


5) Rhodedendron

 Rhus Tox vs. Rhodedendron

Info on Rhodedendron

More on Homeopathy

Materia Medica for Homeopathic Remedies

What is a Constitutional remedy?

Some common first aid remedies

Lyme Love on a Mission

Lyme Love was started to advocate for all those affected by Lyme Disease and TBI's (Tick-borne infections).

To address and support the needs of those living through Lyme, as well as their families and loved ones; serving to educate about the harsh realities of how wide-spread Lyme has become.

Since most Lyme patients have faced more than their fair share of opposition on the journey to getting medical treatment, Lyme Love is here to help bring a spirit of compassion.

More effective medical support is direly needed. Far too may people are suffering, needlessly, silently, even dying. With readily available medical treatment the Lyme epidemic could be held at bay.

Many people believe that with reliable testing the statistics would show that Lyme is growing at a rate faster than AIDS! We ask ourselves then, "Why are Lyme patients finding themselves caught in a political debate over the definition of Lyme Disease?".

Lyme Love was created to help give a voice to the thousands of Lyme patients, both those already diagnosed and those mis and un-diagnosed.

We deserve medical treatment! While the medical community debates over the definitions and criteria, we are still sick.

All those who have survived Lyme are truly pioneers with unrelenting determination. Those "in-the-know" about Lyme understand that with early detection and treatment Lyme has a much higher success rate of being fully healed.

The medical community must listen! We are not going to just go away! We demand accurate, readily available, affordable testing. We demand access to the best known treatments.
Those with M.S., Autism, A.L.S., Parkinsons, Fibro, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Lupus, (plus many other conditions) all deserve to be tested for TBI's, to determine what part Lyme may have played in their illnesses.

We deserve the truth about where Lyme came from and what information has been suppressed from the public.

Our voices cannot be silenced! We have suffered long enough. Countless numbers of us battling Lyme ourselves are also mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters of Lyme "victims". It is common for several members in the same family to all have Lyme, many the entire family, in Lyme endemic regions.

Many of us were angry so long that our anger has now transformed into sheer determination.

We demand to be have our medical needs re-examined fully.

Launching Lyme Love

Launching Lyme Love

"Lyme Love" will serve to be a space to share about my family's journey living through Lyme and co-infections.
Hugs
Shari