If I hadn't studied the disease parameters in detail, I would never have realized that I was not the only family member suffering from Lyme disease. All three of my children had it. One of my daughters, at the time age 10 had had it for six years undiagnosed. We spent thousands of dollars on specialists, medical tests, and abdominal exploratory surgery on her before she was diagnosed in the summer of 1995 when I insisted she be tested. If more physicians in this country and, in particular, this state and county would try to learn more about this disease and how it can manifest itself, they could save countless patients a whole lot of money and needless suffering.
Many physicians only seem to see what they already know.
It just isn't taken seriously here. I know we are not the only family in this county to have had Lyme disease, but we are probably the only ones that really looked for it.