A detox bath is one of the easiest ways to pull toxins from your body and to help you feel better when you’re sick, especially if you have Lyme disease. Detox baths are especially helpful for getting through a Herxheimer which is when your body has an overload of dead bacteria and toxins from the […]
It’s Fall But You’re Not Out of the Woods Yet
The gorgeous robust colors of fall and brisk cool weather make outdoor activities like hiking and nature walks ever so enticing. With the changing colors of the leaves, it’s hard to stay indoors. I just love fall and find the beauty irresistible. While the weather is fabulous, most people don’t realize that they’re still at […]
Nourishing Your Anxious Child
DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that I am not a doctor and what I share here is my personal experience and not intended to diagnose, treat or advise. Please seek the care of a trained professional when needed. When our daughter began having anxiety it never dawned on me to address her diet. I took her […]
Recognizing Anxiety in Your Child
When my family was thrust head-on into life with Lyme and tick-borne diseases, anxiety was one of the many symptoms we had. While anxiety is very common with Lyme it manifested in different ways for each one of us.
Lyme Disease and Living Healthy – Simple Things to Do to Protect and Heal Your Body
A healthy lifestyle is essential if you want to heal from Lyme disease. Over the years I’ve listened to many discussions and medical talks about Lyme disease. One of the things I always wondered was why some people can get bit by a tick and not get sick while others get bit and become overcome […]
How To Make A Tick Kit
Each year more than 300,000 people will get infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease!
It Was Bound To Happen – Our First Tick Bites Since Getting Lyme
It seems as soon as I finished doing a Periscope about how to protect yourself from a tick bite then we found ticks on us. It was bound to happen! Ticks are everywhere and especially around our new home because we’re now in the country.
The Day I Was Happy I Had Lyme Disease
I remember that day, the one when I was so happy to learn that I had Lyme Disease. Obviously, at that time I had no idea what I was in for, nor did I know what Lyme disease was. I remember that day like it was yesterday. There I was sitting in the doctor’s office […]
Maryland Lyme Disease Disclosure Law Being Passed Today
Today, May 10th 2016 at 10:30 a.m., Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland will be signing HB 399/SB 926 into law. This will require health care providers issuing labs for Lyme disease testing to disclose to their patients that the tests are inaccurate and that treatment may be required regardless of test results. [bctt tweet=”Lyme tests […]
Printable Tick Treatment Guidelines
Every year there are major warnings about the record number of ticks for the season and dangerous risks of contracting Lyme disease infections. Many people ignore the warnings and recall a time when a tick bite meant nothing at all. It’s hard for them to believe ticks are dangerous when they had plenty of bites […]
