Lyme Awareness Protests

From: http://lymegreen2014.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/lyme-awareness-protests.html


This weekend will see awareness protests around the world with the aim of increasing awareness of Lyme disease and gaining proper treatment for patients and updated information, based on current research for doctors, other health professionals, and patients.


Details, pictures, and media coverage from all the protests can be found on the Worldwide Lyme Protest facebook page.


In the UK, Friday saw a Lyme awareness protest in Manchester; Saturday will see a protest outside the Department of Health in London.


See the Lyme Disease UK facebook page for coverage of both events.


If you're in London and looking for something to do tomorrow - join in the protest; take the place of someone who wishes to be there but is too ill to attend because treatment is not available....

If you can't do that, show your support by supporting the GoLymeGreen campaign - wear green, turn your profiles pictures green and share awareness about Lyme!


Your help could save someone's life.

Be the change you wish to see in the world

~ Gandhi

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

May is Lyme disease awareness month and the weekend of 16th-18th May will see protests around the globe, all aiming to increase awareness of this debilitating illness and demanding better access to treatment and information for both patients and doctors.

This year, I am involved in some various other ways of raising awareness, but I aim to post on my blog too - since this was its original purpose.  My journey out of the 'Lymelight' is just taking a few twists and turns...... actually twists and turns doesn't really cover it - it's turned into a rollercoaster....... the absolute craziest, most terrifying rollercoaster you can imagine, with vertical drops and loop-the-loops at supersonic speed..... in the dark.  I think that about covers it.

However, stories of my life are best left for another day.  Today I want to link to this blog and begin to draw attention to the social media aspect of Lyme awareness - social media holds such power, unimaginable even a few years ago.  Sharing information, turning your profile picture(s) green, or your cover picture to one of the many that have been created, or adding an 'awareness ribbon' to your profile will help raise awareness and stop this disease making people so devastatingly ill.  When Lyme is caught early, it is much easier to treat - knowledge and awareness can make this possible.

So please follow: http://lymegreen2014.blogspot.co.uk/ during the month of May and help raise awareness for an illness which is so poorly understood.

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