Jenna’s Lyme Blog

If simply adding other strains of the same Lyme species increases the western blot’s sensitivity, the changes needed in order to detect various Lyme species may be incredible.

Posted on February 7th, 2012 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News, Research and Development. Comments: None

To address the need for better Lyme diagnosis, NeuroScience developed MY Lyme Immune I.D.TM. Here’s how the test works. An individual sends a blood specimen to the laboratory, where white blood (immune) cells are isolated. In the ITT portion of the test, the cells are cultured for five days with individual B. burgdorferi-specific antigens, such as VlsE-1 and other proteins. If T cells that respond to a particular antigen are present in the culture, they become activated and proliferate. This indicates that the person has been exposed to B. burgdorferi.

Posted on January 30th, 2012 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Research and Development. Comments: None

We will be restreaming select presentations on December 17, 2011 that were not seen due to
technical difficulties on October 27th & 28th, 2011 free of charge.

Posted on December 14th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 1

When it was just humans suffering with tick born diseases we were told that we were crazy. Now that the moose are endangered something must be done.

Posted on December 9th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 2

Not only does the guide define chronic Lyme disease but it clearly validates it. Also noteworthy is the statement, “A negative serological finding does not rule out Lyme borreliosis.”

Posted on December 5th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Coping with Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News. Comments: 4

Some of the checklist materials might be new to you, which underscores the need for another scale to add to the ones currently in existence. This list is based on a massive review of thousands of papers over a decade of full-time reading, 2012 science revelations, and/or massive chart reviews

Posted on December 3rd, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Symptoms. Comments: 3

He describes taking a blood sample from a nervous dog suspected of having Lyme disease, and as the vial filled with blood the dog shook his head strenuously which knocked the syringe from the doctor’s hand and sent the needle flying directly into Dr. Stuers arm.

Posted on November 15th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News, Personal stories. Comments: 6

A founding member no less, Dr. Burton Waisbren (of Milwaukee, Wisconson; http://www.waisbrenclinic.com) has bravely written a book on the evidence of chronic Lyme disease which includes 51 – yes, that is fifty-one, consecutive case reports between 2007 and 2011.

Posted on November 15th, 2011 under Book Reviews, Chronic Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News, The Doctor Says. Comments: 7

My recovery, due primarily to stem cell therapy in India (with a little side credit going toward pre-stem cell antibiotic therapy, as stem cells only have the ability to repair the body but cannot kill bacteria), is still mine to keep.

Posted on September 29th, 2011 under Chronic Lyme Disease, Coping with Lyme Disease, Discussion, Lyme News, Personal stories. Comments: 12