TEXAS MOBILIZING TO PROTECT LLMD'S

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opinions expressed below are solely those of the authors. I am not

advocating that you provide personal or physician information to

anyone. It's your responsibility to check on the credentials of the

people who are behind this project and whether you wish to support

their efforts. If you have more information on the project, please

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penny

THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR

HEALTH

AFTER LATEST LOSS

Central Texas is about to lose its only Lyme-literate medical

professional. At least one other Texas LLMD is understood to be

currently under siege by the TSBME (Texas State Board of Medical

Examiners).

Other doctors have stopped treating Lyme patients due to threats,

whether direct or implied, from the TSBME, and others most surely

have never treated Lyme patients due to fear of potential TSBME

action for doing so.

The Board clearly has an anti-Lyme agenda and is employing all means

possible to shut down informed Lyme treatment in Texas.

The only known remaining LLMD's in the state are being swamped with

new patient requests, and it is unknown if they will be able to

accommodate everyone. Indeed, it is unlikely.

Even if they are, there is no guarantee that the few remaining

practitioners won't meet the same fate, soon leaving Texas without

any qualified Lyme-literate medical professionals.

We Texans have been complacent because we believed that we were

being protected by one of our key State Senators who suffers from

Lyme. Six years ago, in a special Senate hearing, he promised that

he would not allow the TSBME to harass physicians for treating

TBD's. That protection has become an empty promise.

It's time for Texas to do what New York and California have done so

well before us, and it will take all of us to get this done. No

matter how sick you are, you will be able to do something, if only

contacting your State Representative and Senator or adding your name

to a petition.

A rapid response is being formulated, as we must act quickly. To

become part of the solution, send an email to texaslyme@...

with a copy to texaslymeDFW@....

IMPORTANT: Please use the following format:

SUBJECT: Begin your subject line with one of the following options,

depending on your situation

TEXAS PATIENT

TEXAS CAREGIVER

TEXAS MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL

TEXAS ADVOCATE

TEXAS OTHER INTERESTED PARTY

NON-TEXAS PATIENT (add state or country)

NON-TEXAS CAREGIVER (add state or country)

NON-TEXAS MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL (add state or country)

NON-TEXAS ADVOCATE (add state or country)

NON-TEXAS OTHER INTERESTED PARTY (add state or country)

MESSAGE TEXT: Copy the following template into the text box of your

email software and provide the requested information If you are not

comfortable providing your address, please include at least your

city and state as we will need this information to compile

information on the number of imperiled Lyme patients in Texas, and

their locations.

__________________________________________

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

EMAIL ADDRESS

WERE YOU INFECTED IN TEXAS? (Yes, No, or Unknown)

ARE YOU CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR LYME?

IF SO, WHICH DOCTOR ARE YOU SEEING AND WHAT IS HIS/HER LOCATION?

(Specifically, are you traveling out-of-state for your care?)

DO YOU HAVE PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS TO TEXAS STATE

OFFICIALS? If so, which one(s)?

DO YOU HAVE PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL MEDIA (BROADCAST, PRINT, OR

ONLINE) CONTACTS? If so, which one(s)?

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS WHO MAY BE

ABLE TO BENEFIT THIS EFFORT? If so, who?

__________________________________________

Do not close this thread, do not pass go, do not take your next dose

of antibiotics until you have sent us your email. Your continued

access to competent Lyme treatment could not be more imperiled. We

must act quickly and decisively.

Our healthcare future depends on what you do in the next five

minutes.

J. Kocurek

Suzanne Shaps