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Hi friend,

Please join us for our Lyme Talk, Saturday evening and don't forget

our regular talk on Wednesdays with Lobes.

josh

PS: There's a special message following our day, time schedule, I'd

really like you to read.

http://www.lymediseaseaudio.com/hearme.htm

OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE:

**** Lyme Talk, Wednesdays

8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central, 6 PM Mountain, 5 PM Pacific

and

**** Lyme Talk, Saturdays

8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central, 6 PM Mountain, 5 PM Pacific

Subject: [ ] Valentine's Day Mail Blitz to

President Bush

" Have a Heart, Mr. President "

I am asking each

household with Lyme to mail a postcard or note to the

White House between

February 1 and 10, 2001. We need a simple

inexpensive

census of people

with Lyme, especially chronic Lyme.

Don't bother to write a long letter

or medical history. They total the

pieces of mail in a particular category.

Put a green heart on the

outside of the envelope or write Lyme in large

letters. Make it simple

for the mail sorters.

Please notify anyone you

know who has been bitten, even if they are

currently well. Phone those who

have no computer. Contact any media

people and inform them that this is a

nationwide campaign. Try to

generate a local story. Reasons for

the

campaign are:

1. Underreported numbers of cases

2. Constant

misdiagnosis

3. Discrimination by insurance companies 4. Harassment of

physicians

who treat Lyme patients

Sample note (copy if you

like)

Dear President Bush:

Countless numbers of Americans are being stricken by the debilitating

illness, Lyme disease, yet, there is very little being done to insure

that

those who are infected with it, get the proper diagnosis and

treatment.

As a result, there are potentially millions of people who may have this

illness and are

being wrongly told they are suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,

fibromyalgia, MS, Lupus, or ALS.

To make matters worse, those who have been identified as suffering from

the illness are not getting the antibiotic treatment they need, simply

because the insurance industry doesn't want to pay for the treatments.

Instead, the insurance companies appeal to their hired " pseudo "

experts who tell the infected patients they no longer have Lyme disease.

This occurs, despite the fact that many of these patients still test

positive for the infection.

Please help all of us get the care we desperately need.

Put the number of

household members with Lyme, your name and state.

Ask the " Lyme Kids " to

make him a green Valentine, including their age

and how long they've been

sick.

We need a " LANDSLIDE FOR LYME. "

Please post this

everywhere.

President W. Bush

1600 Pennsylvania

Avenue

Washington, D.C. 20500

Thank you all for your

co-operation.

Louise Doherty Shanahan, New Jersey

letter altered by josh