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Thanks Robynn!

Here is my letter to Nightline Below:

Dear Nightline Producers,

Although you have bought up a well needed controversy, that of Lyme

Disease your short story needs some follow-up.

I waited for your Lyme special to air for many weeks, and was

disappointed that the beginning of the story was not followed up with

someone representing the Lyme literate. Instead the opposition was

someone who treats cancer. This seemed pretty extreme.

The extreme you should have emphasized more is the people whom are

misdiagnosed with MS, ALS, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue and Rheumatoid

Arthritis.

Our own celebrities here in LA like J. Fox, and Montel

have been diagnosed with diseases such as MS, and Parkinsons;

should have inquired further for Lyme Disease Diagnosis. But, how can

they? Especially without ABC showing some folks with these illness's

that have fully recovered, through long term antibiotic use. I did

appreciate the beginning of the program you aired by stating one patient

was out of her wheelchair. I just expect several follow-ups from a

broadcasting company as thorough as ABC. I hope you can spread some Lyme

Awareness despite all the bad press as of late.

Their are so many Lyme patients that have died because they have not

driven on to obtain antibiotics from their physicians. They have gotten

off of therapy only to relapse and need IV or IM antibiotics, when oral

antibiotics would have been sufficient had they continued treatment.

Even a pimply faced teen can get long term antibiotics for acne!

I feel sorry for our physicians being mandated so harshly. The AMA

has one arm tied up, and the Medical Board the other. They fear for

their jobs!

I was recently diagnosed with long standing lyme disease and if I

must, I will go to the FEED STORE and aquire antibiotics to treat

myself. I feel like a new person, after many years of pain, and reduced

cognitive ability.

May you stress in your next report that Lyme Disease is a

spirochete mediated illness. Just as syphyllis (another spirochetel

illness). Niether of these illness's are cured by a few days or months

of antibiotics.

Sincerely,

Eve alldat@...