Smart Lyme Sufferers

Last night I attended my regular Lyme disease support group. I am so impressed with how intelligent and proactive everyone is in the group. I have always been a seeker of information. I enjoy learning about how our bodies function and the disease process. For Christmas a few years ago, I actually asked for a medical school endocrinology textbook. A family friend gave it to me and I read it for hours. I majored in biology at Whitman College for two years so I learned enough about biology to help me read scholarly articles and understand some medical science. I always felt that I was one of the only patients in other support groups for different diseases that I was wrongly diagnosed with who wanted to know what was really going on in my body. Most people just wanted to be cured. Lyme patients seem to be different. They are all like me. They all desire to know what exactly is happening to their bodies and what they can do to get better. Our discussions are very stimulating. I feel fortunate to have found this wonderful group.