Lyme disease pointers please

[kinzel]

In the midst of all the celebration of my mother and step-father's 50th anniversary we discover a family member(neither of us), is diagnosed with AND suffering very much from Lyme disease to the point of being unable to travel 8 miles to be part of an event months in the planning.

We are looking for non-generic Lyme disease information, that is, for information and resources proven useful for someone you know, if not yourself. The victim is male, in his early fifties, generally an active and rugged out-door type with wide ranging interests... who is recently reduced to "hurting in places he didn't know he had" ... as his son reports it.

Generic information or resources localized for Maryland or the Mid-Atlantic might help as well.

We're on the road, have had a very mixed connectivity weekend, and may not be able to check in again until Tuesday or even Wednesday.

TIA!

Steve

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[reedrover]

Dr. Les Gavora, in Fairfax VA, treated my Mom for Lyme's back when no one really believed it was in Virginia. As I recall, the treatment was a month of tetracycline, months and months of Prednisone, and many months of physical therapy to regain control of her partially paralyzed left side.

A friend is currently [still] undergoing treatment through Fauquier Hospital.

Feel free to drop me a direct e-mail to reedrover at livejournal dot com (or give my info to your friend) and I'll do what I can to help make connections for him.