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"This Chronic LIfe"
By Nicki Nysven
"Lyme Disease is Baffling even to the experts"
By Meghan O'Rourke, The Atlantic
"Tickpocalypse"
Is a Global Lyme Disease Pandemic Coming? It's Already Here. Learn What You Can Do About It. Medium: Special Report
"Lyme Disease: Solving the 'Lyme Wars'"
by Marcelo Campos, MD, Harvard Health Blog
"Brain Illness Spread by Ticks has reached the UK"
By Michelle Roberts, BBC News
"What Happens When Lyme Disease Becomes an Identity?"
by Molly Fischer
"The best Tick Repellent for Humans"
by Ben Cannon
Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With Them
by Maryn McKenna
NEW: FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO. An investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide.
Mackay Rippey. LAc & Aurora – Show Producer
This private landing page will give you access to the “Jumpstart Your Recovery” course with Dr. Rawls, completely free of charge. We will also make a $25.00 donation to Project Lyme for each Tick Chicks listener that signs up for the Jumpstart Course!
ALL courses: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 (hundred plus hours of content that is laid out in a streamlined roadmap for self healing
LIVE access to the 5 month Primal Trust Mentorship Level 2 Program begins Jan 25th
Weekly LIVE classes everyday on all things self healing and neuroplasticity
Live group coaching classes
Forum, Workbooks, Study Groups
Video library from ALL past content
This is an all in one brain retraining, somatics, vagus nerve healing program that also includes inner attachment repair, True Self development, and training for emerging back into the world after illness.
ILADS hosts a few different conferences every year at different locations around the globe. Sign up on their website to receive updates about their upcoming conferences. Not only will you get to hear from various experts on Lyme, all in one location, but it is a great chance to meet up with others from the Lyme community.
Under Our Skin
An Academy Award Semifinalist documentary that reveals what life can be like with Lyme disease and the controversy around the disease within the healthcare system
EMERGENCE
The sequel to Under Our Skin offers hope as the documentary shows the characters from the original film find ways to heal and regain their health.
Heal
A documentary that focuses on how the healing process can be spiritual and emotional. Sometimes how we feel and think can influence our bodies’ health.
Ticked Off Foundation’s mission is to provide financial assistance and treatment support to Lyme and tick-borne disease patients over the age of 26 who are in crisis. We do this through microgrants, treatment discounts and counseling to stem the tide of Lyme-related suicides. They are now partnering with NutraMedix (Dr. Cowden’s protocol) to offer a significantly discounted rate for those facing financial hardships and qualify. ($50 for first month, $150 for months two-six). To apply, visit Ticked Off Foundation Financial Assistance.
Ravel is a new addition to the community that specializes in affordable virtual care for Lyme, mold and complex chronic illness. Founded by 2 chronic Lyme patients who were frustrated with the available options, Ravel aims to simplify the Lyme journey from start to finish:
- No medical gaslighting or saying it’s ‘all in your head’
- No waitlists to see a vetted Lyme-literate provider
- Personalized patient/provider matching
- Conventional, Functional and Integrative treatment options
- Affordable 30, 60 or 90-minute monthly appointments with ability to upgrade/downgrade on a monthly basis
- Significant discounts on labs and supplements
- Everything done from the comfort of home
Ravel is now live in 10 states — CO, CT, IA, MN, MT, NE, PA, TX, WA & WI — with plans to be nationwide by the end of 2025. The Ravel Co-Founders have been through it themselves and want to do everything they can to support you on your road back to health.
At LivLyme our mission is to provide financial grants to scientists to help fund research projects for better testing, better treatment and a cure for Lyme and Tick-borne diseases. Children are the most vulnerable population when it comes to getting bit by a tick and contracting Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The Foundation strives to provide financial grants to help children receive the mediation and treatment they so desperately need.
Project Lyme’s mission is to eradicate the epidemic of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses by spreading awareness, providing educational resources, funding peer-reviewed research, and supporting advocacy for solutions to end the suffering. Since 2016, Project Lyme has challenged misinformation about diagnosis and treatment, advocated for patients’ rights, and built a community for Lyme patients as well as their loved ones.
This foundation has committed over $50 million to fight Lyme disease. We also love this foundation because the founders understand the daily struggle with Lyme personally, as it is inspired by Alex Cohen who has the chronic disease.
This is organization is a trusted educational resource for millions of Lyme patients, and it also is a huge advocate for bringing public awareness and legislative change to the disease.
This private organization is a great resource that offers lists of books and education materials that can be downloaded directly from its site.
This organization is a little more scientific than the rest. Their site offers evidence-based treatment recommendations based on the latest research. They also hold conferences around the world for patients and medical professionals.
Not many people probably realize that Avril Lavigne has Lyme disease. She hopes to use her fame through music as a platform to provide awareness and resources for others with the disease. She has also partnered with Global Lyme Alliance and the Lyme Light Foundation.
We know how expensive healing can be and as moms, we love that this foundation is dedicated to provide grants to for children or young adults in the U.S. with Lyme disease to receive treatments and medicines.
This organization has contributed over $12 million for Lyme research to date. They have also partnered with Ionica Sciences to develop an accurate Lyme disease diagnostic test, which is super exciting considering we both spent almost a decade trying to figure out our symptoms.
This foundation operates in San Francisco, CA so if you live close it could be a great resource for you. They are working research and new testing that could help better diagnose Lyme in the future. They also do incredible community outreach to educate the public about prevention and general information about Lyme.
Our Lyme doctor referral database can help put you in touch with medical professionals who specialize in diagnosing and treating Lyme disease in your area. You can find out how to help our efforts to enable legislation which promotes scientific research to study Lyme disease and to find a cure, and see what grants we have awarded to researchers to move the field forward. Over the years, our work has been instrumental in helping the fight against Lyme disease, and we could not do it without your generous support.
Lyme disease can be extremely isolating, which is why we appreciate how Lyme Connection is primarily focused on monthly support groups where patients and their families can connect with others in similar situations.
This site brings together a comprehensive list of global, national, and state Lyme organizations.
MilTICK is a free tick testing and identification service available for ticks removed from Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and their dependents. Formerly known as the DoD Human Tick Test Kit Program, this service is provided by the Laboratory Sciences Directorate at the Army Public Health Center located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
The Alex Hudson Lyme Foundation provides grants for Lyme warriors and founded by Jody Hudson, author of “My Promise to Alex”, written about her daughter’s fight with Lyme disease and MCAS.
