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Lyme Disease
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It is no coincidence then that doctors and patients and the entire Lyme community report—anecdotally, of course, as there is still a frustrating scarcity of good data on anything Lyme-related—that women suffer the most from Lyme. They tend to advance into chronic and late-stage forms of the illness most because often it's checked for last, as doctors often treat them as psychiatric cases first. The nebulous symptoms plus the fracturing of articulacy and cognitive fog can cause any Lyme patient t
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― Sick: A Memoir
― Sick: A Memoir
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i wish i could go back
and tell my younger self to smile with her teeth
it wasn't your fault
the tick chose you; the doctor chose the drugs
and even if it were, you have every right
to bare your yellowed fangs and tell the world to move.
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― Tending Clay, Unearthing Stars: Poems
― Tending Clay, Unearthing Stars: Poems
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