Extending the deadline.

I am extending the deadline indefinitely as of right now. I do not have enough stories to accomplish what I am hoping for. So for now I will wait and see if I get anymore stories. Hopefully I do, because that is, afterall, what I want people to see. REAL people with this REAL disease. Thank you to the ones who have sent it your stories, I appreciate it.

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Only 11 days left

I'm sad to say that I still have not received as many stories as I would like. I may push back the deadline a month or so. I really want people to *see* what Lyme patients go through. My own story is such a mess and I plan on writing about every little tidbit of it. But I need more then just my own story. I need yours.

I'm sorry I am not financially able to give you something for the gift of your story. If I could I would. And if this book is successfull I will give back, at the very least a free copy to everyones story that is included. I will be giving back to the Lyme community by donating money to an organization or setting up a fund for Lyme patients who need help with supplements, meds, or Docs. It's so expensive and I feel like that is the best way to give back. Research is important of course. But if we can't get the treatment we need now then it won't matter what the research finds years down the road, we might now be here anymore.

I plan on getting even more into activism after this book is down. I'm going to write GA officals, the local newspapers-anyone I can to get the word out there about this awful, misdiagnosed, hidden epidemic/disease.

Please help me make this book a success. I am really looking for stories of people being misdiagnosed. I would love a story about a patient who was misdiagnosed only to find out it was really Lyme. I want people who have fibro, MS, Lupus, ALS, whatever to read this book and think "Oh man, could this be Lyme?"

I think of people in my past who have had MS, or fibro and I wish there was a way I could get ahold of them and say hey just for shits and giggles get tested for Lyme, and see what happens. One lady's life was totally destroyed emotionally because of "MS", she didn't fit the mold. Doctor's didn't really *know* why she had MS. Very young lady at the time...I wonder.

Anyway y'all help me out please!!!! Stories can be emailed to Lymebook@yahoo.com. Or you can find me on Lymenet.org as littlebit27. Thanks all who have contributed.

Brittany

The photo above was taken by me in my backyard. One of the photos I will be using. *****IF YOU HAVE A PHOTO YOU WOULD LIKE INCLUDED PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME, WITH PERMISSION TO USE IT, KNOWLEDGE YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING ANYTHING IN RETURN AT THE MOMENT, AND A PROMISE THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE. I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN BEFORE AND AFTER PICS OF LYME AND ***TICKS***. I WANT PICTURES OF TICKS FROM STATES WHERE "LYME DOESN'T LIVE"*****
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26 Days Left

26 days left. I hope to get at least 10 more stories. I really want people to read about real people's stories in my book. I'm almost done with my chapters. Thank you for the stories so far.

Ok...there are now 41 days left.

WOW Time has flown. 41 days left until I *hope* to have this book complete. So far I only have 13 stories and a few pictures. I'm hoping more will start pouring in as the deadline approaches. Please remember to check the length of your stories. While I did not put a definite length on them because some Lyme patients stories are 20 years long they must be short enough to use in the book and keep people interested. My hope is that many people who have not been diagnosed yet will pick up this book and say oh man that is me. But I know they will not read stories that are 20 pages long, would you? Especially some Lyme patients and their attention spans, some are not very long, so keep that in mind when writing your story.

Again I am available for interviews if you just can't type or have entirely too much brain fog to do it. Just email me your number and your general schedule and I will call as soon as possible.

Well 41 days left. Please help me make this book a success, oh and speaking of success, if anyone has any success stories please send them. I would like some happy endings!!

PLEASE NOTE: I've been pretty sick myself lately and I've had a lot going on in my life. So if I do not answer you right away please don't get upset, I will start making phone calls and responding to all emails as soon as my life settles a little bit.

Thanks again everyone.

94 days left!

I currently have 6 stories including my own. Keep them coming! I really want this book to be a success! Thank you to everyone who has sent your story in!

Please Read!

Please Read All Postings Before Emailing Questions. I have included a lot of information in the posts and am receiving many questions that I have answered in this blog!

Thank you so much everyone, and please help me make this book a success!

Ok here we go...

I originally wanted to split the stories up by categories such as Diagnosis, Treatment, Misdiagnosis, Living with Lyme, and Healing. But the stories I had recieved so far have been general all encompassing stories. So what I have decided to do is...Have one section that is just General Lyme, and then still have the other chapters with other situations!

So please send me your story to fit in a category, or the General Lyme chapter.

I really want this to be a book where someone who doesn't know about Lyme can learn. Maybe they are sick and are stuggling with their diagnosis and the fit into the symptoms of Lyme. Maybe someone still has no diagnosis and reads the summary of the book will pick it up and find their diagnosis.

220 stories is only a goal! Some stories have been 1 page, some have been 5. I don't know that I will need 220 at the end but I wanted a goal. And if you want to know how I picked that number, it was because when I picked it there was 110 days left until the time I want this book to be done, so I just thought 2 stories a day!

Everyone's story is going to be different from symptoms to diagnosis to treatment.

Also in the first few chapters I will breifly touch on the controversy, symptoms of lyme and co-infections, and treatment guidelines. I want the book to be mainly based on stories and I want people to be learn the information in a more fun way than just reading it from my point of view.