Wisconsin: Wisconsin/Illinois Support Group

Within these groups of individuals across the United States and other countries, there are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters and so forth. As Dr. Jemsek states, “sooner or later” your family will be affected by this growing disease and you, too, will be trying to make a difference.

“In the Lymelight” ~ Wisconsin/Illinois Support Group and Lyme Events

Lisa is a mother, daughter, friend, confidante, psychotherapist, coordinator, cheerleader, researcher, supporter and advocate. Since 2005, she has been advocating for Lyme Disease by sending informational letters to all the HMO’s in Wisconsin, spreading awareness and educating the area schools. When it comes to supporting the Lyme community, she is a jack of all trades, she lends a hand wherever and whenever she can since her children are all grown and on their own.

Lyme changed her life dramatically from working full-time as a Visiting Angel plus two other jobs.

Lisa quickly began to lose her ability to work as hard and as long as she once did. Lisa saw over 100 physicians before she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease by a general family practitioner that considered her problems were stemming from Lyme. The standard treatment did not work for her and she was refused additional treatment. In her journey to gain more information and become well, she was made aware of the controversial debate over Lyme; this was her impetus for becoming an advocate for Lyme Disease and the other tick-borne co-infections. “I instantly became an advocate and thought that the truth needed to be told on this disease and its co-infections.”

She began the Wisconsin/Illinois Support Group to help those in need of support and understanding. She has just recently launched her new website What is Lyme? and Lyme Events in hopes of coordinating all the events for fundraising, support group events, walks, rallies, benefits, online activism, letter writing campaigns, and awareness month events. She also has an online Wisconsin/Illinois Support Group page on Facebook to communicate with those that are bedridden or homebound. She also is always willing to lend an ear for those that are having a difficult time typing or controlling their motor functions or just needs someone to talk to.  She also created a couple of touching videos called “Faces of Lyme.“

She also was the coordinator of the WorldWide Lyme Protest 2013.

For more information about Lisa’s four websites Facebook group Wisconsin/Illinois and Lyme Events (moving), What is Lyme? Do I Have Lyme? and My Lyme Blog, or go to Facebok and request to join the group Wisconsin/Illinois group and http://lymeevents.webs.com/.

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