I would seriously love to know the answer to this. Is there a pump and dump provision for smoking weed and breast feeding?

“More than 10 million Americans had been—and continue to be—diagnosed with syndromes with no medically known origin, like chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and post-polio syndrome. “

This is likely because people in the fibro community are coming to terms with the fact that their pain and inflammation is caused by underlying immunological dysfunction, hormone problems and stealth pathogens with poor testing, like lyme disease. I wasted years of my life listening to doctors who told me my lyme was…

Same here. I had an absurdly long labor and major difficultly with stage 3. A midwife delivered me. Baby was healthy and so was I. Had an OB delivered we would have definitely been ordered to c-section.

You can do that if you pump breast milk too. I’m not sure if you mean formula when you say “bottle.”

I honestly appreciate that. It’s just that there’s really not a middle ground, here. There are the people who get early treatment or those who just don’t seem to have an issue carrying the bacterium in their system, and then there are those who are disabled with chronic, untreatable lyme for life. Once it leaves the…

My personal favorite example of this is that there have been SEVEN large sample studies done on female pelvic pain but literally thousands done on erectile dysfunction. Priorities!

“Talky Words!” Thanks for the laugh. I needed that today.

The lyme disease that medicine is dealing with now is more virulent due to OSP A and B, which make it genetically different than the European Lyme disease that you linked. Specifically, there are neurological manifestations in the “American” Lyme disease as opposed to the swollen knee manifestations that one would…

There is no normal after you have spent a huge part of your life with a disease that people tell you is in your head. But it has given me a greater sense of purpose and gratitude. There is life after lyme, or even with lyme. I started a business while bedridden and life has gone on. It’s a new normal, I guess.

Yes, I’ve seen this. Every pathogen has its origin somewhere.

6 months? Once people go chronic, they usually end up dealing with this for life.

I was bedridden for 4 years with lyme. I have friends in the lyme community who have been bed ridden for far longer. It’s fucking scary shit.

Did you know that there is a positive correlation between RA (lupus too) and lyme? Lyme bacteria can trigger the RA. Just sharing:

Operation Paperclip was real. We were in a race with the Russians post WWII to get the best minds in science on our side. This included Nazi Scientists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation…

Operation Paperclip was real. We were in a race with the Russians post WWII to get the best minds in science on our side. This included Nazi Scientists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation…

They're using the word "reverse" to make it a moral decision over a medical procedure/outcome. Like, you can decide in the midst of it all to "reverse" your moral failing! YAY!

Yeah, thanks for reiterating the same EXACT comments made in the Gawker Media comments ad nasueum and including all key words: "Special Snowflake," "herd immunity," "antivaxx". Well done!

Are you struggling with reading comprehension? Or do you just want to yell "JENNY MCARTHY, ANTI SCIENCE!, ANTIVAXX!!" at me to blow off steam?

I apologize, sincerely. I'm sad that there is no dialogue about this, and it worries me that people seem to get their information about health and medicine from Gawker Media. Please see my other comments which explain that vaccines are contraindicated for certain populations.