Paperback Book, $24.95
Published in January, 2012

This book is quite possibly the most important Lyme disease book ever published. It was written by one of the Founding Members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, an organization which has denied the legitimacy of chronic Lyme disease. Not only does Dr. Waisbren bring his credibility to the table in asserting the reality of chronic Lyme disease, he also shares with the reader 51 cases of the disease which he has personally treated, along with the many treatment methodologies he uses in his Lyme disease practice. He has been practicing medicine for over 57 years and has published Lyme disease research in many journals, such as The Lancet. 

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Paperback Book, $24.95

Published in January, 2012

That is why I am looking forward to the release of Perry Louis Fields’ new Lyme disease book, entitled The Tick Slayer. The book is slated to be released in a month or so.

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Since I grew up in California and have lived here my whole life (and probably also got my case of Lyme disease here), this article is very close to home for me. I searched for help for years in California before I found a proper diagnosis. Maybe this information can save you, or a loved one, the same trouble.

The Centers for Disease Control present Lyme disease statistics in terms of Lyme disease cases per 100,000 people. To give you an idea of the cases of Lyme on the east coast, here is a brief chart:

As you can see, the incidence hovers around 10-20, maybe 30, cases of Lyme per 100,000 on the east coast (please excuse the non-east coast states that got mixed in there – I didn’t want to waste precious vacation time being a perfectionist on the blog post).

So, given that “Lyme disease is an east coast disease,” you would expect that the cases of Lyme in California would be much less, right? Well, in some parts of the state this is true. However, in other parts, you will note that cases of Lyme are indeed quite high in parts of California.

When my wife and I first got our whippet puppy, we went to the coast of California and after walking around in the grass for a few minutes, the dog had about 40 ticks on her. And remember – whippets are VERY short haired dogs, very clean dogs, and this was only 5 minutes in the grass. You tell me – are you concerned about California? Make up your own mind!

Here’s the map:

FIGURE 5.
Lyme disease incidence per 100,000 person-years by zip code in California, 1993–2005. Wow! Parts of california with incidence of 20-50? That looks like the east coast, doesn’t it? And even a few places with incidence of greater than 50? Well, all I can say is that I DO live in California and I am scared!

Signing off from Monterey,

Bryan Rosner