MUST READ: Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease

Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease

A fellow DINET member and Lyme patient posted about this upcoming documentary (to be released this fall) on Lyme disease.

I really encourage you to take the time to go to this website. Click on the link below and you will be taken to the main page which allows you to view the trailor for the documentary. It is incredibly moving and powerful.

Lyme is thought to be the fastest growing infectious disease in America, yet it is mostly ignored by the traditional medical field. That is a staggering number of people being ignored, untreated and dismissed by the medical profession. Also, we have little to no research available on how to treat this disease.

While the medical world debates whether Lyme disease is 'real' or not we continue to lose time. Again, we as patients are left waiting: waiting for the disease to be recognized, waiting for better treatment options to become available, waiting for doctors to open their eyes, waiting for funding for research. I am convinced that, in time, Lyme disease will be fully recognized as a disabling illness that was once dismissed as 'hogwash'. This is the path illnesses such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis and other diseases have followed. So, I have faith that some day soon we too will recognize Lyme Disease as real.

I pray that this documentary will open eyes and raise awareness. Take the time to watch the trailor. You will not regret it. Prepare to be moved.

http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/

The site is PACKED with information. It's incredibly well-done and comprehensive, perhaps the best site I have found to date to refer friends and family for more information on this illness. Also, they share the many, many faces of people with Lyme disease.

Following are links to other topics on the site:

Film Description: http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_description.html

What is Lyme Disease: http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_background.html

Sample Characters: http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_characters.html

Faces of an Epidemic: http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_faces.html

Resources (packed with links): http://www.openeyepictures.com/underourskin/uos_resources.html

THANK YOU Open Eye Pictures for helping to raise awareness and to educate others!

Blessings,

Emily