Art Imitating Life

You all know my story:  I contracted Lyme, no doctor would take me seriously, and phrases such as “you don’t have Lyme,” (despite a VERY HIGH POSITIVE test that my doctor was required to report to the Center for Disease Control) and “Lyme doesn’t exist in Texas” were spouted out by numerous docs.  The first “Lyme Literate” doctor to treat me was pressured to shut down his offices.  He was a doctor for 35 years before he started treating Lyme patients. One year later he was closed. Gone.

Despite the fact that my state has high numbers of Lyme in animals, human doctors still won’t admit to the basic truth: Lyme exists in Texas, the ticks can’t read a map.

Because I wasn’t treated immediately, I now have “Chronic Lyme,” another thing which docs don’t believe exists.  I have suffered physically agony and disability because of doctors’ and insurance companies’ arrogance, stupidity, and greed.

Apparently, however, doctor arrogance isn’t just a problem here, as this clever animation artist depicts an experience amazingly similar to mine.

Doctors expect us to believe that Lyme diseased ticks and other biting insects just simply do not exist in Texas (a near perfect environment for them, incidentally), and that our animals that have Lyme must have vacationed in Connecticut recently, or possibly that Texans have different blood than people from other states, or ticks are scared to cross the state line into Texas (it must be our strict border patrol).

Amazingly, they spout off statements such as “Lyme disease doesn’t exist in Texas,” yet they chastise you for making a statement such as “I have Lyme disease,” even while you are holding a positive Lyme test in your hand.

Either way, I won’t put my faith in a person who make such an ignorant statement.