Awareness for new bill on infectious disease

Awareness for new bill on infectious disease

Elizabeth May just sent this message to her supporters: "Dear Lyme disease advocate,

Today, I am asking for your help in making a difference in the lives of tens of thousands of Canadians. On March 4th, 2014, the House of Commons will begin debate on my Private Members’ Bill, C-442, an Act to Create a National Lyme Disease Strategy.

Many of you are already too aware of the shortcomings of the Canadian medical system in dealing with Lyme. And while not a panacea, Bill C-442, if passed, would bring together Canada’s Health Ministers, medical professionals, scientists, and the advocates for Canadians with Lyme Disease to work toward common goals: increasing awareness and prevention, ensuring accurate diagnoses, tracking the spread of the disease, and establishing national standards for the care and treatment of Lyme that reflect best practices.

This is not about politics, it is about helping the thousands of Canadian families who have had their lives turned upside down by this terrible disease. We have received strong indications of support from the NDP and the Liberals, and many Conservative Members of Parliament have similarly expressed their willingness to stand behind this important initiative. We are cautiously optimistic that this plan can succeed, but we can’t take anything for granted.

We need you to help make sure that this Bill becomes law. Members of Parliament will be back home in their communities during the week of February 17th and, during this time, we are asking you to meet with your MP to share your story, help educate them about Lyme, and explain to them why Canada urgently needs a National Lyme Disease Strategy. Please go to www.greenparty.ca/lyme-disease to call your MP and schedule a meeting during the February 17th constituency week.

Many of you have already shared your stories with us, and we urge you to continue to do so. Please go to www.greenparty.ca/lyme-disease to write how Lyme has impacted your life of that of your loved ones, and why Canada needs a National Lyme Disease Strategy.

Finally, if you haven’t already, please add your name to the online petition and, if you are able, please print out the paper petition and collect signatures in your community. These petitions will be tabled in the House of Commons, and shared with other Members of Parliament who have indicated their support for Bill C-442.

Thank you for taking action.

If you would like more information about Lyme Disease or Bill C-442, please go towww.elizabethmaymp.ca/national-lyme-disease-strategy.

Please support this bill.

More info:
http://ilads.org/
www.canlyme.com


CDC acknowledges new Lyme cases at 300,000 annually - not just 30000, as previously reported.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-headlines/cdc-says-lyme-disease-sickens-300-000-a-year-in-the-u-s-1.1417373

For medical professionals who are new to the treatment of tick-borne diseases - See more at: http://ilads.org/#sthash.wTqNQNKr.dpuf

http://www.underourskin.com/watch.html
http://www.magnotta.com/audio/lyme_disease_spot_2.mp3
http://www.magnotta.com/pdf/CanLyme_Brochure_2012.pdf

THIS IS LYME:

Reality star to make drastic changes to her life. Read more here. - http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/real-housewives-beverly-hills-star-battles-lyme-disease-22476894 #Lyme

" I want to share as much of my story with everyone I meet, to educate people who don’t know anything about #Lyme and it’s co-infections like #Bartonella and #Babesiosis, get national attention so treatments and tests can be reevaluated…but mostly to ensure that NO ONE suffers as much as I did."
http://stef-manning.tumblr.com/post/60209337618/my-lyme-journey-the-diagnosis-battle-begins

The Nature of Things' episode on Lyme (October 10th) preview:
Peter: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/blog/lyme-disease-spreading-across-canada.html
At the bottom of the CTV page, is links to clips of featured Lyme stories.

ALBERTA - Janet Sperling presentation at ME/MCS/CFS conference (May)about Lyme.
https://prowebinars.adobeconnect.com/_a787702240/p59ooama4pn/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

ALBERTA - A Lyme Blog: http://rileylymebegone.blogspot.ca/

Lyme Disease Association of Alberta (LDAA) - "Prevention & Awareness of Lyme Disease."
WWW.ALBERTALYME.ORG

Canadian Lyme Bill presented to parliament. - http://tinyurl.com/6qqvd8g

CanLyme's press releasehttp://www.canlyme.com/CanLyme_Press_Release_Jun_2012(2).pdf

CTV National news
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/CanadaAM/20120619/lymedisease-tick-season-120619/

Jim Wilson - Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
www.canlyme.com
http://www.canlyme.com/

"Lyme Disease is such a devastating disease. It is so easy to become isolated and desperate with the never ending symptoms that #Lyme Disease causes. Not to mention the abandonment of friends and family, and the rejection of the medical community. If you are feeling this way please reach out. There are lots of groups that can help." http://whatislyme.com/if-you-ever-feel-suicidal/

#Lyme #disease, #microbiologist Tom Grier (MS-Lyme), Dr. Alan McDonald (#Alzheimer's-Lym), AND Andy Abrahams Wilson (Under Our Skin) - interviewed (Tuesday, January 28th, 2014) at 5pm PST on #KPFA #radio by Dennis Bernstein. - http://www.kpfa.org/flashpoints


"**It's because the Lyme series has gotten such an overwhelming response from people writing in that Dennis added Andy to the show and is making Lyme the topic for the entire hour! So keep writing in to thank him: dennisjbernstein@gmail.com." - Jim Wilson
#Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation www.canlyme.com

Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC Women’s Hospital. Read press release.
http://www.canlyme.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/release082013BCClinic.pdf

CBC interview: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2403652372/

"Here is the official ... from the BC bureaucrats.
http://canlyme.com/2013/09/03/listen-to-dr-bonnie-henry-regarding-the-bc-clinic-completely-ignore-the-vast-patient-group-who-do-respond-to-longer-term-antibiotics/

Now, it is all of our collective responsibility to ask our elected members if this is how they want their health, and health care in general administered in BC....Dr. Henry talks, as she has for years, as if she has the final say,... none of us ... allowed to question...!!

Please, Please, write your BC representative, http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/3-1-1.htm
and cc the BC Minister of Health Dr. Terry Lake terry.lake.mla@leg.bc.ca
and cc the BC Solicitor General Susan Anton JAG.Minister@gove.bc.ca"
Adapted from CanLyme

"Magnotta pointed to a recent study by the Public Health Agency of Canada and published in the Journal of Applied Technology that indicated the speed of tick invasion in eastern Canada is predicted to increase from 18% in 2010 to over 80% by 2020. Magnotta said this will likely result in a substantial increase in Lyme disease among Canadians. The two major factors dramatically influencing this rate of speed are more migratory birds carrying ticks coming across Canadian borders and climate warming."

http://www.magnotta.com/PressRelease_GMagnottaFoundation.pdf
http://www.magnotta.com/audio/lyme_disease_spot_1.mp3
 
Regards,
 
Lizette De Klerk
 
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THIS is LYME disease!

http://canlyme.com/2011/10/13/jims-story/

Some good music...

Some of my music favs ♫♫♫♫♫♫♫♫

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49AD387194BDCDFD 

Click on "playlist" if it does not load immediately. Njoy  

xxx

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Lizette De Klerk

 

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2013-07-01 Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day!!! :)

Lyrics O Canada (English version):

O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Lyrics O Canada (French version)

« O Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,

Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,

Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée

Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits. »

Lyrics O Canada (Bilingual version - non official)

O Canada! Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command,

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,

Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée

Des plus brillants exploits,

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Open "Video letter" to Canadian Members of Parliament re. Bill C-442

Please watch and share this video:

Open "Video letter" to Canadian Members of Parliament re. Lyme Disease Bill C-442

http://youtu.be/m08yIz-nKuM

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The Real Dangers of Lightning - Medical Myths

• Don't take a bath or shower during a storm. Yes, you can get shocked if you are near pipes or faucets during an electrical storm, so experts recommend that you avoid taking baths or showers when lightning is striking nearby. You also should avoid being near bodies of water if you are outside during a thunderstorm.

  

• Avoid using the phone during a storm. Using a phone with a cord during a thunderstorm is not a good idea because an electrical shock may be transmitted along the phone cord to you. In fact, the use of any electrical appliance should be avoided.

  Talking on a cordless phone indoors is not considered a high-risk activity, even during an electrical storm. However, using a cell phone outside should be avoided because the metal in the phone may act as a lightning rod.

• Know how to calculate a storm's distance. If, after you see lightning, you count the seconds until you hear thunder, that amount of time is not equivalent to the number of miles away the storm is. Rather, you should divide the number of seconds by five. For example, if you see a lightning bolt and count 10 seconds before you hear thunder, the source of that bolt is about two miles away.

• Don't take refuge under a tree. In fact, it is best to avoid being near tall objects (which are more likely to attract lightning) during a storm.

• Don't huddle with others. If you are caught out in a storm, it is best to stay at least 15 feet apart from others to reduce the chances that any one person will be struck by a bolt of lightning. If you stay close together, multiple people are more easily injured by a single bolt.

• Don't sit on the ground. If you are caught out in the open during an electrical storm, avoid sitting or lying down on the ground. Most lightning that injures people strikes the earth and travels through the ground; for this reason, the less contact you have with the ground the better.

  Ideally, you should avoid trees and other tall structures and avoid open spaces altogether. Seek shelter in a fully enclosed structure (such as a home, school or car). As a last resort, if you are unable to find shelter, crouch down low on the balls of your feet (to minimize contact with the ground).

• Don't try to "read" the sky. If the sky is clear above you or the storm is far away, you can still be struck by lightning. Actually, "bolts from the blue" account for a significant proportion of lightning-related injuries. Because lightning may travel more than 20 miles before touching down, a storm can be in the next town and still cause injury or death. For this reason, experts recommend that you go inside when the source of lightning is six miles away or closer (that is, if the interval between lightning and thunder is 30 seconds or less) and wait until 30 minutes have passed since the last lightning or thunder struck before you resume outside activities (this is known as the "30/30 rule").

• It is safe to help a lightning victim.One of the most prominent lightning-related myths is that you should not touch a lightning victim or you'll also be shocked. In fact, it is safe to help a lightning victim. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other forms of medical help may save them.

Be Careful

When the circumstances of a lightning-related injury are analyzed, it is often the case that some action on the part of the victim might have averted the injury.

For example, if you find yourself in a temperate climate with frequent thunderstorms, the last thing you should do is walk around open, hilly terrain with a metal rod. Yet golfers in Florida (where the largest number of lightning-related injuries and deaths occur) do this every day. Perhaps it is because they are not paying attention, they underestimate their risk or they are just unlucky.

To reduce your chances of attracting a lightning strike, recognize that you can do a few simple things to reduce your risk -- such as hanging up your phone if it has a cord.

For More Information

Colorado Lightning Resource Center, National Weather Service

National Lightning Safety Institute

Robert H. Shmerling, M.D. is associate physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and associate professor at Harvard Medical School. He has been a practicing rheumatologist for over 20 years at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an active teacher in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, serving as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship Program.

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Park-time, tick-time.

More and more pressure is put on gov. and park officials for parks to be commercially viable and more accessible:

With more people venturing into more easily accessible wildlife habitat, the number of people contractong tickborne diseases will continue to rise.

Mountain of change in store as Canada’s national parks aim to attract mass-tourism : Amppe.org

"We’ve been here before but we seem to be seeing a resurgence of commercial pressures on the parks.”

http://amppe.org/2013/06/07/mountain-of-change-in-store-as-canadas-national-parks-aim-to-attract-mass-tourism/