I'm taking a break out of my Lyme disease soapbox for some cuteness! A Bumble bee's booty is totally adorbs! No? Almost as cute as a Siberian's jodhpurs or a corgi's butt. I'm loving my macro lens. Can you tell?
I'm taking a break out of my Lyme disease soapbox for some cuteness! A Bumble bee's booty is totally adorbs! No? Almost as cute as a Siberian's jodhpurs or a corgi's butt. I'm loving my macro lens. Can you tell?
A few weeks ago, Mr. Wild Dingo came home with a tick bite on his ankle from walking the dogs on NitWit trail behind our home. Since then, he’s been on a mission to shrake the leaves and keep the trail clear of tick hiding places. In addition, we both wear ridiculously tapered pants and […]
In 2009, Juno was hospitalized for 5 days with a high fever and joint inflammation. Our fabulous vets at The Whole Pet Vet and SAGE Centers for Veterinary Care ran a full panel of tick disease tests and the results were negative. We were at cross roads of how to treat her illness as we had […]
May is Lyme Disease Awareness month. As author Amy Tan points out, the greatest harm that borrelia causes is ignorance. I can’t pretend to understand why the CDC and IDSA dig their heels in further on denying the existence of chronic Lyme disease when there is a mountain of evidence-based science to support the fact […]
Found: one giant salamander dining on Slug Sushi at Chez Nitwit, Sentier de la Nitwit.
Ah Monday's. I choose Monday's to start my weekly infusions because, well, it's Monday and Monday's are notoriously known to be dreaded. So why not choose a Monday to schedule a herx and migraine?
A bug so small, my naked eye could only see an unrecognizable gray speck on the flower. It’s hard to believe that a bug so much smaller than this is wreaking havoc on my own and thousands of people’s bodies and lives. When you start exploring tiny plants, animals and microorganisms, you suddenly realize how […]
You know you’re a Lymie when your doctor tells you that your PCR test came back positive for Lyme and you breathe a huge sigh of relief and say, “Oh thank God!” Because it proves that Lyme disease isn’t really all “in your head” but quite literally IN YOUR HEAD. Neuropathy and Lyme Brain are […]