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Author: Julie Starling

Vertical

Julie Starling May 23, 2015 2 Comments

Cypress trees in Santa Cruz Mountains. I’m having one of those Lyme days where it is difficult to stay vertical. You just never know when it will hit you so…

The Bite

Julie Starling May 22, 2015 No Comments

Loki took a bite out of Lyme, long before it was ever a Lyme Disease Challenge! Here he is biting a toy spirochete. I pity the Spirochete that comes in…

The Trifecta

Julie Starling May 21, 2015 2 Comments

Since it is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, Loki would like to do his part in educating on the challenges of treating Lyme disease. Borrelia Burgdorferi (Bb), the pathogen that causes…

Phantosmia: an olfactory hallucination makes you detect smells that aren’t really present in your environment. It’s seen in people with Parkinsons disease, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and of course Lyme disease. It’s…

Letting Go

Julie Starling May 19, 2015 3 Comments

A macro view of the Red Bottlebrush tree. A very close visual representation of what it’s like living with Lyme disease. With Lyme, life becomes so focused and minute tossed…