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I led the meeting for Teresa on Saturday, since she is still recovering from back surgery.  Art and Lynne Holle, from Schulenburg, who were featured a few weeks ago on a 2 minute KHOU news bite about Lyme disease, came to speak about the efforts in Austin under the direction of David Kocurek and Stand Up for Lyme, to inform Texas Legislators of the reality of the Lyme threat in Texas, and of the illegal and immoral efforts (in my humble opinion) by the Texas State Medical Board to censure, censor and threaten physicians who treat chronic Lyme patients with antibiotics for longer than the ridiculously short period of time in the IDSA guidelines.  People are suffering terribly and they, the medical board, threaten the licensing, and hence, livelihood of compassionate doctors in Texas trying to help people who suffer from chronic Lyme disease.  It appears they even deny its existence.

Art told his story of how he got infected by a tick in the Schulenburg area and how even though it was recognized by his family physician as Lyme disease, the treatment, 2 + 1 weeks of doxycycline was not effective and now he has the chronic, late stage form of the disease…thanks to the Texas State Medical Board and IDSA, he may have to suffer for the rest of his life with this awful disease.  Lynne told us about what they did in Austin to inform eight legislators who are involved with the medical board that changes need to be made to allow effective treatment regimes for Lyme disease in Texas.

I was disappointed in the low turn out for this meeting, since Teresa made a concerted effort to inform as many people as possible that Art & Lynne would be here, all the way from Schulenburg, and that what they had to tell us is about efforts in Austin so that we all can get better and more effective treatment in Texas, without having to go out of state.  If I remember correctly, and that requires a real effort on my part, there were a total of 7 people who came to hear them talk.

Teresa asked me to send out a note to the HoustonTXLyme group to let everyone to be careful this summer about mosquito bites.  She found a dead dove in her back yard and called Gary Johnson.  He told her that his department had already collected many dead birds from her part of Houston, and that West Nile is prevalent in that part of Houston.  So, it makes sense that throughout the Houston area, if we are out walking our dogs or doing any other activity outside, especially in the evening around sunset or in the morning around sunrise (I know morning is not the problem with us Lyme folks:) when mosquitoes really like to feed, be aware of the threat of West Nile and try to minimize mosquito bites by using an insect repellant, preferably containing DEET, or whatever method you use to prevent them from biting you.

HELLO GUYS
        
            JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE  GOT THE MOST STRANGEST CALL TODAY  DO NOT KNOW  WHAT TO REALLY TELL THIS  PERSON  IN OUR  GROUP  SHE  JUST  FOUND OUT  SHE DID  HAVE LYME WITH IGENEX BUT NOT WITH  ANOTHER LAB SHE TESTED BOTH PLACES BECAUSE I ASK HER TO ,BUT HERE IS THE STRANGE THING SHE GOT A TICK IN HER ARM AFTER SHE WAS WORKING IN HER YARD TWO DAYS AGO SHE PULLED IT OUT CORRECT CAUSE SHE HAD SEEN A TAPE ,BUT NOW WHERE DOES SHE SENT IT TO ,AND HOW  WEIRD IS IT SHE  GOT BIT AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HER TO THE MEETING  .

Angie

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Teresa asked me to send this email while she is still having problems getting around after surgery.

She told me to tell everyone that Dr. Steven Norris, the PhD researcher who came to one of our meetings, has gotten a grant to study ticks in the Houston area.  She says that Gary Johnson has taken some ticks to him, but so far they have turned up negative for Borrelia.  If anyone knows where ticks can be found in the Houston area so that can be gathered for his research, called Teresa at 281-855-1558.

Mr. Jan F. Buntyn

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Mr. Jan F. Buntyn
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