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Relationships and College with Illness – Laurie Edwards
Laurie Edwards is the author of Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties. She is also a writing teacher in Boston. She has lived with chronic challenges since she was a child and loves to reach out to other young people to discuss dating, college and relationships. www.AChronicDose.com Audio aired in 2008 for The National Chronic Illness Awareness Week’s Online Seminars. NICIAW provides Online Seminars M-F once a year in September on BlogTalk Radio. NICIAW founded by Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries. IDA has been thrilled to participate in NICIAW, help spread the word […]
The Voices of Lyme Disease – Breaking the Silence
A young girl expresses what she and many of her friends experience with Lyme Disease as teens. “This is a video I made with some friends about teens with lyme. I have had lyme since 2005 and since then it has become part of my everday life and left me in the hospital many nights.” heyyitsvic Video Found at: http://www.youtube.com/user/heyyitsvic
Lyme Disease: Victoria’s Victory 2009
This endearing video captures the vivacious Victoria before Lyme Disease and her battle with this very serious infection. “This is a short film I made about my very ill cousin, she has been sick with Lyme disease for over 3 years. Please show your support by sharing this video with everyone you can, and raise their awareness about the seriousness of this disease. music: in order of film – Life in Technicolor: Cold Play, Life in Technicolor II: Cold Play, Fix You: Cold Play, Hoppipolla: Sigur Ros.” alwaysrecord This video was created by http://www.youtube.com/user/alwaysrecord
A Week in the Life of a Lyme Patient
Jessie is in her twenties and has been battling Lyme Disease most of her life. Her spark is her desire to bring about awareness of Lyme Disease to others. “I believe this disease was given to me to help bring awarness, fight this every day war of trying to live, and winning.” jlynn4lymes Video Found at: http://www.youtube.com/user/jlynn4lymes