Dedication
"I dedicate this book to all of you who have been ill for many years and have struggled on a daily basis to get help and feel better against difficult odds." Mara Williams
Hope"I have consistently been told that Nature's Dirty Needle is informative, easy to understand, and most importantly, Hopeful. My book not only sheds Light on Chronic Lyme Disease, but it also sheds Light on those who are sick and have felt like they were living in darkness. Now many feel Heard, Supported, Acknowledged, and Less Marginalized."
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Author's Introduction
As a Nurse Practitioner, I have been blessed to work with some amazing and courageous physicians who practice "out of the box" medicine. Using herbals, nutraceuticals, as well as pharmaceuticals to offer the best of both natural and allopathic ways of health care, this group of providers gives their best to help people discover the root cause of their problem and get well. They listen and spend the time to understand what is going on with a person, what their story is telling them, and the clinical picture being presented. In the past three years, I have focused on Chronic Lyme Disease (CLD) and other illnesses that cause chronic and debilitating illness. Then a little over a year ago, I realized my daughter, Amanda, was very sick with CLD. It was a stunning moment. Fortunately, I work with providers who can help her as I had to assume the role of mother once again. What our family has endured when it becomes necessary to interact with the current health care system is a horror story. It is this experience that has compelled me to write "Nature's Dirty Needle". My daughter's story and the others that are in the book must be told. Hopefully, this will lead to a greater awareness of the worldwide issue of CLD, the politics around it, and how to get and help and feel better.
Chapters
Nature's Dirty Needle describes what it is like for those who suffer from Lyme and its co-infections, how it affects their families and friends, and how it impacts their lives on every level, and in every way. The book is a resource for those still undiagnosed, and for those family members of Lyme sufferers who do not believe that they are sick, and mistakenly think it's all in their head. There is story after story of cases with so many similarities, which brings home the reality of Chronic Lyme Disease, and how devastating it is for everyone concerned.
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1. Enter the Lyme Wars
2. What is Chronic Lyme Disease? 3. The Bugs 4. More Stories 5. The Denial of Our Health Care System |
6. Blending the Best of Both Worlds
7. Diagnosis 8. What is Healing? 9. Treatment 10. Inanna House |
Inanna House
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The last chapter of Nature's Dirty talks about Inanna House. In the current health care system, there is no place for the millions who are ill with Chronic Lyme Disease to get help when they are in need of more intensive support and care. No hospital exists that recognizes and treats these infections. For hyper-sensitive people, there is no place they can go to start IV antibiotics and get the needed hydration and IV medicine to control their symptoms while they react to the die-off and toxins. current health care system is broken, a new one is needed. The time is now. It is necessary to address all aspects of an individual; Physical, Emotional, Energetic, Mental, and Spiritual. There is not one way to accomplish this. Complexity demands that each individual be considered separately, as An Individual. Inanna House will offer an oasis of peace, health, and healing.
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