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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Visit underourskin.com and order this movie!
Hi My Friends,
I am sure many of you have heard about a new movie about people dealing with Lyme Disease. The title of this movie is "Under our Skin." On November 14th, UNDER OUR SKIN received two prestigious awards at the annual Freddie Awards, sponsored by the International Health and Medical Media Awards and considered to be the “Oscars of health care films.” At the black-tie event in Philadelphia’s historic Crystal Tea Room, film Producer/Director Andy Abrahams Wilson accepted the award for Best Production in the category of Infectious Diseases. In his acceptance speech, he noted the importance of this validation by the medical establishment, and thanked the judges for helping raise the visibility of chronic Lyme disease. Former CNN health reporter and author Daryn Kagan, the event MC, also presented UNDER OUR SKIN with one of the top overall awards, the Robert E. Wise Award for Outstanding Cinematography, chosen from all the 32 category winners. In addition to these honors, another Open Eye Pictures production, THE CAREGIVERS, was recognized as a Finalist in the category of Caregiving.(Underourskin.com/blog/?p=80. You can watch a trailer and some excerpts of the movie on this Website and their Blog. I have ordered my copy of the movie and can't wait to watch the whole movie. This movie will do a great deal in helping people unfamiliar with Lyme disease, just how devastating it can be. The movie is extremely well done and full of heart tugging stories. Do yourself a real favor and watch this movie.!
Be well,
Richard
I am sure many of you have heard about a new movie about people dealing with Lyme Disease. The title of this movie is "Under our Skin." On November 14th, UNDER OUR SKIN received two prestigious awards at the annual Freddie Awards, sponsored by the International Health and Medical Media Awards and considered to be the “Oscars of health care films.” At the black-tie event in Philadelphia’s historic Crystal Tea Room, film Producer/Director Andy Abrahams Wilson accepted the award for Best Production in the category of Infectious Diseases. In his acceptance speech, he noted the importance of this validation by the medical establishment, and thanked the judges for helping raise the visibility of chronic Lyme disease. Former CNN health reporter and author Daryn Kagan, the event MC, also presented UNDER OUR SKIN with one of the top overall awards, the Robert E. Wise Award for Outstanding Cinematography, chosen from all the 32 category winners. In addition to these honors, another Open Eye Pictures production, THE CAREGIVERS, was recognized as a Finalist in the category of Caregiving.(Underourskin.com/blog/?p=80. You can watch a trailer and some excerpts of the movie on this Website and their Blog. I have ordered my copy of the movie and can't wait to watch the whole movie. This movie will do a great deal in helping people unfamiliar with Lyme disease, just how devastating it can be. The movie is extremely well done and full of heart tugging stories. Do yourself a real favor and watch this movie.!
Be well,
Richard
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I have a free gift for you
Hi Everyone,
Would you like to win a Dell Laptop Computer. You need to check this out. Michael Glaspie is one of my mentors and he is fabulous. He is a genius when it comes to network marketing. I have used many of his products.
Be Well,
Rick Bowman
Would you like to win a Dell Laptop Computer. You need to check this out. Michael Glaspie is one of my mentors and he is fabulous. He is a genius when it comes to network marketing. I have used many of his products.
Be Well,
Rick Bowman
Friday, November 7, 2008
Hello everyone.....sorry I have been gone!
Hi friends,
Please accept my apologies for not posting some new information for quite sometime. Having chronic Lyme disease is a reality I have to deal with. Sometimes, it flares up and it tends to take you down for a while. I have been experiencing a real flareup the past few months. I merely took a normal step one night and broke two bones in my right foot. I didn't drop anything on it or anything, it just broke two bones. I was having some problems of swelling in my feet and legs, but it has been attributed to erffects of Lyme disease. I got to have a cast for six weeks, but everything is better in that area right now. For those of you raeding this that have Lyme disease you will know what I mean when I say, I have had pain from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. It hurts to move. I am going to water therapy to help, but the process is slow. Nevertheless, I will try and introduce some new products, websites and and some current activity about Lyme disease treatment over the nest couple of weeks.
I want you to check out two websites of mine.http://www.Bowmanloansplus.com and http://www.rbpharmacywarehouse.com. If you are in the need of a home equity loan or you need to refinance your mortgage I want you to try www.bowmanloansplus.com. I know banks have been very difficult to deal with, but things are loosening up a bit and this website can help you take advantage of many loan products.
The other site www.rbpharmacywarehouse.com is a great way to purchase some of the most popular type of prescription drugs. The prices are hard to beat and the service is outstanding. I order 800 mg Ibuprophen all the time from this site. Please check it out. I will update you with some great products on the next post.
I will talk with you again soon.
Be well,
Rich Bowman
p.s. If there is anyone out ther who has Lyme disease, who is having good luck with a product or treatment, I would love to hear from you. If you need someone to talk to about your disease, I would love to talk with you anytime. I would love to hear about a treatment for chronic Lyme disease and what type of symptoms that you have.
Please accept my apologies for not posting some new information for quite sometime. Having chronic Lyme disease is a reality I have to deal with. Sometimes, it flares up and it tends to take you down for a while. I have been experiencing a real flareup the past few months. I merely took a normal step one night and broke two bones in my right foot. I didn't drop anything on it or anything, it just broke two bones. I was having some problems of swelling in my feet and legs, but it has been attributed to erffects of Lyme disease. I got to have a cast for six weeks, but everything is better in that area right now. For those of you raeding this that have Lyme disease you will know what I mean when I say, I have had pain from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. It hurts to move. I am going to water therapy to help, but the process is slow. Nevertheless, I will try and introduce some new products, websites and and some current activity about Lyme disease treatment over the nest couple of weeks.
I want you to check out two websites of mine.http://www.Bowmanloansplus.com and http://www.rbpharmacywarehouse.com. If you are in the need of a home equity loan or you need to refinance your mortgage I want you to try www.bowmanloansplus.com. I know banks have been very difficult to deal with, but things are loosening up a bit and this website can help you take advantage of many loan products.
The other site www.rbpharmacywarehouse.com is a great way to purchase some of the most popular type of prescription drugs. The prices are hard to beat and the service is outstanding. I order 800 mg Ibuprophen all the time from this site. Please check it out. I will update you with some great products on the next post.
I will talk with you again soon.
Be well,
Rich Bowman
p.s. If there is anyone out ther who has Lyme disease, who is having good luck with a product or treatment, I would love to hear from you. If you need someone to talk to about your disease, I would love to talk with you anytime. I would love to hear about a treatment for chronic Lyme disease and what type of symptoms that you have.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Make Money Online
Hi everyone,
You have got to check this one out. I think you are going to like this one.!
Be Well,
Richard
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Be Well,
Richard
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Co-Reg Advertising. Have you heard about it?
Hello, my bloggingfriends,
Thanks again for stopping and taking a look at my blog. I haven't posted in a while and I apologize. My own Lyme disease has flared up and I have been under the weather a bit. I want to tell you about an absoultely great product I ran into the other day. Jodi Hans and his company Big Bang Products has a terrific new e-book you can buy.Insider Secrets to Co-Reg Advertising. This a revolutionary new way to develop your leads list. Believe me I have read the book and you need to get a copy of this. If you will copy and paste this link in your browser you can find out more about this. Or you can just click on the blue text below.
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Please give this one a try!
Be well,
Rick Bowman
Also see my other website @ http://www.rbowman838enterprises.com
Thanks again for stopping and taking a look at my blog. I haven't posted in a while and I apologize. My own Lyme disease has flared up and I have been under the weather a bit. I want to tell you about an absoultely great product I ran into the other day. Jodi Hans and his company Big Bang Products has a terrific new e-book you can buy.Insider Secrets to Co-Reg Advertising. This a revolutionary new way to develop your leads list. Believe me I have read the book and you need to get a copy of this. If you will copy and paste this link in your browser you can find out more about this. Or you can just click on the blue text below.
Direct to Co-Reg Sales Page
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=796391
Please give this one a try!
Be well,
Rick Bowman
Also see my other website @ http://www.rbowman838enterprises.com
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
WOWZZA- You have got to join this one!
WOWZZA is the neatest social networking site you are going to find on the web. I have had a lot of fun on this one so far and have made a lot of contacts. You can earn money and market some of your own sites, as well. You're going to the love WOWZZA, The Professional Social Network!
Be Well,
Richard
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Please Check this one out!
Hi everyone,
I am sorry not to have posted anything for a while, but I have been battling the dreadful disease again the past couple of weeks. I haven't got much of anything done. However, I wanted you to see this product and grab on to it. Ann Sieg has a different perspective on network marketing that I find refreshing and more near the truth than anything I have read in a long time. Ann strips through all the b.s. most of the so-called gurus have been feeding us and tells us the truth about internet marketing. The Renegade Network Marketer is yours free. I want you to have it. You need to have this book. Learn secrets of what 3% of mlmers previously knew....how to make money regardless of whether you sponsor anyone or not into your business! Please, do yourself a favor and check this out.
Be well,
Richard
I am sorry not to have posted anything for a while, but I have been battling the dreadful disease again the past couple of weeks. I haven't got much of anything done. However, I wanted you to see this product and grab on to it. Ann Sieg has a different perspective on network marketing that I find refreshing and more near the truth than anything I have read in a long time. Ann strips through all the b.s. most of the so-called gurus have been feeding us and tells us the truth about internet marketing. The Renegade Network Marketer is yours free. I want you to have it. You need to have this book. Learn secrets of what 3% of mlmers previously knew....how to make money regardless of whether you sponsor anyone or not into your business! Please, do yourself a favor and check this out.
Be well,
Richard
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Lyme Disease Can Be Prevented With New Shot
****This one caught my eye right away**** New study suggests there might be a way to prevent Lyme disease. Can it really be true? I am going to keep my eye on this one. Lots of news coming out in the Lyme community, I will try and keep all of you informed as I am passed on the information. Maybe there is real hope out there for all of us Lyme sufferers after all.
Be Well,
Richard
Lyme Disease Can Be Prevented With New Shot, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2008) — Lyme disease is the blight of countryside users but it may be prevented with a single injection, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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The US saw nearly 20,000 cases of Lyme disease in 2006 and there are up to 2,000 cases a year in the UK, a figure that is increasing steadily. Now scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, have developed an injection that protects against two severe diseases transmitted by tick bites: Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis.
"Along the North-eastern seaboard of the US, ticks are often co-infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis," says Dr Nordin Zeidner. "Currently there is no vaccine to protect against either organism. We have shown that a single injection of sustained-release antibiotics can prevent both diseases in mice."
A single dose of doxycycline given orally is only 20-30% effective at preventing these diseases in mice. The researchers found that a new formulation of doxycycline hyclate that is programmed to release the drug over a 20 day period is 100% effective.
"The underlying copolymer formulation has been in use for over 20 years. It has no adverse effect on humans and it can be programmed to release a drug over several weeks to several months," says Dr Zeidner. "We plan to test the doxycycline formulation to develop different release kinetics and delivery methods. For example, a slow release patch could be used in conjunction with current recommended protection against ticks, such as repellents and personal tick checks."
Adapted from materials provided by Society for General Microbiology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Lyme disease legislation, get involved.
Hello again friends,
I have inserted this excerpt from am e-mail I received from Lymeinfo.net. Here is a chance for all of us to be hard and help to get some worthwhile legislation passed. There is a sample letter included to make it easy for you to get involved. Believe me, your voice does make a difference.
Be well,
Richard
From Phyllis Mervine, California Lyme Disease Association:
Please use the phone/fax numbers below and get this letter, or a similar
one, off to as many of the subcommittee members as possible. Send a few
every day! Feel free to modify my letter.
Please let us know when you do anything so we can get some action going
among ourselves and inspire others to pitch in. This bill will not pass
without a massive effort - massive means small effort by MANY people,
rather than GREAT effort by a few. This is one time that NUMBERS MATTER.
Do your bit!
- Thank you Phyliss!
SAMPLE letter For You to Send to Support HR 741
Dear Congressman or Congresswoman __________:
I am writing to ask you to support HR 741, the Lyme and Tick-borne
Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007. It is a
companion bill to S 1708
HR 741 recognizes Lyme disease as a serious and debilitating illness,
often misdiagnosed and under-reported. The CDC admits that only 10
percent of cases are reported. A Georgia study found that only one case
in FORTY is reported. In 2005, the CDC reported 23,305 cases. This means
that at least 233,050 cases occurred and probably more than 40 times
that many, or 932,200 cases. That does not count thousands of cases
never reported at all – cases misdiagnosed as MS, ALS, juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and many others,
and cases undiagnosed because of the insensitivity of the tests (which
miss almost half the cases). Tickborne diseases are costing this country
billions a year but most of the epidemic is hidden because of misdiagnosis.
People who are not diagnosed and treated properly become chronically ill
and are as disabled as people with congestive heart disease.
HR 741 establishes a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee and calls
for improvements in three broad categories – diagnostic tests,
surveillance; prevention – and for clinical outcomes research. The bill
authorizes an additional $100 million over five years to accomplish
these activities.
Please ask Chairman Pallone for a hearing on HR 741. Lyme disease is a
nationwide health problem that needs and deserves serious efforts to
contain it and prevent it. Over 90 Lyme disease patient groups support
this bill.
Sincerely yours,
- -
First # is phone, second is FAX. Call and speak to the health aide or
even better, fax a letter.
*Majority Members (Democrats)*
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) [Chairman] 202-225-4671; 202-225-9665
Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) 202-225-3976; 202-225-4099
Edolphus Towns (D-NY) 202-225-5936; 202-225-1018
Bart Gordon (D-TN) 202-225-4231; 202-225-6887
Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) 202-225-8104; 202-225-8890
Gene Green (D-TX) 202-225-1688; 202-225-9903
Diana DeGette (D-CO) 202-225-4431; 202-225-5657
Lois Capps (D-CA) 202-225-3601; 202-225-5632
Thomas H. Allen (D-ME) 202-225-6116; 202-225-5590
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 202-225-2906; 202-225-6942
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) 202-225-2464; 202-225-5513
Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) 202-225-2111; 202-226-6890
Hilda A. Solis (D-CA) 202-225-5464; 202-225-5467
Michael A. Ross (D-AR) 202-225-3772; 202-225-1314
Darlene Hooley (D-OR) 202-225-5711; 202-225-5699
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) 202-225-6616; 202-226-7253
James D. Matheson (D-UT) 202-225-3011; 202-225-5638
*Minority Members (Republicans)*
Nathan Deal (R-GA) [Rankiing Member] 202-225-5211; 202-225-8272
Ralph M. Hall (R-TX) 202-225-6673; 202-225-3332
Barbara Cubin (R-WY) 202-225-2311; 202-225-3057
Heather A. Wilson (R-NM) 202-225-6316; 202-225-4975
John B. Shadegg (R-AZ) 202-225-3361; 202-225-3462
Stephen E. Buyer (R-IN) 202-225-5037; 202-225-2267
Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) 202-225-2411; 202-225-2013
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) 202-225-5361; 202-225-9460
Mike Rogers (R-MI) 202-225-4872; 202-225-5820
Sue Myrick (R-NC) 202-225-1976; 202-225-3389
John Sullivan (R-OK) 202-225-2211; 202-225-9187
Tim Murphy (R-PA) 202-225-2301; 202-225-1844
Michael Burgess (R-TX) 202-225-7772; 202-225-2919
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) 202-225-2811; 202-225-3004
__._,_.___
The mission of LymeInfo is to keep you informed of issues that might be of interest to Lyme disease patients. Postings are not meant to imply that we agree with the content of all items we distribute.
For Lyme information, see:
http://www.LymeInfo.net
I have inserted this excerpt from am e-mail I received from Lymeinfo.net. Here is a chance for all of us to be hard and help to get some worthwhile legislation passed. There is a sample letter included to make it easy for you to get involved. Believe me, your voice does make a difference.
Be well,
Richard
From Phyllis Mervine, California Lyme Disease Association:
Please use the phone/fax numbers below and get this letter, or a similar
one, off to as many of the subcommittee members as possible. Send a few
every day! Feel free to modify my letter.
Please let us know when you do anything so we can get some action going
among ourselves and inspire others to pitch in. This bill will not pass
without a massive effort - massive means small effort by MANY people,
rather than GREAT effort by a few. This is one time that NUMBERS MATTER.
Do your bit!
- Thank you Phyliss!
SAMPLE letter For You to Send to Support HR 741
Dear Congressman or Congresswoman __________:
I am writing to ask you to support HR 741, the Lyme and Tick-borne
Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007. It is a
companion bill to S 1708
HR 741 recognizes Lyme disease as a serious and debilitating illness,
often misdiagnosed and under-reported. The CDC admits that only 10
percent of cases are reported. A Georgia study found that only one case
in FORTY is reported. In 2005, the CDC reported 23,305 cases. This means
that at least 233,050 cases occurred and probably more than 40 times
that many, or 932,200 cases. That does not count thousands of cases
never reported at all – cases misdiagnosed as MS, ALS, juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and many others,
and cases undiagnosed because of the insensitivity of the tests (which
miss almost half the cases). Tickborne diseases are costing this country
billions a year but most of the epidemic is hidden because of misdiagnosis.
People who are not diagnosed and treated properly become chronically ill
and are as disabled as people with congestive heart disease.
HR 741 establishes a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee and calls
for improvements in three broad categories – diagnostic tests,
surveillance; prevention – and for clinical outcomes research. The bill
authorizes an additional $100 million over five years to accomplish
these activities.
Please ask Chairman Pallone for a hearing on HR 741. Lyme disease is a
nationwide health problem that needs and deserves serious efforts to
contain it and prevent it. Over 90 Lyme disease patient groups support
this bill.
Sincerely yours,
- -
First # is phone, second is FAX. Call and speak to the health aide or
even better, fax a letter.
*Majority Members (Democrats)*
Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) [Chairman] 202-225-4671; 202-225-9665
Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) 202-225-3976; 202-225-4099
Edolphus Towns (D-NY) 202-225-5936; 202-225-1018
Bart Gordon (D-TN) 202-225-4231; 202-225-6887
Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) 202-225-8104; 202-225-8890
Gene Green (D-TX) 202-225-1688; 202-225-9903
Diana DeGette (D-CO) 202-225-4431; 202-225-5657
Lois Capps (D-CA) 202-225-3601; 202-225-5632
Thomas H. Allen (D-ME) 202-225-6116; 202-225-5590
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) 202-225-2906; 202-225-6942
Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) 202-225-2464; 202-225-5513
Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) 202-225-2111; 202-226-6890
Hilda A. Solis (D-CA) 202-225-5464; 202-225-5467
Michael A. Ross (D-AR) 202-225-3772; 202-225-1314
Darlene Hooley (D-OR) 202-225-5711; 202-225-5699
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) 202-225-6616; 202-226-7253
James D. Matheson (D-UT) 202-225-3011; 202-225-5638
*Minority Members (Republicans)*
Nathan Deal (R-GA) [Rankiing Member] 202-225-5211; 202-225-8272
Ralph M. Hall (R-TX) 202-225-6673; 202-225-3332
Barbara Cubin (R-WY) 202-225-2311; 202-225-3057
Heather A. Wilson (R-NM) 202-225-6316; 202-225-4975
John B. Shadegg (R-AZ) 202-225-3361; 202-225-3462
Stephen E. Buyer (R-IN) 202-225-5037; 202-225-2267
Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) 202-225-2411; 202-225-2013
Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) 202-225-5361; 202-225-9460
Mike Rogers (R-MI) 202-225-4872; 202-225-5820
Sue Myrick (R-NC) 202-225-1976; 202-225-3389
John Sullivan (R-OK) 202-225-2211; 202-225-9187
Tim Murphy (R-PA) 202-225-2301; 202-225-1844
Michael Burgess (R-TX) 202-225-7772; 202-225-2919
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) 202-225-2811; 202-225-3004
__._,_.___
The mission of LymeInfo is to keep you informed of issues that might be of interest to Lyme disease patients. Postings are not meant to imply that we agree with the content of all items we distribute.
For Lyme information, see:
http://www.LymeInfo.net
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Spring Cleaning Helps Prevent Lyme
Hi everyone,
Since it is March the 1st today and Spring is around the corner I thought this article from the Lyme Disease Research Database would be informative and helpful for everyone to consider especially in the Lyme areas around the country. I would also recommend this cleanup for most areas where a tick might be lurking, because they are showing up in some strange places where they are not suppose to be. Believe me, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" in this case. I would do anything in my power to prevent anyone from getting this dreadful disease.
Be well,
Richard
02/25/08 15:57 Filed in: lyme Disease Prevention
'Spring' and 'cleaning' are two concepts that fit together just right. Ticks that carry Lyme disease do not like clean spaces. Thoroughly cleaning both indoors and outdoors around your house or property can help you feel more protected against ticks. Wild animals are potential carriers of ticks and Lyme. Mice, skunks, squirrels, opossums, feral cats and dogs who roam around looking for a snug hideaway in the cold may squeeze through crawl spaces in your attic or basement.
With the vernal equinox now three weeks away, it's time to bring out the buckets and brooms. While you're sprucing up, keep the following three steps in Lyme prevention in mind.
* Deny access to host critters. Replace torn screens on vents and windows. Plug holes in walls with caulk or concrete. Reduce the gap in doorway thresholds.
* Sanitize your indoor space. Clean floors and carpets, thoroughly clean area rugs and upholstered furniture. Toss out infested pet bedding.
* Clean up your outdoors space. Remove all debris such as leaf and wood piles. Steam or vacuum spider nests.
Peppermint soap is reported to be a strong natural insect repellent. Use it in your daily shower and also while cleaning up your pet's bedding. While cleaning outdoors, always wear protective clothing and take extra precautions against the creatures, such as snakes and insects, that you may stir up.
Since it is March the 1st today and Spring is around the corner I thought this article from the Lyme Disease Research Database would be informative and helpful for everyone to consider especially in the Lyme areas around the country. I would also recommend this cleanup for most areas where a tick might be lurking, because they are showing up in some strange places where they are not suppose to be. Believe me, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" in this case. I would do anything in my power to prevent anyone from getting this dreadful disease.
Be well,
Richard
02/25/08 15:57 Filed in: lyme Disease Prevention
'Spring' and 'cleaning' are two concepts that fit together just right. Ticks that carry Lyme disease do not like clean spaces. Thoroughly cleaning both indoors and outdoors around your house or property can help you feel more protected against ticks. Wild animals are potential carriers of ticks and Lyme. Mice, skunks, squirrels, opossums, feral cats and dogs who roam around looking for a snug hideaway in the cold may squeeze through crawl spaces in your attic or basement.
With the vernal equinox now three weeks away, it's time to bring out the buckets and brooms. While you're sprucing up, keep the following three steps in Lyme prevention in mind.
* Deny access to host critters. Replace torn screens on vents and windows. Plug holes in walls with caulk or concrete. Reduce the gap in doorway thresholds.
* Sanitize your indoor space. Clean floors and carpets, thoroughly clean area rugs and upholstered furniture. Toss out infested pet bedding.
* Clean up your outdoors space. Remove all debris such as leaf and wood piles. Steam or vacuum spider nests.
Peppermint soap is reported to be a strong natural insect repellent. Use it in your daily shower and also while cleaning up your pet's bedding. While cleaning outdoors, always wear protective clothing and take extra precautions against the creatures, such as snakes and insects, that you may stir up.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Lyme disease sufferer spent years being misdiagnosed
Hi everybody,
This is a article That was sent to me that was published in a newspaper in Canada called The News it is found at this link -http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=108527&sc=49. I always try to give you the sources of all my information.
I hope everyone is feeling well enough to smile. I know I have had some rough days recently and I really enjoy the good days when they happen. I will be posting some information about some testing I received from my Dr. the other day soon. I found it to be new information for me, so I will pass it on to you.
Be well,
Richard
BY CAIT MCINTYRE
The News
Brenda Sterling-Goodwin believes she contracted Lyme disease about 10 years ago. Back then, she was a cat groomer and a veterinary technician.
Doctors in Nova Scotia doubted her condition. One neurologist told her she had multiple sclerosis. It's common, she says, for people with Lyme disease to be misdiagnosed as having multiple sclerosis, lupus, arthritis, or other illnesses with similar symptoms.
It wasn't until she saw the test results from California that she finally had confirmation she was suffering with the disease.
"(Lyme disease) affects everybody differently," says Sterling-Goodwin, a New Glasgow resident.
In her case, the disease has affected her mobility, especially. While she does prefer to walk, she sometimes uses a wheelchair. She's often in pain over the stiffness in her legs, and her feet are swollen to twice their normal size.
Lyme disease is transmitted by a blacklegged tick, after it has attached itself to the skin for 24 hours. Caused by a form of spirochete bacteria, it can be treated with antibiotics if caught early.
There have been eight confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2002.
"But the only confirmed cases are the ones that meet Canadian standards, which are not the best," Sterling-Goodwin says.
Every three months, Sterling-Goodwin travels to Maine to see her doctor, but she sends him monthly faxes to update him on her condition while between visits. "There are not a lot of Lyme-literate doctors in Canada, unfortunately."
She says "early diagnosis and education" is key. She hopes the news of a Pictou County tick being discovered carrying the disease will heighten awareness.
She adds those removing ticks should exercise caution. Ticks should never be twisted, burned or squeezed. When removing ticks, always use tweezers and pull upwards, she says.
For more information on Lyme disease, visit http://www.lymeinns.bravehost.com/ or http://www.canlyme.com/.
This is a article That was sent to me that was published in a newspaper in Canada called The News it is found at this link -http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=108527&sc=49. I always try to give you the sources of all my information.
I hope everyone is feeling well enough to smile. I know I have had some rough days recently and I really enjoy the good days when they happen. I will be posting some information about some testing I received from my Dr. the other day soon. I found it to be new information for me, so I will pass it on to you.
Be well,
Richard
BY CAIT MCINTYRE
The News
Brenda Sterling-Goodwin believes she contracted Lyme disease about 10 years ago. Back then, she was a cat groomer and a veterinary technician.
Doctors in Nova Scotia doubted her condition. One neurologist told her she had multiple sclerosis. It's common, she says, for people with Lyme disease to be misdiagnosed as having multiple sclerosis, lupus, arthritis, or other illnesses with similar symptoms.
It wasn't until she saw the test results from California that she finally had confirmation she was suffering with the disease.
"(Lyme disease) affects everybody differently," says Sterling-Goodwin, a New Glasgow resident.
In her case, the disease has affected her mobility, especially. While she does prefer to walk, she sometimes uses a wheelchair. She's often in pain over the stiffness in her legs, and her feet are swollen to twice their normal size.
Lyme disease is transmitted by a blacklegged tick, after it has attached itself to the skin for 24 hours. Caused by a form of spirochete bacteria, it can be treated with antibiotics if caught early.
There have been eight confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2002.
"But the only confirmed cases are the ones that meet Canadian standards, which are not the best," Sterling-Goodwin says.
Every three months, Sterling-Goodwin travels to Maine to see her doctor, but she sends him monthly faxes to update him on her condition while between visits. "There are not a lot of Lyme-literate doctors in Canada, unfortunately."
She says "early diagnosis and education" is key. She hopes the news of a Pictou County tick being discovered carrying the disease will heighten awareness.
She adds those removing ticks should exercise caution. Ticks should never be twisted, burned or squeezed. When removing ticks, always use tweezers and pull upwards, she says.
For more information on Lyme disease, visit http://www.lymeinns.bravehost.com/ or http://www.canlyme.com/.
The Resource Report by Mike Filsaime
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Best of luck to you,
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This is a great link you need to click on and enjoy. This information is
invaluable for all of you looking for some real gems of knowledge for starting a website on the internet. Mike Filsaime, in my opinion, is one of the most intelligent men I have ever been associated with. I have purchased many of his products and they are all just fantastic. In other words, they deliver what they say they are going to do. I have a bunch of his training DVD's and they have been a great deal of help to me in all sorts of ways pertaining to my internet businesses. Do yourself a big favor and click on this link. It is free!!
Best of luck to you,
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http://www.the-resource-report.com/?newest_version=39746
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Healing Lyme -New book by Harrod Buhner
Hey everyone,
This is another fine book on Lyme disease that was published last year. I found this on the Lyme Disease Database Blog and thought you might not have heard about this book yet. These new books contain some great information and we need to get them into the hands of the people that can most benefit from them as soon as possible. Often I hear that people just don't know about the new publications. I will try to keep you informed of all the new books as hear about them. I hope everyone is having a good year so far.
Richard
Borrowed from Lyme Disease Database Blog
3/07 16:50 Filed in: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Stephen Harrod Buhner's book Healing Lyme.
I think probably the most difficult thing Lyme patients have to deal with is the lack of understanding in the medical community and how they're treated by the medical community. So many of them are told it's all in their heads. So many of them are misdiagnosed. So many of them are told that after they do a regular course of antibiotics they should be well, and if they aren't, well, then that's their problem, it's something wrong with them, mentally.
- from my interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner, Nov 30 2006
If you're weary of being reduced by the medical-industrial complex and its outdated myths about Lyme infection and treatment, listen to Stephen. Buy his book. It's like a breath of sweet, fresh air.
How totally refreshing to hear his point of view, based on intensive research into Lyme and the spirochete, after so many eyeball-rolling physicians try to diminish their patients' own experience of illness by swatting it away like a fly. Buhner is an expert on indigenous and spiritual traditions, a master herbalist, teacher, and award-winning author of ten books about herbs and sacred plant medicines. Plus, he comes from a long line of healers and he's sublimely articulate about the Lyme infection, the spirochete and what he calls the "Lyme Wars."
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with him about his research and hearing his thoughts on Lyme activists, whom he considers an exceptionally sophisticated population. That's you, baby.
Want to read more? Stephen Harrod Buhner Interview .
This is another fine book on Lyme disease that was published last year. I found this on the Lyme Disease Database Blog and thought you might not have heard about this book yet. These new books contain some great information and we need to get them into the hands of the people that can most benefit from them as soon as possible. Often I hear that people just don't know about the new publications. I will try to keep you informed of all the new books as hear about them. I hope everyone is having a good year so far.
Richard
Borrowed from Lyme Disease Database Blog
3/07 16:50 Filed in: Stephen Harrod Buhner
Stephen Harrod Buhner's book Healing Lyme.
I think probably the most difficult thing Lyme patients have to deal with is the lack of understanding in the medical community and how they're treated by the medical community. So many of them are told it's all in their heads. So many of them are misdiagnosed. So many of them are told that after they do a regular course of antibiotics they should be well, and if they aren't, well, then that's their problem, it's something wrong with them, mentally.
- from my interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner, Nov 30 2006
If you're weary of being reduced by the medical-industrial complex and its outdated myths about Lyme infection and treatment, listen to Stephen. Buy his book. It's like a breath of sweet, fresh air.
How totally refreshing to hear his point of view, based on intensive research into Lyme and the spirochete, after so many eyeball-rolling physicians try to diminish their patients' own experience of illness by swatting it away like a fly. Buhner is an expert on indigenous and spiritual traditions, a master herbalist, teacher, and award-winning author of ten books about herbs and sacred plant medicines. Plus, he comes from a long line of healers and he's sublimely articulate about the Lyme infection, the spirochete and what he calls the "Lyme Wars."
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with him about his research and hearing his thoughts on Lyme activists, whom he considers an exceptionally sophisticated population. That's you, baby.
Want to read more? Stephen Harrod Buhner Interview .
Saturday, February 16, 2008
New test for Lyme disease not being used?
Published: Friday, February 15, 2008,theledger.com
Local Lab's Discovery Waits for Buyers
LAKE ALFRED | A struggling laboratory here is learning it may require more than building a better mousetrap to get the world beating a path to its door.
After developing an improved diagnostic test for Lyme disease, Central Florida Research Inc. in Lake Alfred is still waiting for a crowd at its doorstep.
"These last seven months, nobody in this business has gotten paid," said Tom Long, 55, the lab's executive director. "The revenue has been just enough to cover our expenses."
The staff has shrunk from eight people to three in the past year, Long said. He hopes the new diagnostic tool, called a "Lyme Antigen Test," will make Central Florida Research profitable.
The lab staff developed the antigen test under the direction of its medical director, Clifford Threlkeld, a pathologist and also lab director for the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport. Central Florida Research has applied for a patent, which it hopes to get in 2009.
"I do think it will be successful," Threlkeld said. "It's not the be-all-to-end-all, but it definitely adds to what's out there."
Lyme is a bacterial disease most commonly spread through the bite of a deer tick. In its early stages, the disease causes flu-like symptoms, including fever, fatigue and muscle or joint pain.
Left untreated, the bacteria can cause chronic problems in the heart and nervous system, including cardiac inflammation and paralysis. It can be fatal.
Because Lyme disease shares symptoms with other illnesses, it's very difficult to diagnose.
Even when doctors suspect a patient might have Lyme, the most widely used diagnostic tool, a blood test called a "Western blot," is accurate less than half the time, said Nick Harris, the owner of IGeneX Labs in Palo Alto, Calif., the leading U.S. lab for Western blot screening.
That high rate of "false negatives" - people who test negative despite having the disease - also causes problems for Lyme sufferers, said Lori Hoerl of the Florida Lyme Advocacy Group in Jacksonville, who has the disease.
If a doctor later diagnoses Lyme disease, insurance companies will use a negative Western blot to deny paying for treatment, she said.
The Central Florida Research test represents an improvement because it detects the actual presence of the Lyme bacteria, said Pat Phillips, its lab director. The Western blot detects only antibodies, or substances the body produces in reaction to the bacteria.
The Lyme Antigen Test has proven to be about 90 percent accurate, Long said.
The lab finished development of the test a year ago, he said, but it took seven months to get state and federal licensing to perform it. Since then, Central Florida Research has been trying to spread the word among front-line doctors who treat the disease.
Besides word of mouth, the lab team has an information booth it has taken to medical conferences and seminars, such as a Jan. 19 event in St. Peterburg, he said.
Central Florida Research does about 10 to 20 tests a day, but it has the capacity to do 100 tests, Long said. It charges $250 per test, slightly higher than a typical lab fee.
The lab's Web site, www.centralfloridaresearch.com, also has helped market the test, he added. It's gotten referrals worldwide, including Chile, England, France and Germany.
From a personal standpoint, the results have been satisfying. A Winter Haven woman in her 30s had led an active, vibrant life until last year, when chronic fatigue forced her to drop out of graduate school, Long said. Previous tests were negative, but the antigen test showed she did have the Lyme bacteria.
"She's gotten her life back. She's back in graduate school," he said.
A 60-year-old woman from Chile also had been battling pain and fatigue for years but tested negative for Lyme, Long said. She's undergoing successful treatment after the antigen test proved positive.
Despite the state and federal certifications and the clinical results, Long, Hoerl and Threlkeld agreed Central Florida Research needs to gain the trust of the medical community before the test becomes widely accepted.
Long said he believes the small Lake Alfred lab can develop the same high regard enjoyed by Harris' IGeneX Labs.
"He's developed a reputation," Long added. "There's room in the marketplace for another company."
[ Kevin Bouffard can be reached at kevin.bouffard@theledger.com or at 863-802-7591. ]
Local Lab's Discovery Waits for Buyers
LAKE ALFRED | A struggling laboratory here is learning it may require more than building a better mousetrap to get the world beating a path to its door.
After developing an improved diagnostic test for Lyme disease, Central Florida Research Inc. in Lake Alfred is still waiting for a crowd at its doorstep.
"These last seven months, nobody in this business has gotten paid," said Tom Long, 55, the lab's executive director. "The revenue has been just enough to cover our expenses."
The staff has shrunk from eight people to three in the past year, Long said. He hopes the new diagnostic tool, called a "Lyme Antigen Test," will make Central Florida Research profitable.
The lab staff developed the antigen test under the direction of its medical director, Clifford Threlkeld, a pathologist and also lab director for the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Davenport. Central Florida Research has applied for a patent, which it hopes to get in 2009.
"I do think it will be successful," Threlkeld said. "It's not the be-all-to-end-all, but it definitely adds to what's out there."
Lyme is a bacterial disease most commonly spread through the bite of a deer tick. In its early stages, the disease causes flu-like symptoms, including fever, fatigue and muscle or joint pain.
Left untreated, the bacteria can cause chronic problems in the heart and nervous system, including cardiac inflammation and paralysis. It can be fatal.
Because Lyme disease shares symptoms with other illnesses, it's very difficult to diagnose.
Even when doctors suspect a patient might have Lyme, the most widely used diagnostic tool, a blood test called a "Western blot," is accurate less than half the time, said Nick Harris, the owner of IGeneX Labs in Palo Alto, Calif., the leading U.S. lab for Western blot screening.
That high rate of "false negatives" - people who test negative despite having the disease - also causes problems for Lyme sufferers, said Lori Hoerl of the Florida Lyme Advocacy Group in Jacksonville, who has the disease.
If a doctor later diagnoses Lyme disease, insurance companies will use a negative Western blot to deny paying for treatment, she said.
The Central Florida Research test represents an improvement because it detects the actual presence of the Lyme bacteria, said Pat Phillips, its lab director. The Western blot detects only antibodies, or substances the body produces in reaction to the bacteria.
The Lyme Antigen Test has proven to be about 90 percent accurate, Long said.
The lab finished development of the test a year ago, he said, but it took seven months to get state and federal licensing to perform it. Since then, Central Florida Research has been trying to spread the word among front-line doctors who treat the disease.
Besides word of mouth, the lab team has an information booth it has taken to medical conferences and seminars, such as a Jan. 19 event in St. Peterburg, he said.
Central Florida Research does about 10 to 20 tests a day, but it has the capacity to do 100 tests, Long said. It charges $250 per test, slightly higher than a typical lab fee.
The lab's Web site, www.centralfloridaresearch.com, also has helped market the test, he added. It's gotten referrals worldwide, including Chile, England, France and Germany.
From a personal standpoint, the results have been satisfying. A Winter Haven woman in her 30s had led an active, vibrant life until last year, when chronic fatigue forced her to drop out of graduate school, Long said. Previous tests were negative, but the antigen test showed she did have the Lyme bacteria.
"She's gotten her life back. She's back in graduate school," he said.
A 60-year-old woman from Chile also had been battling pain and fatigue for years but tested negative for Lyme, Long said. She's undergoing successful treatment after the antigen test proved positive.
Despite the state and federal certifications and the clinical results, Long, Hoerl and Threlkeld agreed Central Florida Research needs to gain the trust of the medical community before the test becomes widely accepted.
Long said he believes the small Lake Alfred lab can develop the same high regard enjoyed by Harris' IGeneX Labs.
"He's developed a reputation," Long added. "There's room in the marketplace for another company."
[ Kevin Bouffard can be reached at kevin.bouffard@theledger.com or at 863-802-7591. ]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
TalkMoola, Have you heard about it?
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This is a brief overview of TalkMoola:
> Connect with other members through the use of this full-featured social-networking platform
> Advertise to the membership through classifieds, blogs, bulletins, forum, and more...
> Build a downline 5 levels deep!
> Make lots of moola simply by referring other members to TalkMoola
> Learn how to market online through Training Videos, ebooks, training sessions, and more!
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Great Article about Chronic Lyme Disease
Woe to those with chronic Lyme disease
Legislation needed to protect doctors who treat stricken patients
Nov 21, 2007 - 10:04:11 CST.
by Debra Neutkens
Staff Writer
FOREST LAKE — An insidious, chronic disease is creeping into the Forest Lake area and those suffering its debilitating effects are hard-pressed to find treatment.
A "fear factor" exists among doctors who prescribe long-term treatment for patients with Lyme disease. They worry the state medical board (the official name is the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice) will pull their license or slap sanctions against them if antibiotics are given longer than usual.
So sufferers of the bacterium-infected tick bite are rallying support to fight what the president of the Lyme Disease Association calls "a social injustice."
Advocate Pat Smith is a national expert on tick-borne disease. She spoke to politicians and community members recently on behalf of the Minnesota Lyme Action Group, a small, but determined local support group founded by Forest Lake resident Ann Myre.
Their message is simple: Lyme disease is on the rise. Awareness is not.
According to Smith, the nemesis residing in the tiny deer tick that causes Lyme, Borrelia burgdorferi, is becoming established in areas of the state not previously considered high-risk.
And the bad news: the disease is endemic in Forest Lake, meaning highly prevalent.
But Lyme often goes undiagnosed and untreated. Tests are inaccurate, leaving some unlucky victims to fend for themselves because their blood test was negative.
Even those with positive results continue to live with chronic joint pain, heart trouble or neurological damage because most physicians in the state refuse to prescribe long-term antibiotics - about the only remedy to treat chronic Lyme.
City Administrator Chip Robinson can relate to the issue. An avid outdoorsman, Robinson has long suffered neck pain, muscle pain, headaches and an inability to concentrate — all classic signs of Lyme disease.
"I've never found answers to why I have these symptoms. They were just always there and I've learned to live with it," said Robinson. Like 30 to 50 percent of cases, he never had a rash. Only a small number of patients have the telltale "bullseye" rash.
Results from Robinson's Western blot test, a popular blood test that detects Lyme antibodies, was inconclusive, he said. "I was told CDC (Centers for Disease Control) guidelines indicate I don't have Lyme."
Unfortunately, the blot test is complex. The CDC set arbitrary criteria for considering the test positive and it misses many people, said Smith.
Not to be dissuaded, Robinson's strong symptoms keep him on a quest to find a physician willing to treat him long term.
There are less than a handful of doctors in Minnesota who treat Lyme patients. Most Lyme-literate physicians practice in the northeast. The Forest Lake activist group says there are a few doctors in Missouri and California and one in Louisiana, as well.
Robinson made an appointment with a physician knowledgeable about the disease, but his appointment was canceled when his test came back negative. That doctor will take patients only if they have a positive reading using the strict CDC criteria for Western blots.
And there's the rub. The Western blot tests for antibodies against the Lyme bacterium. Yet, during the first year after a tick bite, less than 65 percent of patients produce antibodies and they may not last. By year two, less than 50 percent will have a response.
People suffering from unsuspected Lyme disease are often misdiagnosed as having MS, Parkinson's disease, ALS, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, lupus, autism or a wide variety of psychiatric disorders.
The common treatment for Lyme disease is a two-to-four week course of an oral antibiotic like doxycycline. However, it is not known if this permanently cures the disease. Some patients require IV administration of antibiotics through lines implanted in their chest.
At the special forum held by the support group Nov. 13, Forest Lake Mayor Stev Stegner agreed the issue demands increased awareness.
But more than that, the Minnesota group is looking for state legislation that will allow doctors to treat Lyme disease appropriately and on an individualized basis.
Specifically, they're asking representatives to consider adopting a bill similar to one passed in Rhode Island that protects doctors who treat patients long term for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases against medical board investigations based solely on the use of prolonged courses of antibiotics.
"We need local politicians to take action," said Dr. Betty Maloney, a family practitioner from the Forest Lake area who has late Lyme. "This problem is real. The medical board is very powerful in Minnesota and this forum needs to flex some political muscle. We need a bill."
State Representative Bob Dettmer, Senator Ray Vandeveer and Sean Nienow, district director for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, attended Smith's presentation. Members of the action group hope to work with the legislators to push a bill through, not an easy task, said Vandeveer, who promised to "assess the climate."
Maloney is a precious resource for the area when it comes to Lyme. She left her practice at the Allina Clinic in 2005 due to Lyme's debilitating effects, but is on the road to recovery and now advocates for Lyme patients. She helps them find resources and get tested, and is willing to talk to their personal physician. "It is encouraging to me that physicians who once could not believe Lyme had so many manifestations now are looking at illnesses they could never identify and finding patients are positive for Lyme."
Treating physicians have their hands tied, she added.
The doctor Robinson wanted to see, for example, is a "Lyme friendly" who is under pressure to not treat infected patients with long-term antibiotics, Maloney told the group.
"He'll only take people with a CDC positive test. And a negative test does not mean you don't have Lyme disease."
According to the Forest Lake doctor, late Lyme cases in the area are mostly neurologic. The screening test for Lyme is very good at picking up patients with Lyme-induced arthritis, but not those with neurologic problems, which may explain why some test results prove false.
Is resistance a factor in the hesitance to use antibiotics long term? "That has been used as an excuse not to prescribe long-term antibiotics," Maloney replied, "but physicians are misinformed. They will prescribe the same long-term antibiotics for acne in teenagers. And there has been no resistance found in this Borrelia species."
Smith calls the Lyme dilemma "a war. There is no way to stop ticks. We need a nationwide effort and people are not sitting at the same table. We need to communicate. Patients aren't able to get treatment.
"There is a society of physicians opposed to treating Lyme," she said. "I travel all over the U.S. talking to groups. People suffering from Lyme are not making this up. They all have the same stories and they are sick. No one is advocating for them and it's a huge social injustice."
Anyone wishing more information can visit the Minnesota Lyme Action Group Web site at www.minnesotalymeactiongroup.com. President Jill Kuschel can be reached at 651-213-1200. Smith's Web site is www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org.
Press Publications, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
by Debra Neutkens Staff Writer
Legislation needed to protect doctors who treat stricken patients
Nov 21, 2007 - 10:04:11 CST.
by Debra Neutkens
Staff Writer
FOREST LAKE — An insidious, chronic disease is creeping into the Forest Lake area and those suffering its debilitating effects are hard-pressed to find treatment.
A "fear factor" exists among doctors who prescribe long-term treatment for patients with Lyme disease. They worry the state medical board (the official name is the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice) will pull their license or slap sanctions against them if antibiotics are given longer than usual.
So sufferers of the bacterium-infected tick bite are rallying support to fight what the president of the Lyme Disease Association calls "a social injustice."
Advocate Pat Smith is a national expert on tick-borne disease. She spoke to politicians and community members recently on behalf of the Minnesota Lyme Action Group, a small, but determined local support group founded by Forest Lake resident Ann Myre.
Their message is simple: Lyme disease is on the rise. Awareness is not.
According to Smith, the nemesis residing in the tiny deer tick that causes Lyme, Borrelia burgdorferi, is becoming established in areas of the state not previously considered high-risk.
And the bad news: the disease is endemic in Forest Lake, meaning highly prevalent.
But Lyme often goes undiagnosed and untreated. Tests are inaccurate, leaving some unlucky victims to fend for themselves because their blood test was negative.
Even those with positive results continue to live with chronic joint pain, heart trouble or neurological damage because most physicians in the state refuse to prescribe long-term antibiotics - about the only remedy to treat chronic Lyme.
City Administrator Chip Robinson can relate to the issue. An avid outdoorsman, Robinson has long suffered neck pain, muscle pain, headaches and an inability to concentrate — all classic signs of Lyme disease.
"I've never found answers to why I have these symptoms. They were just always there and I've learned to live with it," said Robinson. Like 30 to 50 percent of cases, he never had a rash. Only a small number of patients have the telltale "bullseye" rash.
Results from Robinson's Western blot test, a popular blood test that detects Lyme antibodies, was inconclusive, he said. "I was told CDC (Centers for Disease Control) guidelines indicate I don't have Lyme."
Unfortunately, the blot test is complex. The CDC set arbitrary criteria for considering the test positive and it misses many people, said Smith.
Not to be dissuaded, Robinson's strong symptoms keep him on a quest to find a physician willing to treat him long term.
There are less than a handful of doctors in Minnesota who treat Lyme patients. Most Lyme-literate physicians practice in the northeast. The Forest Lake activist group says there are a few doctors in Missouri and California and one in Louisiana, as well.
Robinson made an appointment with a physician knowledgeable about the disease, but his appointment was canceled when his test came back negative. That doctor will take patients only if they have a positive reading using the strict CDC criteria for Western blots.
And there's the rub. The Western blot tests for antibodies against the Lyme bacterium. Yet, during the first year after a tick bite, less than 65 percent of patients produce antibodies and they may not last. By year two, less than 50 percent will have a response.
People suffering from unsuspected Lyme disease are often misdiagnosed as having MS, Parkinson's disease, ALS, Alzheimer's, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, lupus, autism or a wide variety of psychiatric disorders.
The common treatment for Lyme disease is a two-to-four week course of an oral antibiotic like doxycycline. However, it is not known if this permanently cures the disease. Some patients require IV administration of antibiotics through lines implanted in their chest.
At the special forum held by the support group Nov. 13, Forest Lake Mayor Stev Stegner agreed the issue demands increased awareness.
But more than that, the Minnesota group is looking for state legislation that will allow doctors to treat Lyme disease appropriately and on an individualized basis.
Specifically, they're asking representatives to consider adopting a bill similar to one passed in Rhode Island that protects doctors who treat patients long term for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases against medical board investigations based solely on the use of prolonged courses of antibiotics.
"We need local politicians to take action," said Dr. Betty Maloney, a family practitioner from the Forest Lake area who has late Lyme. "This problem is real. The medical board is very powerful in Minnesota and this forum needs to flex some political muscle. We need a bill."
State Representative Bob Dettmer, Senator Ray Vandeveer and Sean Nienow, district director for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, attended Smith's presentation. Members of the action group hope to work with the legislators to push a bill through, not an easy task, said Vandeveer, who promised to "assess the climate."
Maloney is a precious resource for the area when it comes to Lyme. She left her practice at the Allina Clinic in 2005 due to Lyme's debilitating effects, but is on the road to recovery and now advocates for Lyme patients. She helps them find resources and get tested, and is willing to talk to their personal physician. "It is encouraging to me that physicians who once could not believe Lyme had so many manifestations now are looking at illnesses they could never identify and finding patients are positive for Lyme."
Treating physicians have their hands tied, she added.
The doctor Robinson wanted to see, for example, is a "Lyme friendly" who is under pressure to not treat infected patients with long-term antibiotics, Maloney told the group.
"He'll only take people with a CDC positive test. And a negative test does not mean you don't have Lyme disease."
According to the Forest Lake doctor, late Lyme cases in the area are mostly neurologic. The screening test for Lyme is very good at picking up patients with Lyme-induced arthritis, but not those with neurologic problems, which may explain why some test results prove false.
Is resistance a factor in the hesitance to use antibiotics long term? "That has been used as an excuse not to prescribe long-term antibiotics," Maloney replied, "but physicians are misinformed. They will prescribe the same long-term antibiotics for acne in teenagers. And there has been no resistance found in this Borrelia species."
Smith calls the Lyme dilemma "a war. There is no way to stop ticks. We need a nationwide effort and people are not sitting at the same table. We need to communicate. Patients aren't able to get treatment.
"There is a society of physicians opposed to treating Lyme," she said. "I travel all over the U.S. talking to groups. People suffering from Lyme are not making this up. They all have the same stories and they are sick. No one is advocating for them and it's a huge social injustice."
Anyone wishing more information can visit the Minnesota Lyme Action Group Web site at www.minnesotalymeactiongroup.com. President Jill Kuschel can be reached at 651-213-1200. Smith's Web site is www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org.
Press Publications, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
by Debra Neutkens Staff Writer
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Great Article from The Pennsyvania Gazette about Lyme Disease
Tick Doc
Class of ’87 | After suffering for 30 years from what doctors repeatedly identified as a cardiac disease of unknown origin, Robert Phillips developed heart failure severe enough to bring him to the verge of a heart transplant. Fortunately, the procedure was not needed.
Phillips was diagnosed and treated for advanced Lyme disease—one of the fastest spreading epidemics in the world, and one of the most debilitating. Since his treatment a decade ago, Phillips has enjoyed the benefits of normal cardiac function.
If Lyme is detected and treated properly at the onset of infection, there are usually no long-term medical repercussions. Left untreated or under-treated, however, it becomes an insidious illness, often inducing a myriad of acute and chronic neurological, musculoskeletal, rheumatologic, cardiac, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Lyme has been identified in medical journals as a probable cause of multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease, to name a few.
For saving his life (and making it worth living again), Phillips can thank Dr. Steven Phillips W’87—his son, who happens to be a leader in the fight against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. After graduating from Wharton in 1987, the younger Phillips was preparing to enter the business world when a friend who had recently finished medical school dared him to pursue a career in medicine.
That dare would end up saving—and improving—a lot of lives. Phillips has focused his efforts on combating Lyme ever since he began his residency at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1993.
“I knew a lot of people with Lyme from home,” the New York state native says. “Lyme has its fingers in so many disease states of ‘unknown etiology.’ Even if [it] contributes to only a small percent, the implications are staggering.”
A significant percentage of the medical community still resists accepting Lyme and related tick-borne diseases as such severe threats. “Medical dogma changes slowly, over decades,” says Phillips, who remains confident that his work will ultimately enlighten his colleagues.
In 1996, he stepped away from his research on the microbiology and immunology of B. Burgdorferi (the Lyme bacteria) and established a private practice. Today, operating from his cozy clapboard base camp in Wilton, Connecticut, Phillips wears a casual button-down shirt and blue jeans. The perpetually ringing telephones and fax machines are manned by three women—one of them his mother, Gladys. Despite his laidback demeanor and arid sense of humor, Phillips has a reputation for caring intensely for each patient.
By the time they arrive at his door, most of his patients have already sought the aid of other doctors in every medical field. Phillips is not committed to commonplace Lyme protocol, and he does whatever it takes to alleviate his patients’ suffering and improve the quality of their lives. As a result, he’s in high demand.
“There’s a wait of a few months, two to six depending on the time of the year,” he says. His patients come from all 50 states and many Western European countries.
Lyme patients are not the only people seeking his expertise. Network television and syndicated radio programs have sought his commentary. The governments of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York—all in the epicenter of tick-borne diseases—have invited him to provide testimony. His presentations have prompted legislation to fight Lyme and increase education efforts.
In his critique of “Lyme Disease Testing” (Lancet Infectious Disease, March 2006), Phillips makes clear that Lyme disease is taking on epidemic proportions because of the nonexistent efforts to improve an atrocious testing and reporting system—and he implicates government agencies, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Having served as president of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), Phillips is now a member of the professional advisory board for the Turn The Corner Foundation—a group more focused on funding research and treatments.
With the lay population still mostly ignorant about Lyme, Phillips wishes he could go on a speaking tour, in order to “educate so patients may have more access to medical care,” on a broader scale. In the meantime, he enjoys being a jock in his spare time. As a former instructor, the doctor has a particular soft spot for tennis, but there are other games he enjoys, too:
“Any sports that don’t involve tick exposure.”
—Eric Karlan C’09
Profiles : Events : Notes : Obituaries
Alumnae partner in Nurse-Family Partnership
Wire actor John Doman C’66
Slightly-too-slow bull runner Michael Lenahan C’05
Lyme fighter Steven Phillips W’87
Waste wrapper David Stoller C’72
Sept|Oct 07 Contents
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Previous issue’s section
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Last modified 08/30/07
Class of ’87 | After suffering for 30 years from what doctors repeatedly identified as a cardiac disease of unknown origin, Robert Phillips developed heart failure severe enough to bring him to the verge of a heart transplant. Fortunately, the procedure was not needed.
Phillips was diagnosed and treated for advanced Lyme disease—one of the fastest spreading epidemics in the world, and one of the most debilitating. Since his treatment a decade ago, Phillips has enjoyed the benefits of normal cardiac function.
If Lyme is detected and treated properly at the onset of infection, there are usually no long-term medical repercussions. Left untreated or under-treated, however, it becomes an insidious illness, often inducing a myriad of acute and chronic neurological, musculoskeletal, rheumatologic, cardiac, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Lyme has been identified in medical journals as a probable cause of multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia, Alzheimer’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease, to name a few.
For saving his life (and making it worth living again), Phillips can thank Dr. Steven Phillips W’87—his son, who happens to be a leader in the fight against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. After graduating from Wharton in 1987, the younger Phillips was preparing to enter the business world when a friend who had recently finished medical school dared him to pursue a career in medicine.
That dare would end up saving—and improving—a lot of lives. Phillips has focused his efforts on combating Lyme ever since he began his residency at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1993.
“I knew a lot of people with Lyme from home,” the New York state native says. “Lyme has its fingers in so many disease states of ‘unknown etiology.’ Even if [it] contributes to only a small percent, the implications are staggering.”
A significant percentage of the medical community still resists accepting Lyme and related tick-borne diseases as such severe threats. “Medical dogma changes slowly, over decades,” says Phillips, who remains confident that his work will ultimately enlighten his colleagues.
In 1996, he stepped away from his research on the microbiology and immunology of B. Burgdorferi (the Lyme bacteria) and established a private practice. Today, operating from his cozy clapboard base camp in Wilton, Connecticut, Phillips wears a casual button-down shirt and blue jeans. The perpetually ringing telephones and fax machines are manned by three women—one of them his mother, Gladys. Despite his laidback demeanor and arid sense of humor, Phillips has a reputation for caring intensely for each patient.
By the time they arrive at his door, most of his patients have already sought the aid of other doctors in every medical field. Phillips is not committed to commonplace Lyme protocol, and he does whatever it takes to alleviate his patients’ suffering and improve the quality of their lives. As a result, he’s in high demand.
“There’s a wait of a few months, two to six depending on the time of the year,” he says. His patients come from all 50 states and many Western European countries.
Lyme patients are not the only people seeking his expertise. Network television and syndicated radio programs have sought his commentary. The governments of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York—all in the epicenter of tick-borne diseases—have invited him to provide testimony. His presentations have prompted legislation to fight Lyme and increase education efforts.
In his critique of “Lyme Disease Testing” (Lancet Infectious Disease, March 2006), Phillips makes clear that Lyme disease is taking on epidemic proportions because of the nonexistent efforts to improve an atrocious testing and reporting system—and he implicates government agencies, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Having served as president of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), Phillips is now a member of the professional advisory board for the Turn The Corner Foundation—a group more focused on funding research and treatments.
With the lay population still mostly ignorant about Lyme, Phillips wishes he could go on a speaking tour, in order to “educate so patients may have more access to medical care,” on a broader scale. In the meantime, he enjoys being a jock in his spare time. As a former instructor, the doctor has a particular soft spot for tennis, but there are other games he enjoys, too:
“Any sports that don’t involve tick exposure.”
—Eric Karlan C’09
Profiles : Events : Notes : Obituaries
Alumnae partner in Nurse-Family Partnership
Wire actor John Doman C’66
Slightly-too-slow bull runner Michael Lenahan C’05
Lyme fighter Steven Phillips W’87
Waste wrapper David Stoller C’72
Sept|Oct 07 Contents
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Previous issue’s section
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Last modified 08/30/07
Saturday, January 26, 2008
For those of you Looking for the A-1 Website
Hi friends,
I thought I better leave you a note with a link to my other business's website. Some of you may have been directed here by another Google reference and I want to make sure you find what you are looking for. The URL for the A-1 Barricade and Sign Inc. website:http://www.a1barricadeandsign.com
We are in the business of providing work site traffic control throughout the state of Colorado for over 30 years now. We offer a complete line of barricades, traffic cones, construction signs, variable message signs, and arrow panels. We also install erosion and storm water control products. As part of our traffic control operation, we manufacture all types of construction signs and install them according to specifications. So we can sell you the signs and/or install them for you too, if you wish. Our employees are certified as Work Site Traffic Control Supervisors by the American Traffic Safety Services Assn.(ATSSA)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
How to Rank High on Google?
How to Rank High on Google
To rank high on Google, your website has to be measured by “500 million variables and 2 billion terms” of Google’s equation, as stated on Google’s Corporate Information Technology Overview page. Google’s ranking system is based on a democracy, and the citizens are the links on the worldwide web that vote for each other. Not unlike our government today, many of these “links” are paid for, and some are of greater value. Ranking high on Google is playing politics. Links and Keywords are the key players in the ranking game. Google also takes into consideration the full content of the page including HTML codes, fonts, subdivisions and the “precise location of each word.”
Links are votes. You must develop a link strategy. Google likes linking things together. Create a rich network of links with distinct quality content. Your website must have quality links going out and coming in. Quality is the key word. Links from reputable pages (which ironically includes .gov pages) are given more weight than links on “link farm” pages. Linking to a “link farm” is one of the worst things you can do and can potentially get your deported off the web. The better the links, the better your ranking. Google will factor in your page content and the content of the pages you link to. Do your research. Google has a free page rank tool on their toolbar. Use it to find out the page ranking and visit the site.
Google also gives more weight to one-way links that lead to your site, and less weight to reciprocal links. How do you get these? Buy them. List yourself in a reputable directory listing. Make sure you are listed in the Open Directory Project (DMOZ.org). If you can’t buy links, write good content. Give someone a reason to link to your site. Again, the keyword is Quality. Submitting articles and press releases are also strategies in the linking game.
Keywords are your platform. They are what you stand for. Words count. Graphics don’t. Make sure your words are not in graphic form and make sure you have relevant titles under your graphics. Start with your title tag. Put everything you stand for in ten words or less. Make your URLs short and keyword specific. Brand yourself. If you type in soda, Mountain Dew will not show up on the first page. If you type in Mountain Dew, it will be on the first page. Brand yourself so users know what they are searching for. Do not put the same words in every heading and every tag. Be descriptive. Sell yourself. There are multitudes of free keyword rank and suggestion tools. Use them as a supplement to your knowledge of your company.
Think of every element in your website as words and pages in a presentation that is going to be up for a vote. Does everything fit? Is it all related? Are you a reputable company with a quality product? Does it sell? Now sell it. Google is waiting for you.
This article is sponsored by http://www.spinsuccess.com/affiliates/id/3357_1_aaid_1
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Lyme disease and fatigue.
From my friends at Lyme Disease Research Database:
Do you get enough sleep? Or are you like so many people, getting by on just a few hours of shut-eye and rushing to begin your daily activities directly after the alarm goes off. In a sleep-deprived culture, surrounded by colleagues and friends who are running on coffee and bagels, it can be hard to tell when your level of fatigue is simply status quo, or if it's crossed the line to become a genuine symptom of Lyme. The garden-variety droop that comes with a busy life and a few nights of deprivation is generally a temporary problem. You can catch up and revitalize your adrenal glands with a couple of deep-sleep nights and a daytime nap or two.
On the other hand, bone-crushing fatigue, the kind that is symptomatic of Lyme, is hard to ignore. Your activities are limited because you just don't have the energy. You go to work, come home, fall asleep on the couch while waiting for dinner to cook itself. You go to bed early and try to sleep in till the last minute, but you don't wake up refreshed. You can't catch up. In fact, even after a good night's rest it can feel as if you hadn't slept a wink. You can't wash your face or tie your shoes without sitting down. In many cases, you may not even be able to hang on to your job, unless you're lucky enough to work from home.
Since that sort of fatigue is associated with a number of illnesses, including chronic fatigue syndrome or CFIDs, fibromyalgia, mononucleosis, and Lyme disease, medical testing is imperative to help you and your doctor ascertain why you are so tired. The tricky nature of the Lyme bug can make it difficult to eliminate Lyme as a possibility, even if you test negative. Your best bet is to find a doctor who is experienced in detecting Lyme, so that your overwhelming fatigue doesn't get ignored and written off as simple exhaustion.
Tags: sleep and lyme disease
Do you get enough sleep? Or are you like so many people, getting by on just a few hours of shut-eye and rushing to begin your daily activities directly after the alarm goes off. In a sleep-deprived culture, surrounded by colleagues and friends who are running on coffee and bagels, it can be hard to tell when your level of fatigue is simply status quo, or if it's crossed the line to become a genuine symptom of Lyme. The garden-variety droop that comes with a busy life and a few nights of deprivation is generally a temporary problem. You can catch up and revitalize your adrenal glands with a couple of deep-sleep nights and a daytime nap or two.
On the other hand, bone-crushing fatigue, the kind that is symptomatic of Lyme, is hard to ignore. Your activities are limited because you just don't have the energy. You go to work, come home, fall asleep on the couch while waiting for dinner to cook itself. You go to bed early and try to sleep in till the last minute, but you don't wake up refreshed. You can't catch up. In fact, even after a good night's rest it can feel as if you hadn't slept a wink. You can't wash your face or tie your shoes without sitting down. In many cases, you may not even be able to hang on to your job, unless you're lucky enough to work from home.
Since that sort of fatigue is associated with a number of illnesses, including chronic fatigue syndrome or CFIDs, fibromyalgia, mononucleosis, and Lyme disease, medical testing is imperative to help you and your doctor ascertain why you are so tired. The tricky nature of the Lyme bug can make it difficult to eliminate Lyme as a possibility, even if you test negative. Your best bet is to find a doctor who is experienced in detecting Lyme, so that your overwhelming fatigue doesn't get ignored and written off as simple exhaustion.
Tags: sleep and lyme disease
Great new film coming about Lyme disease.
Hi everyone,
I recived this e-mail from Lymeinfo.net today and I just had to pass it on to you.
I want you all to click on this link below and watch the trailer of this upcoming film about Lyme Disease. It is going to be one of the finest productions about Lyme disease ever made.
Best thoughts,
Rick B.
From Kris Kraft, Open Eye Pictures:
We're very excited to announce that a 30-minute sample of our Lyme
documentary, UNDER OUR SKIN, has put us in the running for the
prestigious IFP Award for Socially Conscious Documentaries. In
addition, we were awarded a screening slot at IFP Market, which will
place the rough cut of our film in front of high-level broadcasters and distributors in September.
http://www.lymediseasefilm.com
Interest in the film has been high, with packed fundraising screenings
in five cities; a pitch meeting with HBO; and interviews with national
publications such as The Washington Post, The Scientist, and Forbes
(well, we tried). And with President Bush's announcement that he's been treated for Lyme, and Michael Moore's SICKO film making health care an election issue, we feel the time is right for this film.
We're now in the homestretch for completing our rough cut for Sundance
Festival submission, and we'd like to call on the Lyme disease community to help us out in this final sprint. Even if you're not able to financially assist us, please help us spread the word among your friends, family, and influencers, so we can create a groundswell of excitement for our upcoming screenings. (We've placed our 5-minute film trailer back on our main website, so that you can easily forward it via email.)
And thanks again for all your support and stories!!
Open Eye Pictures
--------------------
Kris Kraft
http://www.lymediseasefilm.com
I recived this e-mail from Lymeinfo.net today and I just had to pass it on to you.
I want you all to click on this link below and watch the trailer of this upcoming film about Lyme Disease. It is going to be one of the finest productions about Lyme disease ever made.
Best thoughts,
Rick B.
From Kris Kraft, Open Eye Pictures:
We're very excited to announce that a 30-minute sample of our Lyme
documentary, UNDER OUR SKIN, has put us in the running for the
prestigious IFP Award for Socially Conscious Documentaries. In
addition, we were awarded a screening slot at IFP Market, which will
place the rough cut of our film in front of high-level broadcasters and distributors in September.
http://www.lymediseasefilm.com
Interest in the film has been high, with packed fundraising screenings
in five cities; a pitch meeting with HBO; and interviews with national
publications such as The Washington Post, The Scientist, and Forbes
(well, we tried). And with President Bush's announcement that he's been treated for Lyme, and Michael Moore's SICKO film making health care an election issue, we feel the time is right for this film.
We're now in the homestretch for completing our rough cut for Sundance
Festival submission, and we'd like to call on the Lyme disease community to help us out in this final sprint. Even if you're not able to financially assist us, please help us spread the word among your friends, family, and influencers, so we can create a groundswell of excitement for our upcoming screenings. (We've placed our 5-minute film trailer back on our main website, so that you can easily forward it via email.)
And thanks again for all your support and stories!!
Open Eye Pictures
--------------------
Kris Kraft
http://www.lymediseasefilm.com
Michael Rasmussen's "Email Promos Exposed" Video Series: How to Write Killer Email Promos That Get Results!
Hi friends,
Have you ever been faced with the task of having
to write an email promotion to your list, and
then realized that you didn't know what to say or
how to say it?
Michael Rasmussen's new video course "Email
Promos Exposed" promises to solve that problem
for you by walking you through the actual process
of creating killer email promos step-by-step.
*************************************************
If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
*************************************************
I decided to see if Michael's videos live up to
their promise by trying them out myself. Here's
what I found:
*************************************************
Overall Quality
*************************************************
The first thing I noticed when I opened up the
first video was the stunning production quality.
He used Camtasia Studio for the production, which
is now the industry standard for creating
high-quality screen capture video products. The
audio is near studio quality, and the graphics
are very professional. These videos were made by
someone who KNOWS what he's doing. Well done!
I also liked how Michael divided the videos up by
section, and then again by sub-section. For
example, one video is all about the subject line,
and then there are different parts of that video
that each cover a certain area of crafting a
killer subject line.
Now let's move onto...
*************************************************
THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
*************************************************
Here's a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it's impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.
*************************************************
If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
*************************************************
VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION
This video served as an introduction to the whole
course. You get to see a picture of Michael in
his every day life, and he establishes his
credibility right up front by talking about some
of his massive successes online. He even provides
proof of credibility by displaying two checks in
the amount of $50,000 and $25,000 which prove
that, when it comes to the subject of making
money with email promos, he knows his stuff.
This is a good lesson for anyone to get. Whenever
you're teaching people how to do something, it's
good to establish your credibility up front, so
that there's no doubt about whether or not you're
qualified to talk about the subject. Most product
developers either skip or minimize this step.
VIDEO 2 - BEFORE YOU WRITE THE PROMO
This video talks about some things that no other
marketer has bothered to mention. You'll learn
things like:
* The mindset you need in order to write a killer
promo
* The different tools you need before you get
started
* How to keep your emails laser-focused
* How to create an outline that practically
writes the email for you.
This was a fantastic video, and did a good job of
kicking things off.
VIDEO 3 - THE SUBJECT LINE
I liked this video, because it talked about one
of MY biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing
email promos... the subject line. The subject
line is a confusing topic, because nobody's 100%
sure what the best tactics are.
Michael breaks it down, and reveals:
* The biggest secret for writing a subject line
that makes people insanely curious.
* Techniques for personalizing the subject line.
* Mistakes to avoid when using personalization.
I was surprised to find that I was making some of
the mistakes that Michael mentioned in this
video, but now I know better.
VIDEO 4 - THE OPENING
This is where a lot of people slack off when
writing their emails. Michael talks about how
important it is to create an opening that is
conversational, and then reveals techniques and
examples on how to do that.
He also reveals:
* How to get people to keep reading your email
once they've opened it.
* How to make your opening interesting.
* Mistakes to avoid when creating your first few
paragraphs.
VIDEO 5 - THE BODY COPY
This is one of the "meatiest" portions of the
course, because it reveals techniques that are
not widely discussed on the forums, blogs, and in
most eBooks. He talks about the importance of
keeping your body copy tight and relevant, and
then reveals how you can do that. You'll also
learn:
* How to write powerful bullets that make people
curious and want to find out more.
* Simple formatting tricks for making your body
copy easy to read.
* The secret of "bucket brigade copy" and how to
use it in your email promos to force people to
keep reading.
VIDEO 6 - THE CALL TO ACTION
This is where a lot of people wimp out in their
email promos. They start out strong, but when it
comes time to ask the reader to click the link
and take action, they don't know what to say.
Michael talks about some of his favorite
techniques for making that happen, and also
reveals:
* The "magic question" to ask yourself that will
make your close much more powerful.
* The secret of the "unanswered question" and why
handling this is a surefire way to get people to
act right away.
* The structure of a powerful close.
* Mistakes people make when creating their close.
VIDEO 7 - CREATING AN EFFECTIVE P.S.
Some people say that the P.S. is one of the most
important parts of the email, because it is often
the one thing that gets people to click the link
at the end. In this video, Michael talks about:
* Why you should including a P.S. at the end of
your email.
* The 4 different kinds of P.S.'s you can use
(this section was a real eye-opener for me).
VIDEO 8 - COMMON MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE
I loved this video, because it showed me some
mistakes that I was making that I wasn't even
aware of. Unless you're a seasoned pro, you're
probably guilty of some of the things that
Michael talks about in this video as well, and
that's why it's so valuable. I've shaved years
off my learning curve, because now I can avoid
some of the costly mistakes that I was bound to
make in the learning process.
VIDEO 9 - HOW TO CREATE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL PROMOTIONS
This video alone is going to make me a lot of
money. Why? Because I used to only send out one
email promo for each affiliate promotion I was
doing. Michael showed me in this video how
important it is to send a follow-up promotion,
and he showed me exactly how to do it. He covered
things like:
* The psychology of follow-up email promo's.
* The 2 main types of follow-up promos that make
the most money.
* How to overcome readers' objections in your
follow up emails.
* The 2 most common mistakes people make when
writing follow-ups and how to avoid them.
VIDEO 10 - HOW TO WRITE BACK END EMAIL PROMOTIONS
Every marketing guru out there says that the REAL
money is on the back end. I'd have to agree with
them, but the problem is... most people have no
idea how to set up a back end system that makes
money. This video will teach you how to set up an
automated back end that's loaded with killer
promos that make you lots of cash on autopilot.
He reveals things like:
* The big difference between regular and back end
email promos.
* How to prepare a back end promotion sequence.
* Common mistakes people make when creating back
end email promos.
VIDEO 11 - CREATING AFFILIATE EMAIL PROMOTIONS
This could be the most important video of the
entire package for a lot of people, because most
people email their list to promote other people's
products as an affiliate. Let's face it, if you
only have 3 products, can you really afford to
only email your list 3 times a year? They'll get
bored hearing about the same old products over
and over again. This video sheds some light on
how to create killer affiliate promos. Michael
reveals things like:
* The two main types of affiliate promos.
* What makes affiliate promos different than
regular promos (and why ignoring this huge secret
could cost you big money).
* Michael's favorite tactics for creating
affiliate promos that no one else is doing.
* 3 different ways to add scarcity to your
affiliate promos (this is the most important
section of the video, so make sure you watch it
over and over again).
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CONCLUSION
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As you can see, Email Promos Exposed really packs
a lot of punch! Most of the courses out there
offer only watered down, weak content. Not this
one! These videos are going on my "A-list" for a
long time.
I've already watched them twice, and plan on
reviewing them every couple months to make sure
that I have the principals, techniques and
tactics burned into my mind.
If email marketing is an important part of your
business (and in my opinion, it's the most
important part of ANY online business), then you
owe it to yourself to check out Michael's
exciting new videos, Email Promos Exposed.
Here's the URL where you can get instant free access
to the videos right now.
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
Sincerely,
Richard
Have you ever been faced with the task of having
to write an email promotion to your list, and
then realized that you didn't know what to say or
how to say it?
Michael Rasmussen's new video course "Email
Promos Exposed" promises to solve that problem
for you by walking you through the actual process
of creating killer email promos step-by-step.
*************************************************
If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
*************************************************
I decided to see if Michael's videos live up to
their promise by trying them out myself. Here's
what I found:
*************************************************
Overall Quality
*************************************************
The first thing I noticed when I opened up the
first video was the stunning production quality.
He used Camtasia Studio for the production, which
is now the industry standard for creating
high-quality screen capture video products. The
audio is near studio quality, and the graphics
are very professional. These videos were made by
someone who KNOWS what he's doing. Well done!
I also liked how Michael divided the videos up by
section, and then again by sub-section. For
example, one video is all about the subject line,
and then there are different parts of that video
that each cover a certain area of crafting a
killer subject line.
Now let's move onto...
*************************************************
THE ACTUAL VIDEOS
*************************************************
Here's a brief summary of each video. Obviously
it's impossible to list every single thing here,
but I want you to get a feel for what each one
covered, and how well it covered it.
*************************************************
If you're in a hurry, just go ahead visit this
URL to get instant free access to these videos:
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
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VIDEO 1 - INTRODUCTION
This video served as an introduction to the whole
course. You get to see a picture of Michael in
his every day life, and he establishes his
credibility right up front by talking about some
of his massive successes online. He even provides
proof of credibility by displaying two checks in
the amount of $50,000 and $25,000 which prove
that, when it comes to the subject of making
money with email promos, he knows his stuff.
This is a good lesson for anyone to get. Whenever
you're teaching people how to do something, it's
good to establish your credibility up front, so
that there's no doubt about whether or not you're
qualified to talk about the subject. Most product
developers either skip or minimize this step.
VIDEO 2 - BEFORE YOU WRITE THE PROMO
This video talks about some things that no other
marketer has bothered to mention. You'll learn
things like:
* The mindset you need in order to write a killer
promo
* The different tools you need before you get
started
* How to keep your emails laser-focused
* How to create an outline that practically
writes the email for you.
This was a fantastic video, and did a good job of
kicking things off.
VIDEO 3 - THE SUBJECT LINE
I liked this video, because it talked about one
of MY biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing
email promos... the subject line. The subject
line is a confusing topic, because nobody's 100%
sure what the best tactics are.
Michael breaks it down, and reveals:
* The biggest secret for writing a subject line
that makes people insanely curious.
* Techniques for personalizing the subject line.
* Mistakes to avoid when using personalization.
I was surprised to find that I was making some of
the mistakes that Michael mentioned in this
video, but now I know better.
VIDEO 4 - THE OPENING
This is where a lot of people slack off when
writing their emails. Michael talks about how
important it is to create an opening that is
conversational, and then reveals techniques and
examples on how to do that.
He also reveals:
* How to get people to keep reading your email
once they've opened it.
* How to make your opening interesting.
* Mistakes to avoid when creating your first few
paragraphs.
VIDEO 5 - THE BODY COPY
This is one of the "meatiest" portions of the
course, because it reveals techniques that are
not widely discussed on the forums, blogs, and in
most eBooks. He talks about the importance of
keeping your body copy tight and relevant, and
then reveals how you can do that. You'll also
learn:
* How to write powerful bullets that make people
curious and want to find out more.
* Simple formatting tricks for making your body
copy easy to read.
* The secret of "bucket brigade copy" and how to
use it in your email promos to force people to
keep reading.
VIDEO 6 - THE CALL TO ACTION
This is where a lot of people wimp out in their
email promos. They start out strong, but when it
comes time to ask the reader to click the link
and take action, they don't know what to say.
Michael talks about some of his favorite
techniques for making that happen, and also
reveals:
* The "magic question" to ask yourself that will
make your close much more powerful.
* The secret of the "unanswered question" and why
handling this is a surefire way to get people to
act right away.
* The structure of a powerful close.
* Mistakes people make when creating their close.
VIDEO 7 - CREATING AN EFFECTIVE P.S.
Some people say that the P.S. is one of the most
important parts of the email, because it is often
the one thing that gets people to click the link
at the end. In this video, Michael talks about:
* Why you should including a P.S. at the end of
your email.
* The 4 different kinds of P.S.'s you can use
(this section was a real eye-opener for me).
VIDEO 8 - COMMON MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE
I loved this video, because it showed me some
mistakes that I was making that I wasn't even
aware of. Unless you're a seasoned pro, you're
probably guilty of some of the things that
Michael talks about in this video as well, and
that's why it's so valuable. I've shaved years
off my learning curve, because now I can avoid
some of the costly mistakes that I was bound to
make in the learning process.
VIDEO 9 - HOW TO CREATE FOLLOW-UP EMAIL PROMOTIONS
This video alone is going to make me a lot of
money. Why? Because I used to only send out one
email promo for each affiliate promotion I was
doing. Michael showed me in this video how
important it is to send a follow-up promotion,
and he showed me exactly how to do it. He covered
things like:
* The psychology of follow-up email promo's.
* The 2 main types of follow-up promos that make
the most money.
* How to overcome readers' objections in your
follow up emails.
* The 2 most common mistakes people make when
writing follow-ups and how to avoid them.
VIDEO 10 - HOW TO WRITE BACK END EMAIL PROMOTIONS
Every marketing guru out there says that the REAL
money is on the back end. I'd have to agree with
them, but the problem is... most people have no
idea how to set up a back end system that makes
money. This video will teach you how to set up an
automated back end that's loaded with killer
promos that make you lots of cash on autopilot.
He reveals things like:
* The big difference between regular and back end
email promos.
* How to prepare a back end promotion sequence.
* Common mistakes people make when creating back
end email promos.
VIDEO 11 - CREATING AFFILIATE EMAIL PROMOTIONS
This could be the most important video of the
entire package for a lot of people, because most
people email their list to promote other people's
products as an affiliate. Let's face it, if you
only have 3 products, can you really afford to
only email your list 3 times a year? They'll get
bored hearing about the same old products over
and over again. This video sheds some light on
how to create killer affiliate promos. Michael
reveals things like:
* The two main types of affiliate promos.
* What makes affiliate promos different than
regular promos (and why ignoring this huge secret
could cost you big money).
* Michael's favorite tactics for creating
affiliate promos that no one else is doing.
* 3 different ways to add scarcity to your
affiliate promos (this is the most important
section of the video, so make sure you watch it
over and over again).
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CONCLUSION
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As you can see, Email Promos Exposed really packs
a lot of punch! Most of the courses out there
offer only watered down, weak content. Not this
one! These videos are going on my "A-list" for a
long time.
I've already watched them twice, and plan on
reviewing them every couple months to make sure
that I have the principals, techniques and
tactics burned into my mind.
If email marketing is an important part of your
business (and in my opinion, it's the most
important part of ANY online business), then you
owe it to yourself to check out Michael's
exciting new videos, Email Promos Exposed.
Here's the URL where you can get instant free access
to the videos right now.
http://www.emailpromosexposed.com/?thankyou-page=79543
Sincerely,
Richard
Sunday, January 13, 2008
How Lyme Disease Has Affected One Family
From Wiscnews.com January 13,2008
Wrestling to beat Lyme disease
By Mark Nesbitt/Sauk Prairie Eagle
SAUK PRAIRIE AREA - Grand Avenue Elementary School fifth-grader Eddie Smith was overwhelmed by a groundswell of fund-raising support in his fight against Lyme disease at the Eagle wrestling Invitational tournament Jan. 5.
"When everyone wears a shirt with your name on it, I feel kind of scared," said Eddie, who is 10 years old and was diagnosed with the disease in 2003. "It makes you feel happy at the same time."
Eddie has battled Lyme disease with the support of his family for almost five years and the family has turned to a combination of alternative treatments in its mission to eradicate the disease.
"We feel a responsibility to be advocates to get people to look a little deeper for a solution and to help others with similar issues," said Eddie's father, Scott who also is the Sauk Prairie wrestling coach.
During the Jan. 5 event, the Sauk Prairie wrestling club hosted a fund-raiser for Eddie. Proceeds from the 50/50 raffle, bake sale and donation box will be donated to the family to help pay for the ongoing medical costs for Eddie's treatment.
Scott and his wife, Miki first noticed a problem with Eddie while on a camping trip in Sheboygan when he was 5 years old. Eddie developed a bulls-eye rash characteristic of Lyme disease. He was diagnosed with Lyme disease at Divine Savior in Portage and given two weeks worth of antibiotics.
"I just thought it was a sickness and it would go away like most sicknesses do," Eddie said.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected black-legged or deer ticks. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous system.
A year-and-a-half after the diagnosis, Miki said she noticed that Eddie was battling joint pain and twitching. On the weekend of the youth wrestling tournament in 2006, Eddie's temperature spiked to 104 degrees and he gutted out the tournament.
"I still wrestled, but it hurt really bad," Eddie said. "I didn't do as well as I could have."
The Lyme symptoms were dormant for six months when Eddie was prescribed long-term antibiotics, but the striking abdomen pain returned.
"It's like someone is punching me," Eddie said. "It goes away for five seconds and comes back."
The Smiths have chosen to use a combination of special treatments to fight the disease, including acupuncture and electromagnetic therapy.
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating filiform needles into "acupuncture points" on the body with the aim of restoring health, treating pain and diseases, according to Wikipedia.com.
Electromagnetic therapy is a form of alternative medicine aimed at treating disease by applying electromagnetic energy to the body.
Scott said health officials continue to debate the effectiveness of some alternative treatments Eddie is undergoing, but said the family would do whatever it could to help his son get through the effects of the disease.
"We have learned that you can take antibiotics and the Lyme can hide out in the body and go into cyst form," Scott said. "There is a lot of disagreement out there. I think a lot of doctors will be upset with what we are doing. We are just doing what is best for Eddie
Wrestling to beat Lyme disease
By Mark Nesbitt/Sauk Prairie Eagle
SAUK PRAIRIE AREA - Grand Avenue Elementary School fifth-grader Eddie Smith was overwhelmed by a groundswell of fund-raising support in his fight against Lyme disease at the Eagle wrestling Invitational tournament Jan. 5.
"When everyone wears a shirt with your name on it, I feel kind of scared," said Eddie, who is 10 years old and was diagnosed with the disease in 2003. "It makes you feel happy at the same time."
Eddie has battled Lyme disease with the support of his family for almost five years and the family has turned to a combination of alternative treatments in its mission to eradicate the disease.
"We feel a responsibility to be advocates to get people to look a little deeper for a solution and to help others with similar issues," said Eddie's father, Scott who also is the Sauk Prairie wrestling coach.
During the Jan. 5 event, the Sauk Prairie wrestling club hosted a fund-raiser for Eddie. Proceeds from the 50/50 raffle, bake sale and donation box will be donated to the family to help pay for the ongoing medical costs for Eddie's treatment.
Scott and his wife, Miki first noticed a problem with Eddie while on a camping trip in Sheboygan when he was 5 years old. Eddie developed a bulls-eye rash characteristic of Lyme disease. He was diagnosed with Lyme disease at Divine Savior in Portage and given two weeks worth of antibiotics.
"I just thought it was a sickness and it would go away like most sicknesses do," Eddie said.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected black-legged or deer ticks. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous system.
A year-and-a-half after the diagnosis, Miki said she noticed that Eddie was battling joint pain and twitching. On the weekend of the youth wrestling tournament in 2006, Eddie's temperature spiked to 104 degrees and he gutted out the tournament.
"I still wrestled, but it hurt really bad," Eddie said. "I didn't do as well as I could have."
The Lyme symptoms were dormant for six months when Eddie was prescribed long-term antibiotics, but the striking abdomen pain returned.
"It's like someone is punching me," Eddie said. "It goes away for five seconds and comes back."
The Smiths have chosen to use a combination of special treatments to fight the disease, including acupuncture and electromagnetic therapy.
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating filiform needles into "acupuncture points" on the body with the aim of restoring health, treating pain and diseases, according to Wikipedia.com.
Electromagnetic therapy is a form of alternative medicine aimed at treating disease by applying electromagnetic energy to the body.
Scott said health officials continue to debate the effectiveness of some alternative treatments Eddie is undergoing, but said the family would do whatever it could to help his son get through the effects of the disease.
"We have learned that you can take antibiotics and the Lyme can hide out in the body and go into cyst form," Scott said. "There is a lot of disagreement out there. I think a lot of doctors will be upset with what we are doing. We are just doing what is best for Eddie
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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About Me
- rbowman838
- Pueblo, Colorado, United States
- I am a Chronic Lyme disease patient. I was bitten by a tick in 2001 and have been very sick ever since. Subsequently, you could say I am a Lyme disease junkie.I thirst for any information about it,any treatments, research etc. It has been a life altering experience, which has kept me away from our business and at home most of the time. I use to own A-1 Barricade and Sign Inc. here in Pueblo, Co, but because of the Lyme disease, my sons are running the business for the most part with my wife. I have been married for 48 years to a wonderful woman who is also my best friend. We have five children, all grown. Four boys live here in Pueblo and my only daughter lives in Bonney Lake, Washington. We miss her a lot. I have 7 grandchildren, which are the greatest of all. They are all exceptionally beautiful! The last thing you need to know about me is that I am proud to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Because of this I have the knowledge that life is eternal and that it does not end here, but it will go on after death because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. This truth I bear witness of!