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Tick Bite photo

September 3, 2018 by Lynn Sholes 2 Comments

Here is a photo of a tick bite from a blacklegged tick or also known as a deer tick.

That is the tick that causes Lyme disease. FYI, Lyme disease is an infection spread through the bite of a deer tick that is infected with a bacterium called Borellelia burgdoferi (who really cares about the name!). Those cruddy ticks get it from biting another infected animal like a deer, bear, mouse, other mammals, and even a bird. (So how did those critters get it?)

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Living With Chronic Pain

August 31, 2018 by Lynn Sholes 21 Comments

I look in the mirror and I can’t see it. Others look at me, and they can’t see it either. I hide it well so people don’t judge me. I don’t want them to see me as lazy, an overweight person who doesn’t exercise. Their looks and advice hurt. In the mirror, I appear normal, but inside my body, something is terribly wrong. And nobody knows it but me.

Here is my story.

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