Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics

After Hurricane Katrina, Brenna Faulk and her family moved from Louisiana to Montana. She was sick off and on for several years, deteriorating rapidly after coming down with what she thought was strep throat, but she never got better.

This sent her to a series of doctors, first to her local doctors, then out to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Az, and finally out to a doctor in California, who prescribed an iGenix lab which proved the presence of Lyme, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, and central nervous system involvement. Brenna has been diagnosed with neurological Lyme, and receives IV antibiotics to combat her symptoms. She has been combating Lyme now for five years.

After getting diagnosed and educating herself, Brenna started a fundraising website called Twyst of Lyme, dedicated to raising funds for Lyme disease research and education. She also shares updates for Lyme disease legislation, and updates for fundraising and awareness events.

Dave Skidmore was bitten in 2009 and noticed the bulls-eye rash after a family excursion. Although he was treated right away, his symptoms reappeared after his prescribed 20 days of doxycycline. This began a seemingly enless series of doctors visits that lasted two years before he was properly diagnosed.

As a result of his struggles with Lyme and his frustration with being unable to receive proper treatment, Dave was inspired to create a series of cartoons called Lyme Loonies. His cartoons are popular within the Lyme community and was picked up by ILADS to raise awareness for Lyme Disease.

Dave is planning to gather his cartoons and publish a book in the near future.

Dave Skidmore was bitten in 2009 and noticed the bulls-eye rash after a family excursion. Although he was treated right away, his symptoms reappeared after his prescribed 20 days of doxycycline. This began a seemingly enless series of doctors visits that lasted two years before he was properly diagnosed.

As a result of his struggles with Lyme and his frustration with being unable to receive proper treatment, Dave was inspired to create a series of cartoons called Lyme Loonies. His cartoons are popular within the Lyme community and was picked up by ILADS to raise awareness for Lyme Disease.

Dave is planning to gather his cartoons and publish a book in the near future.

Episode 12 features Katrina Starzhynskaya. Katrina is a Bestselling Author, Founder of Health Mastery Retreat, Public Speaker, and a serial entrepreneur. Katrina is also a Yoga and Fitness Instructor, Tennis Player, and a Model. After being undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, and finally diagnosed with Lyme disease, Katrina realized that Western Medicine had failed her and medical doctors had no clue how to treat Lyme and other degenerative diseases. She rejected the tag of "incurable" that was put on her, and healed herself with radical lifestyle changes and holistic treatments. Katrina helps people to reverse chronic illnesses by offering guidance with drug-free treatments at her Health Mastery Retreat.

Episode 12 features Katrina Starzhynskaya. Katrina is a Bestselling Author, Founder of Health Mastery Retreat, Public Speaker, and a serial entrepreneur. Katrina is also a Yoga and Fitness Instructor, Tennis Player, and a Model. After being undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, and finally diagnosed with Lyme disease, Katrina realized that Western Medicine had failed her and medical doctors had no clue how to treat Lyme and other degenerative diseases. She rejected the tag of "incurable" that was put on her, and healed herself with radical lifestyle changes and holistic treatments. Katrina helps people to reverse chronic illnesses by offering guidance with drug-free treatments at her Health Mastery Retreat.

Episode 11 features Charlotte Therese Björnström, founder of The Worldwide Lyme Protest. Charlotte been ill with Lyme Disease for about 25 years. After battling with the Swedish health care system, she started a grass roots initiative to promote Lyme Disease awareness. She saw there were thousands of people suffering around the world and had a dream to take the initiative much further than the Scandinavian borders.

The World Wide Lyme Protest was founded on October 31st, 2012 and spans the globe with representatives from many different countries volunteering their time to offer support, raise awareness and organize protests.

Episode 11 features Charlotte Therese Björnström, founder of The Worldwide Lyme Protest. Charlotte been ill with Lyme Disease for about 25 years. After battling with the Swedish health care system, she started a grass roots initiative to promote Lyme Disease awareness. She saw there were thousands of people suffering around the world and had a dream to take the initiative much further than the Scandinavian borders.

The World Wide Lyme Protest was founded on October 31st, 2012 and spans the globe with representatives from many different countries volunteering their time to offer support, raise awareness and organize protests.

Episode 9 features Mara Williams, NP author of Nature's Dirty Needle. Mara s a board certified nurse practitioner. With 30 years as a health care provider, she has developed an expertise in functional, nutritional medicine; blending pharmaceuticals with nutraceuticals, utilizing science and nutrition to its best advantage to get the optimal effect and outcome.

She is a Lyme advocate, speaker, author of Nature’s Dirty Needle (her book on Lyme disease and its co-infections), and founder of Inanna House, an inpatient facility for those with chronic illness. She is dedicated to helping those who have suffered from Lyme and other tick-borne associated diseases.

Mara is also the founder and CEO of Inanna House when complete, will be a clinical research facility as well as a teaching institution. The agreement to be involved in confidential, anonymized clinical research studies would be hard-wired into the treatment model, as well as a patient agreement, in some instances, to receive care from staffers-in-training.

Inanna House will track treatment successes for years afterward with longitudinal patient follow-up studies. This will provide valuable information to continuously improve and refine patient care, as well as data on possible relapses and reinfection. The first facility of many to model the new paradigm will be in Sonoma County on 10-15 acres of viable land. It is part of the vision that we will have Inanna House around the world. Many of these centers are needed as millions are in need of help

Episode 9 features Mara Williams, NP author of Nature's Dirty Needle. Mara s a board certified nurse practitioner. With 30 years as a health care provider, she has developed an expertise in functional, nutritional medicine; blending pharmaceuticals with nutraceuticals, utilizing science and nutrition to its best advantage to get the optimal effect and outcome.

She is a Lyme advocate, speaker, author of Nature’s Dirty Needle (her book on Lyme disease and its co-infections), and founder of Inanna House, an inpatient facility for those with chronic illness. She is dedicated to helping those who have suffered from Lyme and other tick-borne associated diseases.

Mara is also the founder and CEO of Inanna House when complete, will be a clinical research facility as well as a teaching institution. The agreement to be involved in confidential, anonymized clinical research studies would be hard-wired into the treatment model, as well as a patient agreement, in some instances, to receive care from staffers-in-training.

Inanna House will track treatment successes for years afterward with longitudinal patient follow-up studies. This will provide valuable information to continuously improve and refine patient care, as well as data on possible relapses and reinfection. The first facility of many to model the new paradigm will be in Sonoma County on 10-15 acres of viable land. It is part of the vision that we will have Inanna House around the world. Many of these centers are needed as millions are in need of help

Episode 10 features Greg Lee, M.Ac., L.Ac. acupuncturist and Lyme specialist, founder of Two Frogs Healing Center and GoodbyeLyme.com. He has been treating Lyme for 15 years, using his experience in acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Craniosacral technique, and Suffi Healing to help people conquer their disease.