S.L.A.M. Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts

07/18/2025

Great info!💚

07/18/2025

Steven Williams was living a "normal" active lifestyle, exercising regularly, working as a civil servant and playing in a rock band - but one week in March 2021, he felt a sudden change

07/18/2025

The coronavirus testing debacle, much like early Lyme testing, is a reminder that diagnostics aren’t perfect.   By Carrie Arnold, Undark, June 17, 2020 AS

07/16/2025

An Air Force Thunderbird pilot thought she would retire as a general but a tick-borne illness left her unable to fly.

07/16/2025

07/14/2025

The real flex? Going through the storm of or and still choosing kindness- toward others and yourself. 💙

Illness may touch your body. It may even cloud your mind. But it can’t touch your spirit.

07/14/2025

Join me for a free webinar this Wed evening at 6 pm EST on CFS/ME and mitochondrial dysfunction, and how MSIDS variables affect your energy and well being. Have you tried sleep, supplements, and diet, but still feel like your energy is being stolen? You won’t want to miss this. I’ll be joining the folks at The DNA Company for a webinar on chronic fatigue and mitochondrial dysfunction.
We’re going to have a wide-ranging conversation and give you a roadmap for restoring your vitality! Join us Wed evening to hear more.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Uu5Y0N3qSciWgHcOXslS2A #/registration

07/14/2025

Dianna Brescia is a GLA mentor who is sharing her Lyme story with the community to help spread awareness. 

07/12/2025

After over a decade of advocacy, 1,525 days of misdiagnosis, and endless perseverance, Colonel has helped launch the first-ever Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Illness Awareness Campaign in the Air National Guard.

✅ 100,000+ citizen airmen educated
✅ 1,000+ medical technicians trained
✅ 100+ military physicians reached
✅ Lives saved, suffering prevented

This is what happens when a warrior takes on Lyme.

Colonel was medically discharged in 2017 after contracting a tick-borne illness while serving at Seymour Johnson AFB. Her provider told her, “We don’t have Lyme in North Carolina.” That was the day her chronic illness journey began.

But she never gave up.

She found an ally in Colonel Dr. Russell Kohl, and a dream nearly 10 years in the making became reality this May: an official military-wide Lyme awareness initiative.

🎙️ We had the honor of sharing her story on Episode 210: “Top Gun” of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast. If you haven’t heard it yet, it’s a must-listen.

🎧 Stream it now at tickbootcamp.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

07/11/2025

by Jennifer Crystal The first time I saw the award-winning Lyme documentary Under Our Skin, I was seated in the theater. In the film, a doctor who doesn’t