The Lyme Center is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote awareness, education and advocacy about Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses. Located in Chico, California, the Lyme Center serves Lyme patients, their caregivers and families throughout the Northern California area. The Board Of Directors is comprised of individuals whom are compassionate, knowledgeable and dedicated to raising awareness about Lyme disease.
We are here for you during this pandemic, sharing information and facts. We are sharing many links to talks and resources of interest to Lyme patients on our Facebook page. We will be holding our regular support group meetings on the third Monday of the month via Zoom. You can call our Help Line or email for more information. To receive the link and announcements for upcoming meetings please email us and we will add you to the list. We also sponsor a group FB page – Chico Lyme Community where you can ask questions or share information with other members.
Next Zoom Support Group Meeting
Sarah Lee will be sharing her Lyme Journey from a professional career to disability and how she turned it around and regained her health and a full life.
November 16th, 2020 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm, PST.
Everyone is welcome to join us.
The Zoom meeting ID: 348 373 3305
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
We have had some interesting health care professionals speak at our monthly Lyme Support Group meetings via Zoom.
At our October meeting, Dr. Michael Karlfeldt, ND, PhD from The Karlfeldt Center www.thekarlfeldtcenter.com in Boise Idaho spoke on optimizing the immune system and his integrative approach to treating chronic Lyme and co-infections. He was the host of the Dr. Michael Show, which aired 100 episodes discussing important health-related topics. Currently, he hosts the TV show True Health: Body, Mind, Spirit (www.truehelthshow.com), available on Amazon Prime, and the radio show Health Made Radio where he connects with international leaders in the health arena.
At our September meeting, Dr. Brian Plante ND from Revolutions Naturopathic www.revolutionsdocs.com with clinics in Roseville and Folsom CA spoke on the naturopathic approach to treating chronic illness and Lyme. Dr. Plante’s approach to health care is based on the science of natural medicine with a deep inquiry into how best to support the processes of healing. He specializes in treating Tick Borne Illness. Dr. Plante offers a free 15 minute telehealth session for prospective patients.
Stay tuned for our upcoming speakers.
The Lyme Center received a $20000 grant from Butte County to help with lost revenue from fundraising due to COVID. We are now able to fund our Lyme testing program for Butte County individuals suspecting they have Lyme & unable to afford proper testing thru Igenex Labs. To apply for testing please contact TheLymeCenter@gmail.com or call (530) 877-6666.
Lyme Center Article published in the Fall 2020 issue of the Lotus Guide
With everyone focused on how to avoid the virus, it is easy to forget that Fall, with its cooler temperatures and wet weather, is Tick Season. Butte County is home to the Black Legged Tick (Deer Tick) which has been found to carry the Borrelia Burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme Disease, as well as other tick related pathogens or co-infections. According to Matt Ball, of Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District, the tick season in our area begins in the Fall and continues through the Spring until the dry, hot weather returns. When the grass and foliage dry out the ticks go into hibernation. The BCMVD collects ticks in the area and submits them for testing for the most common strain of Lyme producing bacteria, Borrelia Burgdorferi. According to Matt, they are finding not much of a problem in the ticks on the Valley floor but as soon as you go slightly up in elevation, the Lyme carrying Deer Ticks are prevalent. These areas include but are not limited to Upper Bidwell Park, the area surrounding Lake Oroville, Paradise and Magalia.
The following stories written by LYME patients are published here without alteration or editing , and are reproduced here exactly as received by THE LYME CENTER. They speak for themselves – plainly and powerfully! Do you have a LYME STORY? Please honor our first BRAVE pioneers sharing their accounts below! Join our voices – Share your story! Not in CHICO? We welcome all – California, USA, Canada, across the world!
TLC ‘ s Mission Statement : ” To promote community awareness, education, and advocacy about Lyme Disease and other tick – borne illnesses “
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Installing Tick Warning Signs on Chico Area Parks’ Hiking and Biking Trails
Warning the Public of ticks, and therefore possible Lyme Disease infection, ” has always been of primary importance to The Lyme Center. A pilot project initiated in 2017 has resulted in the first signs being installed by the Chico Public Works Dept.
“Recently, we have been able to purchase 20 signs manufactured specifically under guidelines supplied to us by Chico Public Works Dept. for placement in Bidwell Park. We wish to thank Linda Herman and all the staff at Chico City Public Works Dept., for their guidance and co-operation with this project. We feel this will be a major step towards informing Chico Park users of the possible dangers associated with tick bites and tick borne diseases like Lyme. We have plans to manufacture and donate more signs for park trail placement soon. Thank you to all donors and sponsors of Lyme Aid 2018 for helping us make this happen.”
Chico Monthly Support Group and TLC Help Line
The Help Line (530-877-6666) for patients and their families has seen a ” 100% increase in requests for infection information about CDC-recognized symptoms, local support group contacts, and patient to patient support since Sept. 2017. Many calls for assistance originate from other states as well as “all over Northern California.” Lyme Patients from Sacramento, Concow, Oroville, Paradise, and Forest Ranch attend the Chico Monthly Support Group as evidence of the growing need for Lyme Patient support services in all areas of Northern California.
2019 will see an expansion of our (TLC) efforts at outreach to those infected and affected by this debilitating disease.
Lyme Disease can affect all organs of the body
