Spring’s Charitable Recipient:

This Spring’s #beginwithinjournal Recipient💞: San Diego Lyme Alliance (Bay Area Lyme Foundation) @sandiegolymealliance @bayarealymefoundation

HAPPY SPRING! We are excited to have selected the #sandiegolymealliance (part of #bayarealymefoundation) as our charitable recipient for this season. I have the pleasure of both being a board member and facilitating monthly support groups for them. And as a #lymewarrior myself, I hold this near and dear to my heart. Plus, we are headed into #lymediseaseawareness month + there is a Lyme walk happening on Saturday, April 9th in Mission Bay, San Diego from 10AM-1PM (see below). Would love to see you there! It’a a free event, as is our monthly empowerment circle (third Tuesday of every month). 

Why Care About Lyme Disease?

There are over 476,000 new cases of Lyme disease in the US every year and it is growing rapidly. The revised CDC estimates increased the number of cases by more than ten-fold what was previously believed making Lyme disease one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the US.

Untreated, Lyme disease can become a severely debilitating disease affecting joints, the heart, the brain, and/or the central nervous system. There are half a million Americans struggling with late-stage Lyme disease.

Persistent Lyme Disease (PLD) causes immense suffering and severe health issues for thousands of patients with little remedy. Controversy over prolonged antibiotic use, highly variable disease progression and genetic conditions, and masquerading symptoms often impede treatment.

Prevention is key, yet few are aware of the risks or how to take precautions.

Promising scientific research is leading to new clinical solutions and the potential for radically different patient health outcomes.

“At Bay Area Lyme, our mission is to put a stop to Lyme disease. Our focus is on prevention and the development of better diagnostics and treatments.Our mission is to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure.  We fully believe Lyme disease is a solvable problem. Join us in finding the solution.” https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/

Thank you in advance for your spring purchases, and subsequent donations to this beautiful organization. 

💘 And thank you to those who purchased journals during the winter season! The team @autoimmune_diseases is grateful for your contribution  fight against #autoimmunedisease by advocating for key issues, conduct autoimmune disease research, and provide crucial educational resources and support to patients, families, and medical professionals. https://autoimmune.org 

Each month, a portion of journal sales are donated to an organization that promotes advocacy, research, and resources to/for the chronic illness community. If you decide to purchase today (or, whenever), thank you in advance for supporting a small, women/spoonie-owned, USA-made/printed, and eco-friendly business, as well as our charitable recipient!

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