Quotes from Pamela Weintraub

At six months, 36 percent of patients reported new-onset fatigue, 20 percent reported widespread pain, and 45 percent reported neurocognitive difficulties.

From 10 to 20 percent were functionally impaired as measured by the self-test SF-36.

They might get through work but they go home and sleep

Aucott's meticulous blood work also confirms—once and for all—the long-standing, but oft-disputed, contention that early antibiotic treatment suppresses the immune response, making serology like ELISA or Western Blot useless for many in the group. "Our studies show that approximately a third of those treated early for an erythema migrans never develop a diagnostic antibody response," Aucott states.

More doctors are being forced to close their practices or not to take insurance due to fear of persecution," says Caryn Jaffe of Columbia, Maryland.