Tina Garcia across from the CDC
Atlanta, Georgia May 14, 2007
During the month of May 2007
L.E.A.P. Arizona completed a
LYME PATIENT/PHYSICIAN
BENEFIT ROAD
TRIP
Tina Garcia across from the CDC
Atlanta, Georgia May 14, 2007
Jose Garcia across from the CDC
Atlanta, Georgia May 14, 2007
This was a benefit road trip to raise money
to help patients pay
for their treatment
and for Drs. Jones and Jemsek's legal defense.
Lyme Patients struggle
to get
diagnosis and treatment!
Infectious Diseases Society
of America (IDSA)
Treatment Guidelines discourage long-term
treatment for Chronic Lyme Disease!
Insurance companies use
the IDSA Guidelines
to deny long-term treatment benefits!
Patients have to pay for treatment themselves!
Lyme Physicians are being
prosecuted
for Lyme treatment-related issues!
We
lit and carried a torch
in honor of Lyme patients and physicians
who are
both victims of this disease.
At
10:00 a.m. on Monday May 14th, 2007 we lit the torch in
Atlanta, Georgia across from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) building at 1600 Clifton Road.
We kept
the Lyme Torch lit from Atlanta, Georgia through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico until we reached Mesa, Arizona, a trip of more
than 1800
miles.
Tina Garcia at home after Road Trip
Mesa, Arizona May 16, 2007
READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT
THE 2007 ROAD TRIP IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT
Thank you for supporting our
Mission and Vision
of helping Lyme Disease Patients!!