I talked to Allie Cashel, author and co-founder of Suffering the Silence about her book, the current state of the complicated issues related to Lyme Disease, writing, certainty, and the stress of living with Lyme Disease and all its baggage.
If you missed last week’s episode, I talked to her Suffering the Silence co-founder, Erica Lupinacci, about her health advocacy, media portrayal of chronic illness and disability, challenges she’ll face as an actor with a disability, and doing everything right and still being sick.
You can find the Suffering the Silence online community and photo project at SufferingTheSilence.com, Facebook.com/sufferingthesilence, @sufferingthesilence on Instagram, @ststogether on Twitter, and get the book, Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial where books are sold.
Episode Page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/6/16/33-allie-cashel-on-suffering-the-silence
About Lyme: Get Informed from the Global Lyme Alliance: https://globallymealliance.org/about-lyme/
About Lyme: Get Informed from the Global Lyme Alliance, Allie is on their Junior Board
Information on Lyme Disease from the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA): http://www.idsociety.org/Lyme/
About Lyme from the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS): http://www.ilads.org/lyme/about-lyme.php
Prevent Lyme Disease from the CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/features/lymedisease/
The Lyme Wars by Michael Specter, published by The New Yorker in 2013: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/07/01/the-lyme-wars
Michael Specter talking about The Lyme Wars on Fresh Air with Terry Gross: http://www.npr.org/2013/06/26/195223507/the-lyme-wars-that-tiny-ticks-have-wrought
Featured Episodes
Episode 32 with Erica: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/6/1/32-what-is-this-life
Episode 21 with Heather:
Episode 24 with Chelsea: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/3/16/24-buildi
My episode of Lyme Voice: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2015/12/21/caras-interview-on-lyme-voice
