My name is Julia Knight & I’m the Press Manager for Lyme Disease UK. I thought I might be interesting for people to have an insight into what this role entails and how very interesting it can be! How did I end up doing this job? A Brief history of […]
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LDUK is delighted to welcome James Herbert to our team of volunteers as our Business Development Manager! When you go through trauma in life, if you are lucky enough to come out of the other side, you start looking for positives. Have you developed as a person? What have you […]
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This question is a highly emotional one. I wanted to raise this question in LDUK’s Online Community because I am extremely lucky to have such a strong support system. However, this doesn’t lighten the load of guilt and disappointment I feel. I know so many sufferers will feel guilty about […]
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Lyme disease causes many different, puzzling symptoms. How can others possibly understand? It is a daily battle for so many of us to understand and we find ourselves becoming increasingly upset and irritable when others can’t seem to understand either. As the seasons change, we face new symptoms that we […]
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What an amazing event this fundraiser was. I was so honoured to be invited to attend Molyneux Community Centre on behalf of LDUK last week. I was made to feel comfortable from the get-go and was looked after so well, I am so thankful to everyone present for going above […]
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Brittany will be holding a live laughter yoga class in LDUK’s Online Community on 22nd June at 6pm Hey there! My name is Brittany, I’m 24 years old, and I want to share my journey of recovering from Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses with the hope that it can […]
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LDUK has kicked off Lyme Disease awareness month with a bang. Across the country with the work of the LDUK team and members of our Online Community, we have been able to get major UK landmarks to glow green in support of Lyme disease awareness which is just incredible and […]
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Yes, we have a real disease, but we also suffer over that disease. The disease and the suffering over the disease are separate. Suffering, as I have found, is largely unnecessary and we can train our minds out of it in most cases. All suffering does is tells our bodies […]
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We all know that support is key. Support is the life-line we all need to keep fighting mentally and physically. Some of us are extremely lucky and have a strong, circle of people buoying us up. For others, our Online Community is their main source of comfort and support. Nobody […]
Read moreThis post previously featured a blog written by Sophie Ward – it had an extremely high amount of traffic in the month it was published – almost 10,000 views. These came from an unknown referral source. I’ve linked this post to our prevention page now as the content is of […]
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