I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease in December 2022 after nearly a year of the medical community being completely befuddled by my symptoms. I was simultaneously seeing an infectious disease specialist, a neurologist, a nephrologist, a cardiologist, a rheumatologist, and a psychiatrist all of whom had no idea what was wrong with me. My physical and cognitive symptoms were truly brutal and what made the ordeal so much worse was how absolutely helpless and desperate I was to feel better and how completely unprepared the medical community apparently is to understand and treat this disease. I was astonished and appalled at the inability of modern medicine to help me, at all. I remember telling my rheumatologist at one point that I wish I just had cancer, so that at least we could TRY to treat it. Once I was finally diagnosed and treated with IV antibiotics, I said that if I ever got my life back, I would do what I can to raise more money for research. No one should have to suffer so much for so long with no answer from the medical community. We need to do better - much better. Please help support the Global Lyme Alliance, a leader in the mission to advocate, educate, and fund novel research in the area of tick borne illnesses. Thank you!