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We, the undersigned, would like to make a call to the Health Protection Agency to make Lyme Disease a notifiable illness.  Our reason for this recommendation is that there is little support and knowledge available to Lyme disease patients.  Some people have been infected overseas and some have been infected here in Ireland and the overwhelming response from talking to these patients is that there is little recognition among the medical community on the best way to diagnose and treat the disease.  This leaves many patients having to seek advice by private means, often abroad which places an added burden on people who already ill.

Due to the large farming community found in Ireland and also the attraction of Ireland's beautiful land and seascapes to overseas visitors, we need to do more to raise awareness and protection.  By making Lyme disease notifiable we could be placing greater importance on quicker and more reliable diagnosis amongst the medical population and help prevent any ever deepening health and financial (due to ill health) crisis.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

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What is Lyme Disease?  Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness transmitted through the bite of a tick.  Symptoms in the early stages of the disease can include a bulls eye rash, flu-symptoms and a fever.  If you notice these symptoms go to your GP without delay and explain that you were bitten by a tick.  Some patients may remain asymptomatic and carry the disease for a number of years symptom free.  However late stage Lyme disease can crop up years later with debilitating symptoms, including profound fatigue, tremours, weakness, dizziness, nausea, joint & muscle pain, sore throats, tingling, brain fog and headaches.  The symptoms greatly mimic those of ME, MS & Parkinson's Disease.

The best form of treatment is through antibiotics.  The longer you have been infected the harder it is to eradicate.  This is why we are call for quicker recognition and treatment of the disease.

Please sign the petition below to help us make Lyme Disease notifiable in Ireland - thank you!

For more information check out our Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44960753282


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This year, I am joining hundreds of people across the United States and around the world in "Arrest Yourself" 2009 - a global action for Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma. I have committed to staying at home for 24 hours under self-imposed house arrest one day between now and Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday on June 19th. I am doing this in solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi and all 55 million people of Burma, who, in the words of Suu Kyi, live in "a prison without bars".

Suu Kyi has called on people around the world to "Please use your liberty to promote ours," and that is exactly what I am doing. Please support my "arrest" by making a tax-deductible donation below. Your contributions will be used by the U.S. Campaign for Burma to fund critical advocacy for freedom, democracy and human rights in Burma.

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My goal is to start beauty school in the next month. I just do not have money to pay for the application fees and neither does mom due to the fact that all her money is going towards taxes and my medical bills. I have found the school I plan on attending and have already applied for financial aid. The problem is nothing can happen until I can pay the application fee. The program lasts nine months and at the end I will know how to do hair, nails, and facials and be able to get my cosmetology license. I am excited and ready to start. I just need help getting there. Thank you

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I know everyone is tight on money but any donation will help. Thanks again.

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Help enforce ordinance and hold noisy neighbors and the Lanlord/Management accountable when constant complaints has been brought forth to landlord's/Cooperate attention and the landord does not address the situation and seek no resolution. I am a current tenant and I am affected and possible other tenants that resides, section 8 participants, or past tenants and wishes to express their opinions, concerns, or complaints about neighbors being incosiderate with excessive noise levels, foul smells within and outside of the units, mismanagement, and danger to health and safety etc. these are all against the law. I have personally exhausted all polite and civil ways to approach my situation so I am going in a new direction.  If you care to join me in my effort and pull together as a whole and share your thoughts please sign my petition to make it mandatory that you are treated fairly. Know your rights, enforce ordinace in our community, stop running, relocatiing and inconviencing ourselves and our families when you are the victim. Let's enforce accountability.  A lot of us are not aware our rights as a tenant well I've done my homework and have attached a few go to http://clarkstongacityordinance.blogspot.com/ thank you. Read more »
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My dog has been sick off and on since she was 41/2 months old. Her diarrhea / really soft stools issue has been (at least for now resolved). However, she has also started again to regurgitate or vomit, undigested food. We were just at the vet this past Thursday March 26 for that exact problem. The vet gave me advice to help her temporarily. She did keep the food down for a couple days, but today she is vomiting again completely undigested food on almost every meal. She was already underweight and has muscle atrophy. In just six days from March 26 - April 1, she lost another 4 pounds. We had done comprehensive blood test and Urinalysis when she was younger and she had the same issues; we also had taken in the past xrays of her throat and we have done several fecal tests looking for parasites. All results were negative, but Niki continue the same way -- a few days to a couple months doing great and out of nowhere she will get really sick and even lethargic for days and then bounce back again and the cycle continues. At our new vet we tested Niki for diarreah panel an expensive test that show that Niki had an uncommon infestion; we put her on antibiotics to resolve this and we also switched her food to the only food that so far she has not had diarrhea, Natures Variety Frozen food. However, the last two weeks, she has started again vomiting / recurgitating undigested food within a few seconds after eating. The only difference from when she was a young puppy is that now she vomits the food immediately while then, she would vomit undigested, whole food 12 hours after she had eaten! Nothing has worked, allergy formula foods, homecooking, I have tried almost every quality brand on the market and Niki's illness cycle is unending -- except that now she is been the worst she is ever been. We tested her for Megaesophagus and Addisson's disease, but those tests were negative also. I am at a loss and I love this puppy so much! Niki is my service dog; she was trained after both of my doctors reccommented the use of a service dog would benefit me. Niki has the perfect temperament and she was greatly bonded with me, so she was evaluated, trained, passed her public access tests, and she was coming with me almost everywhere, but work. I am struggling financially and I have spend a lots of money already -- I have no more funds to continue her VERY expensive diagnostic tests and eventually treatment.

My puppy just turned 21 months on March 30 and Besides the issue with her food intake, she also has a curved spine and the vet thinks that it could be Wobbler's disease. She gave me an estimate for the xrays of $512 - $640. Of course she will need treatment too. Now, we need to do Biopsies and food allergies tests. The estimate the vet gave me is from $1,300 - over $1,600 for the biopsies and $300 for the allergies test. I do not know yet what the treatment will cost because we have to first find out what is wrong, but just the diagnostic tests and xrays to find out what is wrong will total over $2,500 and then... I have the treatment costs to worry about! :( Can you help me help my puppy? I watch her waste away and I am helpless because so far we cannot find out what is wrong and I have exchausted my already very few finances.
Every penny will go directly to Niki's vet for her diagnostic tests and eventually treatment. Niki is the most wonderful dog you have met and she loves everyone and every pet we have met. She adores children and one day at a park, she warned a young couple that their child had wandered on the street. She prevented me from been hit by a car when she was only seven months long before her training. Do not pass by this wonderful dog and let her waste away because of her owner's inability to pay the large amounts of money required for her care -- Niki deserves so much more than I can give her, but even a rich owner would not necessarily quarrantee the love and care she is getting from me. Thank you so much and I greatly appreciate any help you can give.

Niki means victory in Greek -- I am certain that with all our love and help, my puppy will be the victor against whatever it is that now is hurting her.

Fundable will send a check directly to Niki's vet, Dr. Stephanie Sur, at Orange Villa Veterinary Hospital of Orange, Ca

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