Jodie Donnelly Speech : "Caring for a Lyme Patient "at the Worldwide Lyme Awareness Protest Sydney Event - May 10th 2013
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Jodie Donnelly Speech – Worldwide Lyme Protest: Sydney Event: May 10th 2013
Hi, I’m Jodie and I am a carer of a Chronic Lyme disease sufferer.
Brett got Lyme disease on the 7 September 2008 after being bitten by multiple parasites, while sleeping in a communal depot bed in North Sydney, which as we now know is the Lyme capital of NSW.
At the time Brett thought it was just a horrible bed bug experience and that a thorough shower upon his return home would be the end of it. Little did he/we know that this was the beginning of the end of life as he/we knew it.
Shortly after, within days, he realised there were copious amount of Pigeons and Indian Mynor nesting and taking refuge on the balconies etc surrounding the room he was bitten in.
Brett’s initial skin symptoms, such as the spread EM, Butterfly and ACA Borrelia/Lyme rashes were misdiagnosed as Scabies, Eczema, Grover’s disease and DOP. We now know that if Brett had have been diagnosed and treated correct and adequately at this stage he would unlikely be chronically ill now.
As time went on he got stabbing headaches, aches and pains, ongoing eye and ear infections and more, as the infection disseminated deeper and networked through his blood to his nerves, tissues, organs, etc, he went from being a very active, healthy fit and alert 47 year old man.
To a man who could not get out of bed for up to 22 hours a day and could not walk further than 10mtrs without stopping to rest in agony. His left leg atrophied to half as thin as his right one and he was collapsing, having his legs go to jelly and losing consciousness for brief periods, etc.
He was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Bursitis, suspected terminal cancer, Delusional and even as not being hugged enough by his father as a child.
As Brett was deteriorating in front of my eyes showing obvious waste and degeneration and I was witness to the negligent and ruthless treatment and diagnoses being flippantly handed out by numerous Medical persons I took him to in Australia for help.
It become obvious that Brett was going to be left for dead if we did not take his wellbeing into our own hands, so we began the journey of looking logically into the sequence of events that had led to Brett’s decline, including why he got so sick after being bitten by parasites, that we knew without a doubt, had come from birds.
To cut a long story short, it wasn’t that hard to get answers, it is all very well documented, double blind and peer reviewed studies, Entomology, Scientific, Medical, Ornithological studies done all around the world (other than from Australia of course) that clearly demonstrate the following:
Migrating, Sea and Ground Foraging birds are competent reservoirs and hosts of Borrelia and co-infections/Lyme disease and that now days, due to culling of Deer, deforestation, changes in the environment, lab experiments, many of these birds are carrying this disease and migration and stress activates it in these birds and these birds transport trillions of infected ticks, mites, lice and fleas each year from continent to continent, country to country suburb to suburb, bush to backyard, etc, etc.
We had our answer, but back then we did not know that this was just the beginning of the most indescribably unforgivable experience one could ever be put through. As nothing could have prepared us for the nastiness and barbaric denial that we were about to experience purely for attempting to present Brett’s true cause and core of his suffering/condition to the mainstream medics here in Australia.
Australia is very accommodating to these birds and their migratory flight paths, as per below links, so anybody with this information, which isn’t hard to come by, would have to be either a total moron or a genocidal maniac to maintain and perpetuate the deadly ludicrous myth, suggesting that Lyme is either not here or is rare in Australia.
And ignorance by/from those who are suppose to be staying abreast of this to keep our nations safe, is no excuse.
http://www.lymeaustralia.com/birds-as-vector--reservoir-hosts-including-examination-of-iuriae-seabird--iauritulus-bird-ticks.html
http://www.lymeaustralia.com/migratory-marine-bird-areas-around-aust-coastline.html
If those responsible for the well being and protection of this country were apt and conscientious enough to do their jobs and listen to the people who are suffering Lyme disease and who contracted it here in Australia, instead of relying on the one flawed study that has been done here two decades ago.
While ignoring at least half dozen other competently handled successful Australian studies, demonstrating how Lyme disease is obviously here in Australia and has been for a long time.
There would be so much less unnecessary pain, suffering and premature death here in Australia and our children would not be being robbed of a healthy, happy childhood, while being diagnosed with numerous fancy named “unknown caused” illnesses, “on the rise” for no apparent reason.
Anybody still referring to this one flawed study and not acknowledging the other ones, must be investigated and asked why they would want to shroud the evidence of Lyme disease in Australia.
It seems as if those who could have helped to prevent the unbridled spread of this disease here in Australia soon after the flawed study was exposed, were too ignorant and nonchalant in the early days, just after this, but now are hell bent on covering their negligence and incompetence by pretending there has only been one study done.
This also encouraged me to write a song I hope will help people realise how illogical it is to believe that so many of them are suffering multiple illnesses that are suppose to have no explanation, reason, cause or core, most “no known cause/idiopathic conditions” actually have a known cause but here in Australia it is ignored and denied.
Hi, I’m Jodie and I am a carer of a Chronic Lyme disease sufferer.
Brett got Lyme disease on the 7 September 2008 after being bitten by multiple parasites, while sleeping in a communal depot bed in North Sydney, which as we now know is the Lyme capital of NSW.
At the time Brett thought it was just a horrible bed bug experience and that a thorough shower upon his return home would be the end of it. Little did he/we know that this was the beginning of the end of life as he/we knew it.
Shortly after, within days, he realised there were copious amount of Pigeons and Indian Mynor nesting and taking refuge on the balconies etc surrounding the room he was bitten in.
Brett’s initial skin symptoms, such as the spread EM, Butterfly and ACA Borrelia/Lyme rashes were misdiagnosed as Scabies, Eczema, Grover’s disease and DOP. We now know that if Brett had have been diagnosed and treated correct and adequately at this stage he would unlikely be chronically ill now.
As time went on he got stabbing headaches, aches and pains, ongoing eye and ear infections and more, as the infection disseminated deeper and networked through his blood to his nerves, tissues, organs, etc, he went from being a very active, healthy fit and alert 47 year old man.
To a man who could not get out of bed for up to 22 hours a day and could not walk further than 10mtrs without stopping to rest in agony. His left leg atrophied to half as thin as his right one and he was collapsing, having his legs go to jelly and losing consciousness for brief periods, etc.
He was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Bursitis, suspected terminal cancer, Delusional and even as not being hugged enough by his father as a child.
As Brett was deteriorating in front of my eyes showing obvious waste and degeneration and I was witness to the negligent and ruthless treatment and diagnoses being flippantly handed out by numerous Medical persons I took him to in Australia for help.
It become obvious that Brett was going to be left for dead if we did not take his wellbeing into our own hands, so we began the journey of looking logically into the sequence of events that had led to Brett’s decline, including why he got so sick after being bitten by parasites, that we knew without a doubt, had come from birds.
To cut a long story short, it wasn’t that hard to get answers, it is all very well documented, double blind and peer reviewed studies, Entomology, Scientific, Medical, Ornithological studies done all around the world (other than from Australia of course) that clearly demonstrate the following:
Migrating, Sea and Ground Foraging birds are competent reservoirs and hosts of Borrelia and co-infections/Lyme disease and that now days, due to culling of Deer, deforestation, changes in the environment, lab experiments, many of these birds are carrying this disease and migration and stress activates it in these birds and these birds transport trillions of infected ticks, mites, lice and fleas each year from continent to continent, country to country suburb to suburb, bush to backyard, etc, etc.
We had our answer, but back then we did not know that this was just the beginning of the most indescribably unforgivable experience one could ever be put through. As nothing could have prepared us for the nastiness and barbaric denial that we were about to experience purely for attempting to present Brett’s true cause and core of his suffering/condition to the mainstream medics here in Australia.
Australia is very accommodating to these birds and their migratory flight paths, as per below links, so anybody with this information, which isn’t hard to come by, would have to be either a total moron or a genocidal maniac to maintain and perpetuate the deadly ludicrous myth, suggesting that Lyme is either not here or is rare in Australia.
And ignorance by/from those who are suppose to be staying abreast of this to keep our nations safe, is no excuse.
http://www.lymeaustralia.com/birds-as-vector--reservoir-hosts-including-examination-of-iuriae-seabird--iauritulus-bird-ticks.html
http://www.lymeaustralia.com/migratory-marine-bird-areas-around-aust-coastline.html
If those responsible for the well being and protection of this country were apt and conscientious enough to do their jobs and listen to the people who are suffering Lyme disease and who contracted it here in Australia, instead of relying on the one flawed study that has been done here two decades ago.
While ignoring at least half dozen other competently handled successful Australian studies, demonstrating how Lyme disease is obviously here in Australia and has been for a long time.
There would be so much less unnecessary pain, suffering and premature death here in Australia and our children would not be being robbed of a healthy, happy childhood, while being diagnosed with numerous fancy named “unknown caused” illnesses, “on the rise” for no apparent reason.
Anybody still referring to this one flawed study and not acknowledging the other ones, must be investigated and asked why they would want to shroud the evidence of Lyme disease in Australia.
It seems as if those who could have helped to prevent the unbridled spread of this disease here in Australia soon after the flawed study was exposed, were too ignorant and nonchalant in the early days, just after this, but now are hell bent on covering their negligence and incompetence by pretending there has only been one study done.
This also encouraged me to write a song I hope will help people realise how illogical it is to believe that so many of them are suffering multiple illnesses that are suppose to have no explanation, reason, cause or core, most “no known cause/idiopathic conditions” actually have a known cause but here in Australia it is ignored and denied.
For a vocal
of the song (Birds Birds Birds) Jodie Wrote – Please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8uGhWmiR4E
Birds carrying Borrelia/Lyme song
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Well they culled the Deer and leveled the forests
Now they wonder why Lyme is here
Hovering and residing in our rooftops
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Oz is so discrete about the spirochete
Now it’s all around us
As cases of Lyme here have exploded
Since the vectors main meal deal’s been eroded
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Well they cheat and lie and crucify
Those who have been vectored
By insinuating Aussies, can’t get infected
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Misdiagnoses include Sarcoidosis, Fibro and Multiple Schlerosis
CFS, Anxiety and Psychosis
Birds birds birds
Birds bird birds
Holidayer’s must fear when Lyme symptoms appear after visiting here
Their medical claims will be rejected
their Doctors will say in Australia
Tourists don’t get infected
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
The saddest part is many children start their life in this country
With no chance of a good prognosis
MDs convince parents
It’s bad behaviour, Autism or Psychosis
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
This pathogen stealth
Steals their youth and health
Yet the truth is our babies are suffering
Conditions purely caused by Borreliosis
Shame shame shame
Who will they blame blame blame
Haven’t you heard heard heard
Its our local Bird bird bird
Yet they’ve not said a word word word
Word word word
Bird bird bird
Birds carrying Borrelia/Lyme song
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Well they culled the Deer and leveled the forests
Now they wonder why Lyme is here
Hovering and residing in our rooftops
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Oz is so discrete about the spirochete
Now it’s all around us
As cases of Lyme here have exploded
Since the vectors main meal deal’s been eroded
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Well they cheat and lie and crucify
Those who have been vectored
By insinuating Aussies, can’t get infected
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
Misdiagnoses include Sarcoidosis, Fibro and Multiple Schlerosis
CFS, Anxiety and Psychosis
Birds birds birds
Birds bird birds
Holidayer’s must fear when Lyme symptoms appear after visiting here
Their medical claims will be rejected
their Doctors will say in Australia
Tourists don’t get infected
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
The saddest part is many children start their life in this country
With no chance of a good prognosis
MDs convince parents
It’s bad behaviour, Autism or Psychosis
Birds birds birds
Birds birds birds
This pathogen stealth
Steals their youth and health
Yet the truth is our babies are suffering
Conditions purely caused by Borreliosis
Shame shame shame
Who will they blame blame blame
Haven’t you heard heard heard
Its our local Bird bird bird
Yet they’ve not said a word word word
Word word word
Bird bird bird