Tick Boot Camp

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Amy Rogala . Amy Rogala is a 29-year-old woman from Mackinaw City Michigan. She grew up on her family owned campground in the rural northern lower peninsula of Michigan. After graduation from school, she suffered flu symptoms that were followed by headaches, loss of balance, seizures and suicidal ideations. The failures of the traditional medical community forced A...

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Maribeth Lacy . Maribeth Lacy grew up in the Mennonite community of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania where she estimates that 1 of every 3 people are suffering from a tick disease. After making the decision to leave her Mennonite community and culture to attend college in California, her tick disease related illnesses caused her health to decline and forced her to leave co...

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Dr. Rachel Long . Dr. Long is a Naturopathic Doctor , the author of the book “Living in the Lyme Light: The Challenges and Triumphs of Living Life with Chronic Lyme Disease” and a sought-after public speaker. At the age of 16 after a Lyme Disease diagnosis, she had to travel 6 hours per day, 5 days a week for treatment. Because her parents could not maintain their...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Mikayla Vacher from North Scituate, Rhode Island. Despite never seeing a tick in her life, Mikayla started to develop weird symptoms around the age of 12. She had migraines, anxiety, panic attacks, and a feeling of “overall doom.” By her junior year of high school, she had to give up playing competitive ice hockey, and couldn’t hang out with friends. Not only was he...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Jennifer Buttaccio from Chicago, Illinois. Before becoming sick, she led an active life that included teaching kickboxing, doing pilates, and making DVDs. Then, after she had surgery to remove an ovarian cyst, Jennifer Buttaccio’s Lyme symptoms started to reveal themselves, and her life was never the same. She had to give up all of her hobbies that required her to b...

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today are Natalie Sayre and Will Fleming . Natalie and Will were recently engaged to be married after an 11-year romance that began when they were 16 years old. The relationship survived many bumps, including Natalie’s chronic Lyme Disease that began to limit almost all social activities starting in the couple's junior year in college. If you would like to learn more about...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Leah Spears-Blackmon . In late 2017, Leah Spears-Blackmon suffered three progressively serious allergic reactions after attending a wedding in Colorado. The third and most serious allergic reaction occurred while in the middle of a lake in rural Northwest Arkansas. Thanks to the quick action of a local friend and doctor, Ms. Spear-Blackmon’s potentially life-threate...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is the International racing champion Angelica Fuentes Garcia . After contracting Lyme Disease, the woman credited with breaking through professional racing’s gender barrier was forced to resign from her race team. Her illness became chronic and career threatening because she was misdiagnosed by 22 separate doctors, on two continents, over 3 years. If you would like to...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Dr. Veronica Leslie , a United Kingdom (UK) educated Naturopathic Medical practitioner from Cucamonga, California. During her youth, the self described “farm girl” estimates that she was bitten by hundreds of ticks. Not until the age of 33, after a trip to Jackson Hole Wyoming, did she begin to exhibit the symptoms of a tick disease that developed over 7 months to a...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is speech language pathologist and actress Lauren Friedwald . Ms. Friedwald’s acting career includes acting parts in various shows such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, White Collar, Royal Pains and the Michael J. Fox Show. For over 15 years, Lauren Friedwald was ill from Lyme Disease before she was properly tested and diagnosed by her 21st doctor. During her chronic Lyme...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is nurse practitioner Lindsay Tuttle . For over 2 years, Lindsay Tuttle was chronically ill from Lyme Disease before she was properly tested and self-diagnosed. During her 2 year diagnostic journey, she was treated by medical colleagues in various sub-specialties including neurology, rheumatology, naturopathy and primary care. Her primary care physician dismissed Lyme...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Claire Dalton . Claire Dalton is a 22 year old woman from Utah. For most of her life, Claire’s mother was chronically ill from late stage Lyme Disease. It never crossed Claire’s mind that her mother’s illness was something that would impact her as well. Unfortunately, at the age of 17, Claire began to exhibit the symptoms of a tick disease that progressed to a chron...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Mitch Webb. Mitch Webb was living the American dream. He was married, working in corporate America earning a substantial income and he was being groomed to take over a successful family business. His dream life quickly turned into a nightmare when he began to exhibit the symptoms of a tick disease. Today, Mr. Webb describes himself as 100% healed from Lyme Disease a...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Courtney LaMastro . Mrs. LaMastro is a married mother of two young children from New Jersey. Her life came to a halt after the birth of her 2nd child. While many of her peers were returning to their normal life within days of giving birth, she struggled to leave her bed for almost 3 months. Today Courtney LaMastro describes her health as much better. If you would li...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Maria Mooney . Maria Mooney is a dynamic 34 year old marketing director from Cleveland Ohio by way of the New Jersey Shore. Her tick disease ended her division one athletic career, forced her to become bedbound and almost ended her life. Maria is fighting back and winning the battle against Lyme disease! If you would like to learn more about how a former division on...

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today are Christina and Lisa Kassatly from Quebec, Canada. Christina is a 17 year old young woman suffering from chronic Lyme Disease. Lisa Kassatly is her mother. Christina and her family are dedicating their entire lives to finding a healing path that will allow Christina to regain her health. Recently, Christina has treated with an experimental nebulized iodine protocol...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Yanin Ruibal . Yanin Ruibal is an internationally recognized artist from Mexico City, Mexico. Her art has been featured in Mexico and in several major US cities including Miami, Florida, Austin, Texas, New York City, New York and Denver, Colorado. Ms. Ruibal’s art graphically portrays the symptoms and pain of her chronic illness through powerful images that includes...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Doctor Bill Rawls . In this final episode of a three episode marathon, inspired by the life changing impact that Dr. Rawls had on Scottish guest Donna Grant (episode 31), he discusses autoimmune symptoms caused by the Lyme bacteria, hyperthermia therapy, the potential dangers of steroid therapy, the pot boiling over theory and the opportunistic nature of Lyme Diseas...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Doctor Bill Rawls . In this second of a three episode marathon, inspired by Scottish guest Donna Grant (episode 31), Dr. Rawls discusses alternative immunotherapies, PEMF technology, the diversity of treatment protocols among Lyme-literate doctors, and the Johns Hopkins University research findings regarding essential oils and combination antibiotic therapies to tre...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Doctor Bill Rawls . In this first of a three episode marathon, inspired by Scottish guest Donna Grant (episode 31), Dr. Rawls discusses the difference between acute and chronic Lyme Disease, antibiotics, the human immune system and the use of CBD oil. If you would like to learn more about when and how to use antibiotics, immune system enhancing herbal therapy and CB...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Jolynn Desch . Jolynn Desch and 2 of her children have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Unfortunately, she had to visit with 15 doctors over the course of 6 months before she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Ironically, the first doctor to suspect and test for Lyme Disease was the doctor that delivered her children: her OB/GYN. If you would like to learn more about...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Donna Grant, a 32 year old woman from Scotland. She is an artist, writer and University educated therapy dog trainer. Ms Grant is also a Lyme Disease social media activist with 2 instagram accounts: Febstarsblog and Febstarsart . If you would like to learn more about how an artist and writer utilized the Vital Plan herbal therapy created by American Doctor and autho...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is the talented creator of a social network for people suffering from chronic illness and disabilities. Elizabeth Tikoyan has suffered from chronic Lyme Disease from the age of 14. She employed the life lessons she learned from Lyme Disease as inspiration to create the Riley.co social network . If you would like to learn more about how a young entrepreneur overcame lon...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Ryann McIntire , a 24 year old woman from Cape Cod (aka the Lyme capital of the world), Massachusetts. She is also the creative force behind the Lyme Disease awareness and advocacy Instagram @lyme_inda_coconut . If you would like to learn more about how a Lyme Disease social media activist and her family overcame the incompetence of 21 doctors before securing a tick...

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is the dynamic Lyme Disease awareness advocate Jacqueline Sposito . Jacqueline Sposito is a model, college student and social media influencer from New York City. In 2016, Ms. Sposito began to grow increasing ill. She obtained an early Lyme Disease diagnosis despite the failures of the medical community, because her mother became Lyme symptom literate through following...