Wow - we were averaging 1000 signatures per day for a little over a week there. Incredible everyone! Keep on sharing to push us to 10k. Then, can we make it to 100k?! Some of you may have heard about Avril Lavigne’s People magazine cover article with the headline, “I thought I was dying”. She goes on to say that over 8 months, she went from doctor to doctor until finally one of them was open to testing and treating her for Lyme disease. Does this sound familiar? It did to my husband and I! It took years and several doctors in two countries to discover Lyme as the culprit for our very different ailments. Is this an acceptable standard of care for patients suffering from a global epidemic? To be told it's in your head? To be denied treatment based on outdated, misleading, under-studied guidelines that were subject to an Antitrust suit in 2008? When you sign here, please do comment no matter where you are signing from. It helps to reflect the global nature of this illness. Lyme disease is real and knows no 'borders'. So many of you have devastating, heartbreaking stories. I will be sharing many of them with press, the White House, and Congress. There are a few actions happening over the next couple of months: - IDSA public comment period has been extended: http://www.lymedisease.org/activism/idsa-guidelines-survey-revision.html - The Mayday Project has organized a protest for April 29 through May 1: http://www.themaydayproject.org/ - Lyme Disease Challenge is on-going! Grab a lime and join others such as Yolanda Foster, William Shatner, Beastie Boys’ Ad Rock, Kathleen Hanna, Dr. Oz, the University of Florida football team, plus many many more: http://lymediseasechallenge.org/join-lyme-disease-challenge/ As always, simply email your story along with this petition to your congressperson. One email = 1000 folks to them: https://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup Follow Lyme Stats on the web or social media to share quick, colorful facts: http://lymestats.org More Legalize Lyme tees are here! Wear one to raise awareness or get one for a beloved Lyme Warrior who is suffering to show your support of their struggle: http://teespring.com/stores/lyme-stats-tees Amazing job to everyone out there fighting for revised guidelines, re-education of doctors worldwide, and research of this tricky complex bacterial disease and its co-infections! I know we can make a change together!