June 2008
Tick risk
Thirty-nine-year-old Wendy Fox used to lead an exciting life as a zookeeper.
She’d finally found her dream job and was happily married with a teenage son.
Then, a few years ago, she had a severe reaction to a tick bite and her life was turned upside down. Paralysed from the waist down, she is now wheelchair-bound and needs a full-time care assistant to look after her while her husband works.
Ms Fox was diagnosed with neuroborreliosis or "Chronic Lyme Disease".More >>
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