our guest, amytann, living with lyme disease. ou know her, she has her new book out called "the valle of amazement." we have a little book flyer to show you about that. her life and career were dailed by lyme disease for while. also amy's doctor joins us tay, dr. ray stricker, internationally known for his work in treating lyme disease pai patits. amy, i was holding up your book, and i bet you were gladto do this because your career was derailed because of this. >> i couldn't write, i couldn't read, i couldn't reunderstand things. >> do you rememb when you first g sick? >> i got sick the dayfter i was infected. i didn't know i was infeed, but i had the flu, the summertime flu. i had not been sick with the flu for about 15 years. i never got sick. i saw a rash, didn't have the bullseye, didn't worry about it. >> that's typilly the rst symptom people talkabout. >> d stricker, you are amy's doctor. thnk you for allowing us to have this conversation. what is lyme disease? >> lym disease i a mor epidemic. e cdc estimates at least 30,0