they have been tested for lupus, they have been tested for rheumatoid arthritis. they go to dermatologists, and i cannot get them to test them for lyme disease or to take this seriously when i bring this up. i am here to say that something seriously needs to be done about educating the doctors -- the psychiatrists and the therapists treating these patients. thank you. >> i am line disease patient advocate. we have heard about wonderful small businesses, and the first- ever want to say is that if someone gets line disease, they may have a difficult time working. many of them have to retire or go on disability. it does really matter. please learn about this issue we are talking about today. i want to thank the supervisor, supervisor kim for naming this lyme disease awareness month. young ticks the size of poppyseeds emerge everywhere, looking for a blood meal. they will bite any animal. if they are infected we and our pets can become ill. there'll be a fixture on vegetation and on wood, and animals, and this may be infected. i know seven people who have contract lym

they have been tested for lupus, they have been tested for rheumatoid arthritis. they go to dermatologists,

those women who have diabetes, lupus, epilepsy, thyroid function, kidney failure, those may have triplets or quadruplets or quintuplets. those pregnancies are very, very coveted and the average obstetrician may not be able to handle or feel comfortable handling it. so with respect to the obstetricians obstetrician. so again, anybody can deliver a baby they say. using taxicab drivers deliver babies, police officer deliver babies and there's an echelon with delivering babies. all the way from basically a police officer and then have midwives who delivers babies their people like me, i'm not the only one who can deliver a baby. you have midwives better trained and our nurses. and next up is general practitioners who deliver babies. but as far as babies delivering them are concerned, i'm at the top of this chain being a high risk of a obstetrician. before i was especially i said i was the daughter of a ditch digger. my father who was a child into great depression. those those of you in the great depression, just from historical perspective that comment the great depression, when 25% of the co

she unfortunately passed away from lupus complications at the age of 48. she went to mamas college.ed her head pay for four-year trickery that she married has about there. heather has her masters in social work. heather went to the university of virginia and also the university of pennsylvania and she lives with her husband in california. my sister betty is a geriatric nurse ready to retire, and she lives in long branch in the same house that my mother and father built in long branch new jersey. jeannette, the troublemaker, the second born, she said okay daddy i'm a doctor. she got her edd in counseling psychology and my father was not a well-versed man. he was not a sophisticated man. he says what is in the eed? she said dr. in psychology. it is a doctor in psychology. he said that is not a real doctor. she said yes it is, they call me dr. thornton. when my mom was sick in the hospital one of the physicians came out and said i know one of her daughters is a doctor and i want to go over the plan of action. my older sister jeanette said i'm dr. thornton and he was talking about propr