ray stricker, internationally known for his work in treating lyme disease pai patients. 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 remember 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 first symptom people talkabout. >> dr. stricker, you are amy's doctor. thnk you for allowing us to have this conversation. what is lyme disease? >> lym disease is a mor epidemic. e cdc estimates at least 30,000 new cases a year, probably more than that, more common than breast cancer, six times more common than aids. it is a disease transmitted by ticks. very often po doneople don't kn they were infected o had a tick bite, then they gethese bizarre symptoms and it canbe hard to diagnose. >> we have a