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Gourmet food booths will
be scattered throughout the
show with baked goods,
beef jerky, microwave pork
rinds, handmade candies,
dried soup mixes, caramel
corn and gift baskets.
The concession stand will
be operated by the Plainview
4-H Club. They also will
collect canned goods to donate
to FISH (Faith in Sharing
House).
The festival will host a silent
auction with donations
from exhibitors. At 4 p.m.
Sunday, the highest bidder
on each item will be allowed
to purchase that item.
“This gives you a chance
to get bargains as well as
have fun outbidding the previous
bidder throughout the
festival,” Foster said.
“Proceeds from the silent
auction help support the
many community projects of
the Plainview Rotary Club.”
Admission to the festival
is $2 for adults and $1 for
children.
Doors are open from 10
a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday and
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Teen suffers because physicians dismissed Lyme disease
DEAR DR. GOTT: A
while ago, you responded
to a 16-year-old girl who
suffered with daily headaches.
She also mentioned
nausea, hearing and vision
disturbances, poor balance,
tingling sensations, intense
muscle twitching and brain
fog.
This could have described
my 15-year-old daughter,
who was fi nally diagnosed,
after four years, with latestage
Lyme disease.
I would encourage this
young woman to try to fi nd
a sympathetic doctor who
is willing to consider Lyme
and its co-infections.
She should not spend her
limited money on blood tests,
which are not very good for
most tick-borne diseases (although
many doctors do not
seem to be aware of this).
It would be worth trying
a course of antibiotics
if the doctor thinks Lyme is
even a possibility based on
her symptoms. If she feels
worse after starting treatment,
that can be a sign that
it’s the right diagnosis and
that she is experiencing a
Herxheimer reaction as the
bacteria die off.
Eventually, she WILL
get better, but only if she
and her doctor keep up with
treatment, possibly for many
months.
If she does have Lyme
disease, she will probably
need to stand up for herself
against a doctor who thinks
she is faking her symptoms
or that Lyme is easily treated
with a short course of antibiotics
(which is true only if it
is caught early).
A doctor with an open
mind and a willingness to
try different antibiotics can
put her on the road to recovery.
Our story is like so many
others. Our daughter had all
the early, acute symptoms
when we took her to the doctor
shortly after a trip to an
endemic area, yet the doctor
rejected a Lyme diagnosis
because we didn’t recall a
tick bite or rash.
She could have been
treated easily, cheaply and
relatively safely with a few
weeks of doxycycline. Instead,
she went from being
an active, healthy girl to
someone suffering through
years of pain, fatigue and
cognitive problems and
barely getting through half
a day of school, not to mention
running up high medical
expenses over years of
exploring for a cause.
Our daughter was eventually
told that she had all sorts
of things, each of which explained
a single symptom,
but many others went completely
unexplained. We
would be sent home time
and time again with
“we didn’t fi nd anything,”
and there was
no attempt to put the
pieces together.
Still, the idea of
Lyme was viewed
with skepticism or
soundly rejected by
many doctors, even
in the face of overwhelming
symptoms
and with no alternative
theories.
Our daughter had to face
the disbelief of doctor after
doctor, culminating with
suggestions that she get psychological
help.
Even those who were
sympathetic to the idea that
it might be Lyme had little
idea how to treat it when
she didn’t recover in one
month.
We fi nally put the pieces
together ourselves. We located
a Lyme-literate doctor
outside our highly regarded
university-based medical
system and paid out of pocket.
After months of treatment
she is, at last, getting better.
She is now back at school
nearly full time, although
far from her former self. The
doctor says to expect it to
take about two years to recover.
We have since learned that
Lyme is often undiagnosed,
attributed to psychological
causes or misdiagnosed as
When mean-spiritedness becomes cruelty
Dear Margo: I am
31, and my brother
is 28. Our parents
divorced fi ve years
ago. Our father is remarried
to a woman
with a 12-year-old
daughter, “Leigh.”
She is not especially
bright, but she isn’t
a hopeless nitwit.
Our dad, however,
is quite cruel to her.
He calls her “Brain
Damage” to her face (which
Leigh thinks is a joke),
writes e-mails to us about
stupid things she does and
rolls his eyes when she says
something dumb.
He’s also rather abrupt
when talking to her. I’m not
sure how much Leigh picks
up on yet, but I’m certain
she’ll fi gure it out sooner or
later.
She is a good kid who
Margo
Howard
Dear Margo
doesn’t give anyone
much trouble. I really
love my dad and
am not sure how to
approach him with
this. I’ve tried speaking
with him about
it, but it doesn’t do
any good.
I’m afraid if I do
talk to him more seriously,
he’ll continue
to do it when we’re
not around.
He was an excellent dad
to my brother and me; we
never saw this side of him.
— Stepsister with Concerns
Dear Step: Your distress
is very compassionate and
clear-eyed. I would think the
child’s mother would have
weighed in on this issue, but
apparently not.
Because you say your
dad was such a good father
to you and your brother, I
would try one more time to
have a serious talk. The tack
I would take is to point out
that because he was such a
great dad to you, you’re surprised
at his lack of caring
for a child who needs kindness,
not derision.
You might also suggest
that his wife would surely
appreciate his support, and
that you are frankly stunned
at what you consider his
“cruelty.”
Perhaps hearing this from
you will wake him up to his
callous-sounding behavior.
— Margo, supportively
(Dear Margo is written by
Margo Howard, Ann Landers’
daughter. All letters
must be sent via e-mail to
dearmargo@creators.com.
Due to a high volume of email,
not all letters will be
answered.)
Peter
Gott, M.D.
other conditions that
rely on a clinical diagnosis
but seem to
be better accepted in
the medical community.
Chronic fatigue
syndrome, fi bromyalgia,
Parkinson’s
disease, ALS, MS,
lupus and many others
are commonly
used to explain the
symptoms.
I wonder how many Lyme
patients there are who have
no idea what is happening to
them?
Lyme was a life-altering
illness for our daughter and
many others.
Having to fi ght for legitimacy
in the medical community
makes the journey
even harder.
Your comments on this
growing and under-recognized
disease would be welcomed.
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Births
GIRL: Keenan and Roxanne
Lawrence of Plainview
are the parents of a daughter,
Keeleigh Darrianna Avalee,
born at 1:13 p.m. Sept.
9, 2009, in Covenant Hospital
Plainview weighing 7
pounds, 1.4 ounces. Grandparents
are Melody and Justin
Yarbrough of Elk City,
Okla., Ronald and Meagan
Johnson of Oklahoma City,
Karen Rothell of Plainview
and Doyle Rothell of Amarillo.
Great-grandparents are
Travis and Llawaunna Col-
LUBBOCK — The fi rst
Lubbock Wine Festival, “A
Toast on the High Plains…
The Giant Sip of Texas” will
be held in Lubbock Nov.
6-8, at the Louise Hopkins
Underwood Center for the
Arts, 511 Avenue K, and
will be open to everyone age
21 or older.
The festival will promote
the Texas Wine Industry
and will raise funds for several
local groups including
had to trim your letter down
owing to space restrictions,
but I felt it was vital to print
as much of it as possible.
I live in New England,
where Lyme is a recognized
potential infection.
Many cases are seen and
treated every late spring
through mid-fall during peak
tick seasons.
I was aware that a few
years ago Lyme was still
being rejected by some physicians
in other areas, but I
thought that as more cases
were found outside of New
England, they would come
to accept that Lyme disease
has spread to nearly every
part of the United States.
It seems I was mistaken in
that assumption. I applaud
your insistence in getting
your daughter help but am
disappointed and discouraged
that so many dismissed
her symptoms as being the
result of Lyme.
I recommend anyone interested
in learning more
lie of Plainview.
BOY: Cristy and Cory
Crump of Lubbock are the
parents of a son, Noah Micheal,
born at 11:09 p.m.
Sept. 22, 2009, in W.J.
Mangold Memorial Hospital
of Lockney, weighing 8
pounds, 14 ounces. Grandparents
are David and Kenda
McPhearson of Granberry
and Teresa Greenwood-May
of Plainview. Great-grandparents
are Claude and Ellen
May of Plainview and Jean
Greenwood of Lubbock.
Wine Festival set for Nov. 6-8
Lubbock Meals on Wheels,
Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots
and Sheriff’s Fallen Offi -
cer’s Fund.
More than 20 participating
wineries from throughout
the state will be showcased
at the festival.
In addition to wine tastings,
live music, artist
booths, food temptations
and beer tastings from Triple
J Chophouse and Brew Co.
will be featured.
about Lyme disease and
other tick-borne disorders
should visit the Centers for
Disease Control Web site at
www.CDC.gov.
There is even a map of
reported Lyme cases that
shows at least one case in
nearly every U.S. state, and
probably refl ects an underestimate,
as it represents
only the diagnosed and reported
cases.
(Dr. Peter Gott is a retired
physician and the author
of the book “Dr. Gott’s
No Flour, No Sugar Diet”
and the recently published
“Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No
Sugar Cookbook.” Write to
Dr. Gott c/o United Media,
200 Madison Ave., 4th fl .,
New York, NY 10016. However,
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