Posted AT 2:07 AM EDT on 12/12/06
Lyme disease: the invisible illness in Canada
Seventeen years ago, before I was bitten by a tick infected with Lyme disease, I went to the gym several times a week and played tennis and squash regularly. I dragon-boat raced and biked to my studies at the University of British Columbia. I prided myself on being fit, athletic and in control of my life. I almost never went to the doctor and didn't know what it was like to have a headache.
In the summer of 1989, my life changed.
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