Monday, June 27, 2005

State tops nation in Lyme disease cases

2 entire families in midstate suffer from illness
The Patriot-News - Pennsylvania

At the worst stages of Gail Sheffer's Lyme disease, a short trip to the mailbox exhausted her.

"I could not walk to the mailbox without taking a two-hour nap when I walked back to the house," the Wellsville, York County, woman said. "I would be sleeping 12 to 18 hours a night."