Post by Sidney on Jun 29, 2009 0:23:02 GMT -5
Dear LDSG Friends,
This past week has been one of terrible loss.
LORI MERRILL - A beloved member of our LDSG group lost her battle with Lyme this past Friday. Lori was from Woodward Ok, she was 37 and had a daughter 16, she also leaves behind a brother and her parents (Mother’s name is Sue). Lori was an active athlete and ran marathons before Lyme with her last race at Big Sur International Marathon June 2002. Even though this past year she had struggled with pneumonia, a stroke in her left eye, and blood clots, she was still optimistic and had planned on having surgery in July. I don’t have any additional information at this time, nor about her memorial/funeral arrangements; her family is still in the process of making plans. As soon as I know I will be happy to share the info with those members that would like to participate and/or forward some kind of card/flowers/prayers. Lori was a wonderful person and will be truly missed!
Kathy White with the Greater KC Lyme Group forwarded me the following information (further below is his Obiturary as provided by the local newspaper):
Dr. Ed Masters of Cape Girardeau, MO has passed away. He was in his sixties. He had recently had both lower legs amputated because of diabetes and went blind early this year. He had also had a stroke. Even so, he had hoped to return to treating Lyme disease patients because there is such a need.
Dr. Masters was the first tickborne disease specialist in Missouri. Masters' disease, a Lyme-like illness that he discovered, was named after him. He found that lone star ticks were transmitting it. The CDC calls the disease STARI. It is not yet known whether Masters' disease and STARI are caused by the same organism or whether they will some day be classified as different diseases. If Borrelia lonestari is determined to be the cause of STARI, then Masters' disease will probably be considered a different disease, since there is currently no evidence to link that organism to Masters' disease. Anyway, all these diseases produce the same EM rash and symptoms and respond to antibiotics in the same way. Dr. Masters wanted the CDC to classify all these diseases as Lyme disease, since they all have the same rash, other signs, symptoms, severity, and treatment.
Obituary of Dr. Ed Masters
Condolences can be sent to his wife at:
Mrs. Jackie Masters
Ferguson Medical Group
1012 N. Main
Sikeston, MO 63801
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:21 PM ~ Subject: Obituary of Dr. Ed Masters
Monday, June 22, 2009 SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dr. Edwin Jordan Masters, 63, of Sikeston died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 30, 1945, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late Dr. Edwin Caleb and Bess Jordan Masters. He graduated from Advance, Mo., High School in 1963 and was valedictorian of his class, received his bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. in 1967 and his MD degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1971. He practiced medicine at the Advance Medical Clinic from 1971 to 1974, Ferguson Medical Group in Sikeston from 1974 to 1987, Family Physicians Group in Cape Girardeau from 1987 to 1995, Regional Primary Care Inc. in Cape Girardeau from 1995 to 2001 and Premier Family Physicians Inc. in Cape Girardeau from 2001 to 2006. He was a member of the Missouri State Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and was one of the leading Lyme disease physicians in the world. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Sikeston and a former member of the Sikeston Jaycees. He married Jackie Ebaugh in Cape Girardeau on June 21, 1970, and she survives of the home in Sikeston. He is also survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Ryan and Julie Masters of Quincy, Ill., Jordan and Abbey Masters of Cape Girardeau and Drs. Reid and Jenna Masters of San Diego.0AHe is also survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Erin and Allen Cryer of Carrollton, Texas; and a sister, Charlotte "Rusty" Newton of the Happy Farm in Advance; and four grandchildren, Ayanna Askew, Anna Cryer, Ezra Cryer and Lydia Masters. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church in Sikeston, with the Rev. Mary McCord, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston. The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to Lyme Disease Institute, c/o Linda Scott, First State Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 1830, Sikeston, MO 63801.
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Good news! Governor Jodi Rell of Connecticut has just signed a bill that will protect doctors in that state from having licensing trouble for treating Lyme disease with long-term antibiotics. The bill had passed both houses of the Assembly unanimously.
Kathy White
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Maggie Shaw, Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force Lancaster60@aol.com
Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Lymeliter@aol.com (www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org)
CONNECTICUT DOCTOR PROTECTION BILL FOR LYME SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RELL
Newtown, CT, JUNE 21, 2009 − Patient groups across Connecticut and the nation are elated by the June 21 announcement by Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell that she has signed the Lyme disease doctor protection bill, following its recent unanimous passage in both houses of the Connecticut General Assembly.
HB 6200 contains language that will protect Connecticut licensed Lyme treating physicians from prosecution by the State of Connecticut Medical Examining Board solely on the basis of a clinical diagnosis and /or for treatment of long-term Lyme disease. The bill provides the definition for Lyme disease which includes “the presence in a patient of signs and symptoms compatible with acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi; or with late stage or persistent or chronic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, or with complications related to such an infection.” It also defines clinical diagnosis as determined by a physician “…that is based on knowledge obtained through the medical history and physical examination alone, or in conjunction with the testing that provides supportive data for such clinical diagnosis.” In addition, it provides for updating the Lyme disease definition if other strains are found to cause Lyme disease.
This law resulted from months of negotiations between Legislative Leaders, the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the undersigned patient Groups. According to Maggie Shaw, Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force, who has been a leader in the Connecticut effort, “This law will be a relief to the families in CT who will finally be able to receive care in their own communities and their own state. One of the burdens of Lyme disease, finding treatment, will be lifted from their shoulders, as this law offers hope to residents that more physicians who are knowledgeable about Lyme disease will be encouraged to practice within the State of Connecticut.”
Pat Smith, president of the national Lyme Disease Association, who has been working and meeting with legislators in Hartford to secure passage, commented on the new law: “Justice has been served. Human health has finally triumphed over vested interest in the Lyme capital of the world. Lyme patients and treating physicians in Connecticut can breathe a collective sigh of relief. For years, they have not only been battling the disease but also battling the politics which have prevented patients from getting treatment and physicians from treating. Governor Rell and the Legislature have come down on the side of the people.”
The Groups extend their gratitude to Governor Jodi Rell and the General Assembly, and in particular, Representatives Jason Bartlett, Kim Fawcett, Chris Lyddy, and Peggy Reeves, and Senator Jonathan Harris and Representative Betsy Ritter, Co-Chairs of the Joint Public Health Committee. The support of patients, families, members of the Lyme community, the Connecticut Medical Society, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society was invaluable.
Connecticut becomes the third state in the nation to have a law that protects physicians who treat Lyme disease long term.
For wording on the bill, please go to www.cga.ct.gov/ HB6200 (File # 903)
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force
Ridgefield Lyme Disease Task Force
Time For Lyme, Inc.
Lyme Disease Association, Eastern Connecticut Chapter
The Lyme Disease Association is now a partner with the Environmental Protection Agency in its PESP Program!
Pat Smith
President
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
PO Box 1438
Jackson, NJ 08527
888-366-6611 Toll free info line
732-938-7215 (F)
LymeDiseaseAssociation.org
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This past week has been one of terrible loss.
LORI MERRILL - A beloved member of our LDSG group lost her battle with Lyme this past Friday. Lori was from Woodward Ok, she was 37 and had a daughter 16, she also leaves behind a brother and her parents (Mother’s name is Sue). Lori was an active athlete and ran marathons before Lyme with her last race at Big Sur International Marathon June 2002. Even though this past year she had struggled with pneumonia, a stroke in her left eye, and blood clots, she was still optimistic and had planned on having surgery in July. I don’t have any additional information at this time, nor about her memorial/funeral arrangements; her family is still in the process of making plans. As soon as I know I will be happy to share the info with those members that would like to participate and/or forward some kind of card/flowers/prayers. Lori was a wonderful person and will be truly missed!
Kathy White with the Greater KC Lyme Group forwarded me the following information (further below is his Obiturary as provided by the local newspaper):
Dr. Ed Masters of Cape Girardeau, MO has passed away. He was in his sixties. He had recently had both lower legs amputated because of diabetes and went blind early this year. He had also had a stroke. Even so, he had hoped to return to treating Lyme disease patients because there is such a need.
Dr. Masters was the first tickborne disease specialist in Missouri. Masters' disease, a Lyme-like illness that he discovered, was named after him. He found that lone star ticks were transmitting it. The CDC calls the disease STARI. It is not yet known whether Masters' disease and STARI are caused by the same organism or whether they will some day be classified as different diseases. If Borrelia lonestari is determined to be the cause of STARI, then Masters' disease will probably be considered a different disease, since there is currently no evidence to link that organism to Masters' disease. Anyway, all these diseases produce the same EM rash and symptoms and respond to antibiotics in the same way. Dr. Masters wanted the CDC to classify all these diseases as Lyme disease, since they all have the same rash, other signs, symptoms, severity, and treatment.
Obituary of Dr. Ed Masters
Condolences can be sent to his wife at:
Mrs. Jackie Masters
Ferguson Medical Group
1012 N. Main
Sikeston, MO 63801
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:21 PM ~ Subject: Obituary of Dr. Ed Masters
Monday, June 22, 2009 SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dr. Edwin Jordan Masters, 63, of Sikeston died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 30, 1945, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late Dr. Edwin Caleb and Bess Jordan Masters. He graduated from Advance, Mo., High School in 1963 and was valedictorian of his class, received his bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. in 1967 and his MD degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1971. He practiced medicine at the Advance Medical Clinic from 1971 to 1974, Ferguson Medical Group in Sikeston from 1974 to 1987, Family Physicians Group in Cape Girardeau from 1987 to 1995, Regional Primary Care Inc. in Cape Girardeau from 1995 to 2001 and Premier Family Physicians Inc. in Cape Girardeau from 2001 to 2006. He was a member of the Missouri State Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association and was one of the leading Lyme disease physicians in the world. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Sikeston and a former member of the Sikeston Jaycees. He married Jackie Ebaugh in Cape Girardeau on June 21, 1970, and she survives of the home in Sikeston. He is also survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Ryan and Julie Masters of Quincy, Ill., Jordan and Abbey Masters of Cape Girardeau and Drs. Reid and Jenna Masters of San Diego.0AHe is also survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Erin and Allen Cryer of Carrollton, Texas; and a sister, Charlotte "Rusty" Newton of the Happy Farm in Advance; and four grandchildren, Ayanna Askew, Anna Cryer, Ezra Cryer and Lydia Masters. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church in Sikeston, with the Rev. Mary McCord, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston. The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to Lyme Disease Institute, c/o Linda Scott, First State Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 1830, Sikeston, MO 63801.
> >
Good news! Governor Jodi Rell of Connecticut has just signed a bill that will protect doctors in that state from having licensing trouble for treating Lyme disease with long-term antibiotics. The bill had passed both houses of the Assembly unanimously.
Kathy White
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Maggie Shaw, Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force Lancaster60@aol.com
Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Lymeliter@aol.com (www.LymeDiseaseAssociation.org)
CONNECTICUT DOCTOR PROTECTION BILL FOR LYME SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RELL
Newtown, CT, JUNE 21, 2009 − Patient groups across Connecticut and the nation are elated by the June 21 announcement by Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell that she has signed the Lyme disease doctor protection bill, following its recent unanimous passage in both houses of the Connecticut General Assembly.
HB 6200 contains language that will protect Connecticut licensed Lyme treating physicians from prosecution by the State of Connecticut Medical Examining Board solely on the basis of a clinical diagnosis and /or for treatment of long-term Lyme disease. The bill provides the definition for Lyme disease which includes “the presence in a patient of signs and symptoms compatible with acute infection with Borrelia burgdorferi; or with late stage or persistent or chronic infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, or with complications related to such an infection.” It also defines clinical diagnosis as determined by a physician “…that is based on knowledge obtained through the medical history and physical examination alone, or in conjunction with the testing that provides supportive data for such clinical diagnosis.” In addition, it provides for updating the Lyme disease definition if other strains are found to cause Lyme disease.
This law resulted from months of negotiations between Legislative Leaders, the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the undersigned patient Groups. According to Maggie Shaw, Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force, who has been a leader in the Connecticut effort, “This law will be a relief to the families in CT who will finally be able to receive care in their own communities and their own state. One of the burdens of Lyme disease, finding treatment, will be lifted from their shoulders, as this law offers hope to residents that more physicians who are knowledgeable about Lyme disease will be encouraged to practice within the State of Connecticut.”
Pat Smith, president of the national Lyme Disease Association, who has been working and meeting with legislators in Hartford to secure passage, commented on the new law: “Justice has been served. Human health has finally triumphed over vested interest in the Lyme capital of the world. Lyme patients and treating physicians in Connecticut can breathe a collective sigh of relief. For years, they have not only been battling the disease but also battling the politics which have prevented patients from getting treatment and physicians from treating. Governor Rell and the Legislature have come down on the side of the people.”
The Groups extend their gratitude to Governor Jodi Rell and the General Assembly, and in particular, Representatives Jason Bartlett, Kim Fawcett, Chris Lyddy, and Peggy Reeves, and Senator Jonathan Harris and Representative Betsy Ritter, Co-Chairs of the Joint Public Health Committee. The support of patients, families, members of the Lyme community, the Connecticut Medical Society, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society was invaluable.
Connecticut becomes the third state in the nation to have a law that protects physicians who treat Lyme disease long term.
For wording on the bill, please go to www.cga.ct.gov/ HB6200 (File # 903)
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force
Ridgefield Lyme Disease Task Force
Time For Lyme, Inc.
Lyme Disease Association, Eastern Connecticut Chapter
The Lyme Disease Association is now a partner with the Environmental Protection Agency in its PESP Program!
Pat Smith
President
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
PO Box 1438
Jackson, NJ 08527
888-366-6611 Toll free info line
732-938-7215 (F)
LymeDiseaseAssociation.org
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