Rosslyn Metro Station - One of the world's longest escalators!
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Infectious Diseases Society of America headquarters.
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By the time I arrived I learned that most of them left early because of a successful meeting with IDSA representatives.
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...... except for a few stragglers.
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Come to find out they are interviewing the MayDay committee!?
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Listen to this video,
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....... and this one.
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A lil friend gobbling up the crumbs.
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Allison Caruana of New York has lyme along with all of her 5 children. She lost a baby due to Lyme disease.
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David Strong, a Media Consultant, Director/Producer.
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David's girlfriend suffers from Lyme Disease.
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After Allison spoke on live feed at 10 am she and Josh Cutlar were invited into the foyer to meet with IDSA representatives. Two guards walked them into the building.......
12:00 noon - Josh Cutlar & Allison Caruana handed the scientific Lyme document to the IDSA and asked them to read it. "The current state of Lyme disease treatment is not right. The guidelines are flawed, testing is outdated even among the different strains of Lyme. We just want you to acknowledge all the suffering. Change the name if you want, chronic lyme, post lyme, whatever you choose to call it! I don't care who's ego is in this. I shouldn't have to look my son in the eye and hear him say, "Mommy will I ever know what normal is?" Allison recalled seeing tears well in the eyes of the two women representatives while she spoke with them. "As long as your IDSA guidelines stay the same - We will not stop!" The women said, "We hear you and we're listening." (They had never before talked with them face to face..)
This is Sabrina Molina who wrote the document "Scientific Proof of Chronic Lyme Disease" - http://media.wix.com/ugd/12c4ab_6f9d666c08b440b0a42515cda30fea05.pdf
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She wanted to show me how she "decorated" her antibiotic port scar.
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I couldn't help but notice another from New York and her antibiotic port scar.
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Brought along some chips in honor of the occasion.
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Allison could not attend last year's May Day because she was in the hospital for Lyme.
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Yep, yours truly in the reflection.
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One last comment......
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Listen to her last words.
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A true warrior ♥
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Mike and Allison Caruana
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This event was on a Live Feed May 22 & 23, 2014. May 23 Wash DC Fox news aired a story on the protest. http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/25599110/protestors-push-idsa-for-change-on-treatment-of-lyme-disease
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Back to the Rosslyn Metro in Washington DC.
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