THE BUZZ ABOUT BEE STING THERAPY\ LYME DISEASE VICTIMS RECEIVE CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT.(Living)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: August 11, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Steve Schmadeke Scripps Howard News Service

There was a time in Tami Smith's life when she didn't invite people over to sting her and her husband with honeybees.

That was before she and her spouse Jack were diagnosed with Lyme disease, though, before the days when the accompanying fatigue and joint pain became so severe she had trouble getting out of the bathtub.

"You feel like you're 70 years old," said Smith, who worked as a nurse before contracting the disease. "You feel like you have a hangover every day."

The couple recently joined the thousands of ...

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