Tick Boot Camp

Episode 61: Kindness Personified - an interview with Brooke Stoddard

Over the past 6 years, Brooke has treated with the famous Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), Dr. Kenneth Liegner, using Disulfiram to regain 95% of his health

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Brooke Stoddard. Brooke is a 39-year-old resident of New York City, New York. In 2010, Brooke's Lyme Disease symptoms became career threatening: brain fog made it difficult to find words to complete sentences and occasionally he would have a conversation with a co-worker and realize that he couldn't remember their name. Over the past 6 years, Brooke has treated with the famous Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), Dr. Kenneth Liegner, using Disulfiram to regain 95% of his health. Brooke is a co-founder of Generation Lyme, a not-for-profit organization empowering young people facing Lyme disease, one story at a time. Generation Lyme has weekly themed Zoom meetups for those with Lyme disease. If you would like to learn more about how Brooke overcame Lyme disease and is now giving back to the community, then tune in now!

Episode 60: Has Horowitz Cured Lyme Disease? - an interview with Dr. Richard I. Horowitz, MD and Savi Glowe

Dr. Horowitz the medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center and the author of two best selling Lyme Disease books: “Why Can’t I Get Better?” and “How Can I Get Better?”

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today are Richard I Horowitz, MD and Savi Glowe. Dr. Horowitz is a Board Certified Internist in private practice in Hyde Park, New York. He is the medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center and the author of two best selling Lyme Disease books: “Why Can’t I Get Better?” and “How Can I Get Better?” Savi Glowe is the Director of Operations at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and the Institute for Next Generation Healthcare. She is also the organizing chair of the LymeMind conference. At the LymeMind conference, Dr. Horowitz will present a clinical cure for chronic Lyme Disease. If you would like to learn more how Dr Richard I Horowitz, MD has developed a treatment regimen that is a clinical cure to chronic Lyme Disease, then tune in now!

Episode 59: The Unstoppable Force - an interview with Cassidy Colbert

Despite suffering from Chronic Lyme Disease for over one-third of her young life, Ms. Colbert is a student, officer in a leading Lyme Disease education foundation, a Lyme educator, lecturer, blogger and teen Lyme Disease support group administrator

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is the dynamic Cassidy Colbert. Despite suffering from Chronic Lyme Disease for over one-third of her young life, Ms. Colbert is very accomplished. She is a student, officer in a leading Lyme Disease education foundation, a Lyme educator, lecturer, blogger and teen Lyme Disease support group administrator. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, Ms. Colbert traveled the United States with noted Lyme Disease education expert Dr. Nancy Fox to provide Lyme Disease education to over 5,500 children in 25 cities. If you would like to learn more about how a 21 year-old has battled Chronic Lyme Disease and become “The Unstoppable Force” in the Lyme education and awareness community, then tune in now!

Episode 58: The Sweetest Devotion - an interview with Lillian and Meredith Park

Lillian was diagnosed with Lyme, and Meredith’s doctor theorized that she too had it, and passed it on to Lillian in utero

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today are Lillian and Meredith Park, a mother-daughter duo from the northern suburbs of Chicago. Meredith Park has been sick since her late teens, when she started to feel extreme fatigue, severe headaches, and anxiety. Meredith received various misdiagnoses ranging from bipolar disorder to MS. It wasn’t until her daughter, Lillian, was born that Ms. Park figured out the true cause behind her symptoms. Around the age of two, Lillian started to experience rashes and bite marks all over her body, accompanied by a fever and extreme fatigue. Lillian was diagnosed with Lyme, and Meredith’s doctor theorized that she too had it, and passed it on to Lillian in utero. If you would like to learn more about a mother and daughter’s Lyme Disease journey, then tune in!

Episode 57: I Did It My Way - an interview with Michaela Sheranko

Michaela Sheranko is the founder of the Lyme not-for-profit “I love the way you Lyme”

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Michaela Sheranko. Michaela Sheranko is a 25-year-old woman from Massachusetts. She is a creative spirit with an interest in various art forms including music and film. She is also a social media manager and the founder of the Lyme not-for-profit “I love the way you Lyme.” If you would like to learn more about how Michaela Sheranko pursued her Lyme Disease treatment and her music her “own way,” then tune in now!

Episode 56: I am Not Crazy - an interview with Getine Taylor

Getine Taylor lived a normal life until five years ago, when she started to feel sick after running a Super Spartan race

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Getine Taylor from Bloomfield, New Jersey. Ms. Taylor lived a normal life until five years ago, when she started to feel sick after running a Super Spartan race. She had extreme fatigue, severe headaches, anxiety attacks, and pain all over her body. Her symptoms progressed even further, and her family started to suffer. She even began passing out in front of her daughter and took regular trips to the emergency room. After countless misdiagnoses, Ms. Taylor’s husband began researching on his own, and believed his wife’s symptoms were consistent with Lyme disease. Soon after, she received a positive Lyme test and started herbal and dietary treatments. If you would like to learn more about Ms. Taylor’s journey and how she’s advocating for those who face tick diseases, then tune in!

Episode 55: The Long Ride - an interview with professional rodeo athlete Taylor deRegt

After overcoming chronic Lyme Disease that plagued her childhood, Taylor developed dual careers as an event planner and a professional rodeo athlete before illness caused by a second tick bite forced her to shelve her dual career paths

Tick Boot Camp’s guest today is Taylor deRegt. Taylor deRegt is a 28-year-old woman from Carmel Valley, California. After overcoming chronic Lyme Disease that plagued her childhood, she developed dual careers as an event planner and a professional rodeo athlete. Unfortunately, illness caused by a second tick bite forced her to shelve her dual career paths. If you would like to know more about how a professional Cowgirl is cutting short her long ride with Lyme Disease, then tune in now!

Episode 54: A Tick Bite Stole My Family, Friends and Faith - an interview with Jeanette Blackwood

After discovering, removing and disposing of a large tick, Jeanette Blackwood began to suffer flu and increasingly debilitating symptoms including vertigo, memory loss, balance issues and paranoia

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Jeanette Blackwood. Jeanette Blackwood is a 57-year-old native of Colorado now residing in Southern California. After discovering, removing and disposing of a large tick, she began to suffer flu and increasingly debilitating symptoms including vertigo, memory loss, balance issues and paranoia. After divorcing her husband, leaving her church, losing her ability to remember how to get home from a shopping trip and then contact with the police, she turned to the naturopathic medical community for help. If you would like to learn more about how a woman from Southern California rediscovered her health and faith, then tune in now!

Episode 53: I Never Got My Fun Twenties - an interview with Amy Rogala

After graduation from school, Amy Rogala suffered flu symptoms that were followed by headaches, loss of balance, seizures and suicidal ideations

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Amy Rogala. Amy Rogala is a 29-year-old woman from Mackinaw City Michigan. She grew up on her family owned campground in the rural northern lower peninsula of Michigan. After graduation from school, she suffered flu symptoms that were followed by headaches, loss of balance, seizures and suicidal ideations. The failures of the traditional medical community forced Amy to visit a holistic doctor where she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. If you would like to learn more about how an outdoor enthusiast from rural Michigan won a tick disease battle, then tune in now!

Episode 52: Are Ticks Breaking the Amish? - an interview with Maribeth Lacy

Maribeth Lacy grew up in the Amish Mennonite community of Meadville, Pennsylvania where she estimates that 1 of every 3 people are suffering from a tick disease

Tick Boot Camp’s guests today is Maribeth Lacy. Maribeth Lacy grew up in the Mennonite community of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania where she estimates that 1 of every 3 people are suffering from a tick disease. After making the decision to leave her Mennonite community and culture to attend college in California, her tick disease related illnesses caused her health to decline and forced her to leave college before graduation. If you would like to learn more about how a former member of the Amish community is fighting a tick disease battle that began during her childhood, then tune in now!

The goal of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast is to help people liberate themselves and others from suffering caused by Lyme disease through validation, community building, belief that healing is possible, and modeling success. Listen to our Tick Boot Camp podcast using all major podcast streaming services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Music. Our podcast is also integrated with smart home devices, such as Amazon Alexa and Apple TV. Ask your device to "play the Tick Boot Camp Podcast!"