Tick Boot Camp

Episode 259: The Monster Inside Me - an interview with Frances and Tony Silva

The Monster Inside Me is a powerful full length feature film about Lyme Disease and its effects on everyday people and their hard-fought relationships.

4 years ago

This week Tick Boot Camp interviewed writer Frances Cecilia and Director Tony C. Silva, the power couple that created one of this year’s finest full-length feature films. By turning the camera towards themselves, they show the intimate side of our modern era's most misunderstood chronic illness: Lyme disease. In The Monster Inside Me, Frances and Tony take the viewer on their journey of researching the truth, lies and healing behind Lyme disease. In this comprehensive discussion, Frances and Tony discuss their 5-part documentary that includes:

  • Part 1 – The Losses of Lyme
  • Part 2 – The Darkness of Lyme
  • Part 3 – The Truth of Lyme
  • Part 4 – The Healing of Lyme
  • Part 5 – The Beauty of Lyme

If you would like to learn more about the full spectrum of Lyme disease and how it affects everyday people, then tune in now!

Tick Boot Camp is a Lyme disease and tick-borne illness podcast featuring interviews with leading doctors, researchers, scientists, patients, advocates, and experts. Explore Lyme disease symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, chronic Lyme disease, coinfections, PANS/PANDAS, MCAS, neurological symptoms, emerging research, and the latest advances in tick-borne disease care. Through expert education and powerful patient stories, Tick Boot Camp provides hope, validation, practical information, and a community for people navigating Lyme disease and complex chronic illness.