Dr Bhan is an excerpt from my medical memoir. This is a work in progress. The genre is creative nonfiction. It is based on real-life events. All names have been changed to protect the identity of the individuals involved. Dr Bhan is a fictional name, in place of the doctor…
London Calling is an excerpt from my medical memoir. This is a work in progress. The genre is creative nonfiction. It is based on real-life events. All names have been changed to protect the identity of the individuals involved. Chapter Four February, 2014 London was calling. I was on the…
Summary Is This Lyme Disease? asks whether my persistent infection of ten years could be Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is a tick-borne bacterial infection that is caused by the bacteria Borrelia Burgdorferi. It is also known as borreliosis, and it is spread through the bite of an infected tick. The…
Summary I have been taking oral antibiotics for ten years, since this infection began. They are the only drugs that quell my symptoms, but they do not resolve the problem. The antibiotics subdue my facial pain, but when I come off them, my symptoms return within a few days. I…