Neil Spector MD, Oncologist, his views and comments on Tick-borne illnesses from his personal experience-

Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorised

“To me, Lyme is the infectious disease equivalent of cancer. We don’t talk about cancer as just one disease anymore, and we should stop talking about Lyme this way. There are so many strains and co-infections. When you are bitten by a tick, you can get five or ten different infections at the same time. I also find it ludicrous to call all tick-borne disease, Lyme Disease. In breast cancer, we don’t just say, ‘You have breast cancer’,”because that simply doesn’t mean anything anymore. The language is important because it has a bearing on treatment. With cancer, we know that administering one algorithmic form of treatment doesn’t work. You have to understand the wiring that drives those tumors, the nuances, the mutations–and target them specifically. I think we need to start thinking this way about tick-borne diseases”.   -Neil L. Spector, MD. USA, Oncologist, and heart transplant recipient due to a tick...

Welcome

Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorised

A warm welcome to Vis-à-Vis Symposiums We are a small charity focusing on the welfare of patients whose lives have been decimated, courtesy of a Tick. A parasite so invasive, capable of destroying and reducing formerly active healthy humans, and their companion animals, to lives of complete devastation and a miserable existence. A quote from a patient, and echoed by thousands of others globally; “ Lyme won’t kill you………… but there are days when you wish it would” Correction: in extreme cases Tick-borne diseases will kill you, hence the need for you to know about them. Our first symposium was held in June 2014, and was funded by a patient and organized by a group of patients and dedicated tick-borne disease specialists. We joined forces with the aim of bringing doctors, veterinarians, and researchers together in a united effort to tackle the dilemma of ill- health caused by the many tick-borne infections that are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. The event was so successful and generated so much goodwill and interest that it was obvious we should keep the momentum, and so here we are, ready to join forces again. Please, let us work in a united effort to combat these insidious and destructive infections before more lives are left unnecessarily in...