Hello everyone!

It’s that time of year again where we are looking for volunteers to help at the Victoria Pet Expo booth at Pearkes Arena on May 4th and 5th,10-5 Saturday and 10-4 Sunday. 

 Each volunteer will have a 2 hour shift at our booth probably working along side an experienced member.  You will also have access to check out the other booths and demonstrations when on break or when you are finished with your shift.

This is a good opportunity for those of you who are newly diagnosed with Lyme and/or those new to our group or with little knowledge of Lyme to learn and help give back.  The Victoria Pet Expo is a big supporter of our group and during this event we get the opportunity to educate and inform the public of the dangers of Lyme disease here on the island and elsewhere.  If you are able to take a shift or two, please email us at victorialyme@gmail.com

If you have anything to donate for a prize basket or have time to help set up and take down, please let us know.

For more information about the Pet Expo, please go to their website at https://www.victoriapetexpo.com 

Thank you,

VI Lyme

iNVITATION: UVic Biology Dept Seminar on Lyme borreliosis March 29 3:30

Please join us for the next Biology departmental seminar on Friday Mar. 29 @ 3:30 pm, in MSB 150.

Dr. Maarten Voordouw, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, will be speaking on: “Lyme borreliosis and the ecology of a multiple-strain tick-borne pathogen”

Maarten is a former UVic Biology grad student, completing his PhD in Brad Anholt's lab. His lab studies the ecology of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Here is a link to his web page:

https://researchers.usask.ca/maarten-voordouw/index.php

Here are a few of his papers:

- Genne, D. et al. (2018): Competition between strains of Borrelia afzelii inside the rodent host and the tick vector. Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences B 285: 20181804.

- Cayol, C. et al. (2018): Borrelia afzelii alters reproductive success in a rodent host. Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences B 285: 20181056.

If you would like to meet with Maarten, please contact Steve Perlman - stevep@uvic.ca

Lyme Awareness and Support Meeting: Sunday, February 24, 1-3 pm

Hello everyone,

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.   Our next Lyme meeting is scheduled for this Sunday, February 24  from 1-3 pm near the Hillside Mall. Contact victorialyme@gmail.com for the address, directions, and parking.

We do not have a speaker scheduled, so this will be a general support group meeting to 

1) share any of your successes or struggles with other members

2) provide any updates on past, current and upcoming Lyme news

We hope to see a good turn out at our meeting and are looking forward to seeing how everyone is doing. 

 If you'd like to bring a healthy snack to share, please do so. Coffee, tea and water will be provided.

NOTE:  There are still a lot of books and videos that have been signed out, but have not been returned.  If you have one or more of these items and you are finished with the material, please return it so that someone else can use it.  Thank you!!!

Please remember not to wear fragrances, as some people are sensitive.  

You are welcome to put forward agenda items for future meetings. 

We hope to see you all there.

All the best,

VI Lyme

Meeting Sept 23, Special Presentation

We hope everyone had a wonderful summer.  Our next Lyme meeting meeting is  scheduled for Sunday, September 23rd from 1-3 pm near Hillside Mall.  Please email victorialyme@gmail.com for address and directions.  We will have special guests : two local Victoria LLNDs (Lyme Literate Naturopaths).  This will be a meet and greet with a Q&A session.  We hope to see a good turn out at  our meeting and are looking forward to seeing how everyone is doing.  If you'd like to bring a healthy snack to share, please do so. Coffee,  tea and water will be provided. NOTE:  There are still a lot of books and videos that have been signed out,  but have not been returned.  If you have one or more of these items and you  are finished with the material, please return it so that someone else can use it.   Thank you!!! Please remember not to wear fragrances, as some people are sensitive.   There is pay parking around the back of the adjacent Aberdeen Hospital  (watch out for parking tickets) and you can get to the meeting room by  going from the back door through to the front door  and then follow the  signs over to the Hillside Seniors Health Centre.  You are welcome to put forward agenda items for future meetings.  We hope to see you all there. All the best, VI Lyme