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Podcast: Tick Boot Camp
Episode: Furry Friends - an interview with Karen Widaman
Description: Karen Widaman is a 62-year-old certified dog trainer and owner of a large dog training company from Glendora, California.
Despite working in a high-risk industry, Ms. Widaman was unaware of that her contact with thousands of dogs increased her Lyme vulnerability. In 2015, she began to suffer from stomach, foot, and hand pain her doctors believed to be unrelated symptoms in part because she tested negative for Lyme disease.
Unrelenting symptoms forced to treat with a plethora of medical doctors including internists, neurologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, and infectious disease doctors. In desperation, she sought out a “natural do...