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My mother was diagnosed with Lyme disease when I was eight years old. When caught early, Lyme disease can be quickly cured with a few rounds of antibiotics. However, if not caught in time, the bacteria which causes Lyme spreads like wildfire and hides in the hardest-to-reach areas of a person's body. My mom was not lucky enough to catch it early. For years she has tried different medications, diets, and back surgery to help alleviate her pain. It pained me to watch her struggle with the simplest tasks, to watch my strong-willed mother ask for help cutting my sandwich. I wanted to help her and someday cure the disease, and when the time came to pick a topic for my Independent Science Research class, I chose to research Lyme …show more content…
The project was hard, but the research was harder. Lyme is not a deadly disease, but it is extremely malicious, and it scared both my mom and I to learn about how harmful it could be. After I felt I had a good understanding of the disease and a strong base to start my project, a few curious clicks on Google led me to a website listing and explaining homeopathic remedies for Lyme. One in particular caught my eye, and while it didn't seem to have any official trials, I found many unofficial accounts of success with this remedy. I knew right away I wanted to test this therapy, so I developed a research question to not only present to my professors, but more importantly, to my …show more content…
I received highly complementary feedback, and I was very proud of my work. A few weeks later, I found an article about a woman who had traveled to Mexico to participate in this therapy for her Lyme disease. After a few months of therapy, she was cured. I was elated to learn that this non-invasive, low-risk therapy that I had researched was finally getting recognition. I was even more excited that I was able to prove why it worked in an eleventh grade classroom, even if the only people who knew about it were my professors, classmates, and the people to whom my parents
My mother was diagnosed with Lyme disease when I was eight years old. When caught early, Lyme disease can be quickly cured with a few rounds of antibiotics. However, if not caught in time, the bacteria which causes Lyme spreads like wildfire and hides in the hardest-to-reach areas of a person's body. My mom was not lucky enough to catch it early. For years she has tried different medications, diets, and back surgery to help alleviate her pain. It pained me to watch her struggle with the simplest tasks, to watch my strong-willed mother ask for help cutting my sandwich. I wanted to help her and someday cure the disease, and when the time came to pick a topic for my Independent Science Research class, I chose to research Lyme …show more content…
The project was hard, but the research was harder. Lyme is not a deadly disease, but it is extremely malicious, and it scared both my mom and I to learn about how harmful it could be. After I felt I had a good understanding of the disease and a strong base to start my project, a few curious clicks on Google led me to a website listing and explaining homeopathic remedies for Lyme. One in particular caught my eye, and while it didn't seem to have any official trials, I found many unofficial accounts of success with this remedy. I knew right away I wanted to test this therapy, so I developed a research question to not only present to my professors, but more importantly, to my …show more content…
I received highly complementary feedback, and I was very proud of my work. A few weeks later, I found an article about a woman who had traveled to Mexico to participate in this therapy for her Lyme disease. After a few months of therapy, she was cured. I was elated to learn that this non-invasive, low-risk therapy that I had researched was finally getting recognition. I was even more excited that I was able to prove why it worked in an eleventh grade classroom, even if the only people who knew about it were my professors, classmates, and the people to whom my parents