Ottawa’s Lesley Fleming was diagnosed with Lyme disease in July 2013 by a doctor in Plattsburg, N.Y., after years of going to Canadian doctors to try and find out why she was experiencing severe eye inflammation, headaches and fatigue.
She said she and her partner have spent more than $75,000 to treat her illness in the U.S. because Canada’s healthcare system can’t get the job done.
“I would like to see us be able to be cared for here in Canada, those who are newly infected and those, like myself, who have chronic Lyme disease,” Fleming said.
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