By JANE CARPENTER, News Contributor, Boothbay Register
The diagnosis and treatment of certain illnesses can be daunting for patients and their medical providers. Add limitations imposed by medical insurance and common practice and it becomes even more difficult to navigate, especially for anyone whose energy is sapped by a chronic condition.
This is especially true for those suffering from tick-borne diseases who routinely experience difficulty with medical diagnosis, treatment and cost. Diagnosis can often take 
several tests sometimes over months or years, while the patient wonders about mysterious symptoms and worries about medical bills.
Imagine if the patients got to design the medical approach.
That was the goal of a workshop Boothbay Region Health Center held Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Community Center. With patients, experts, doctors, nurse practitioners and health coordinators from the practice on hand, the exchange of information opened with the workshop’s goal explained by president Patty Seybold.
“The Health Center is the first stop for people who come in with a tick-borne disease,” she said. “We want to learn what it is like for a patient and how a healthcare facility should best deal with that experience.”……READ MORE..