Disease Affects Two Women
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 10:56:16 PM

Scores of people on the pacific coast are battling a disease that doctors say does not exist. But to them, it's very real. In the half light of her small Sunnyside home, Cathy Mcdonald and her friend Ruth Lyons spend hours every day looking into a microscope. They look at lesions in their bodies that rememble an insect part, a fibre or even sometime's something sparkling. Whatever it is, the physical symptoms can not be overlooked. Other symptoms include nausea, diarhea cyclic itching, fatigue and sometimes "stuff" that comes out of their skin. They say that the worst part of the disease is the brain fog and not knowing how you'll feel from one day to the next. That's the way it's been for Cathy and Ruth for 7 years. Cathy's marriage crumbled under the stress. Ruth always worries that her daughter will be the next victim. Both of them have been turned away by dozens of doctors. In spite of the physical symptomps doctors from around the valley diagnosed both Ruth and Cathy with delusional parasitosis. In plain English, doctors told them they were crazy. "I pretty much gave up on doctors. I was accused of mutilating myself, and i was told my mentally ill condition was causing my symptoms," said Cathy. Cathy has no history of being psychotic and she says her employee reviews at work were all positive. So now she's at work with Ruth and her microscope documenting everything she finds. Now the real challenge is proving the disease does exist to anyone that can help. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

Original:  http://www.kapptv.com/index.php?section_id=668&xstate=view_story&story_id=174195

URGENT! Let the media know that these women are not alone that there are more suffering.  More investigation is needed!: 

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