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Candice Accola Talks Lyme Disease Awareness On ClevverTV.com

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Candice Accola has done it once again — using her platform and voice to tell my sister’s story and spread Lyme Disease awareness. Earlier this month Candice announced her partnership with Show Me Your Mumu and unveiled the Bird Mumu in honor of my sister, Teri and Lyme Disease Awareness Month (Teri’s nickname is “Bird”). All procedes from the month of May are going to Turn The Corner Foundation for Lyme Disease research, education and prevention. You can order one at a special discounted rate here. So, Candice sat down with the girls from ClevverTV.com to talk about Teri, Lyme Disease, and how she’s using fashion to help lead a movement.

Related post: Candice Accola’s Lyme Disease PSA To My Sister, Teri

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Candice Accola’s Lyme Disease PSA To My Sister, Teri

Monday, May 10th, 2010

This brought me to tears. What an incredible friend Candice Accola has been to my little sister, Teri. When so many others turned their backs on her, Candice has always stood by her, wanting to help in any way possible. She and her castmates from The Vampire Diaries dropped everything to support Teri and do these wonderful Lyme Disease PSA’s.

Help Paint May Lyme Green! Get educated and spread the word! Teri has been bed-ridden for over three years because of the ignorance surrounding this disease in the medical community. Knowledge is power.

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Under Our Skin

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

John and Teri Raser ~~Two years ago this week~~ Over three years ago, I was at a Pepper concert in Tampa, Florida with my little sister, Teri. About 30 min into the show, Teri looked at me with this ghostly look in her eyes that I’ll never forget and said, “John, I think I’m about to black out”. Her eyes immediately rolled back into her head and every fiber of her being went completely limp as she collapsed to the ground. Since that night, Teri began experiencing an array of weird symptoms and got so sick that she had to be pulled out of college (she was attending The University of Miami) and move back in with Mom and Dad. (Click here to read more)

Teri was on top of the world. She was a straight A-student, double major, in charge of the University of Miami concert series, had the number one blog on the University website, was working for a couture designer in South Beach, and growing into a beautiful young woman. A year after being crowned Prom Queen, Teri was virtually bed-ridden, in constant pain, unable to function like a normal human being.

After two years of searching for answers and being misdiagnosed countless times, Teri was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. The grueling treatment protocol makes you much sicker before you actually start getting better. The Doctor she is now working with is featured in the eye-opening movie “Under Our Skin”, which documents how Lyme Disease is becoming a national epidemic. The trailer is below. Please take a few minutes to check it out, share it with your friends, and keep Teri in your prayers.

Details from the website:

One of the most controversial illnesses in the history of medicine, Lyme disease may be the fastest growing infectious disease in the United States. Yet each year thousands are misdiagnosed – many of them told that their symptoms are “all in their head.” This upcoming documentary investigates the shocking human, medical, and political dimensions of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic destroying countless numbers of lives. A case study of the dangers of the confluence of money and medicine, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our healthcare system and its inability to cope with a biological terror under our skin.