City proclaims Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Red Deer
May is now officially Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Red Deer.
A proclamation ceremony held at Red Deer City Council Chambers on Thursday marked the first time the City of Red Deer has formally recognized the month.
For the head of the local chapter of the Lyme Disease Association of Alberta, the moment was amazing.
“We only formed the Red Deer support group in June 2016. Since then, we’re 70 members strong,” says Echo Armstrong, who first became ill in 2008, but wasn’t diagnosed until 2015.