Years ago, my Mom passed up many places just because someone picked up a tick while there. Everyone in my family except for one has tested positive for Lyme disease, including me, along with many co-infections. We've spent hundreds of dollars on treatments and thankfully, according to the doctor, with his specific treatment, we shouldn't have to worry about catching anything again that we've been treated for.Ticks were uncommon enough where I grew up that my grandparents once bought a property and sold it immediately when they realized ticks were on it. There was plenty of property that came without that hazard. Had I fully comprehended the tick situation out here, I would have probably set my sights on moving to a different state. They are truly an impairment towards living a normal life. I have never in my life felt so constrained, and the fact that everyone living around us here either has lyme or alpha-gal syndrome just breaks my brain. As it is, I pop garlic cloves like pills every day in Spring and douse myself in bug spray if I think there's even a possibility I'll look in the direction of the woods.
I truly can not overstate how horrifying the tick situation is when you come from an area where you can go years without ever seeing one, and the ones you do see are practically guaranteed to be lyme free.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of tick-borne diseases and Lyme disease co-infections that we are always at risk of catching, but it is a little comforting that we won't catch the same thing again.
If you're curious about his treatment (people all over the country go to him) I believe his treatment is homeopathic and there's literally miracles that have happened through his doors. For something very simple, my sister who just went through the treatment had such bad anxiety from what she had that she wouldn't even do the things kids her age loved to do (she'd even hide under things) and now, she's even in a private school with lots of friends because the treatment helped her that much!