Thank you for the article “Lost to Lyme” (Sun Journal, March 18). It was one of the most honest and heartbreaking articles yet to fully emphasize the devastation that patients with tick-borne illnesses endure, and how their families and friends suffer, as well.

Some, like Bill Chinnock, simply cannot continue to survive with the desperation that most patients feel while experiencing these diseases.

God bless him, and his family and friends who loved him so much and will undoubtedly miss his presence for a long time to come.

Melanie Reber, Redwood City, Calif.

Executive Director, The National Lyme Disease Memorial Park Project