Roach community, you've always proven to be a great group of fun-loving, wicked smart, totally weird, totally awesome people. I've made a lot of great friends in this big league of bug-lovers.
And now, I and another community member are asking for your help.
I was diagnosed with a terrible, debilitating disease in August that very few people know anything about. Jon Barrett is currently being tested for this disease, and it's looking like he probably has it. His mother and his aunt are affected too.
I am asking you, the roach-loving bucket of awesome sauce that you are, to do one little thing to help me and my friend.
Please take the Lyme Disease Challenge.
It is a grassroots campaign dedicated to raising awareness for the true severity of Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is the largest epidemic in the U.S. today, and possibly the entire world. Being nature-loving bug collectors and hikers, our community is especially at risk for this disease. It has destroyed my life, and the lives of millions and millions of others. And it is incurable.
Please, please help us spread awareness, and take the challenge.
The challenge is already going viral, and has been taken by a large number of celebrities, the most recent one being William Shatner.
You can read more about the challenge here: http://lymediseasechallenge.org/
All you have to do is take a picture or video of yourself biting a lime, say a fact about Lyme Disease, challenge three or more people on social media, and donate 10 dollars to ILADS, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Lyme Disease and fighting for patient rights.
I know it's easy to just skip past this post, and ignore… But I have hope that the Allpet roaches community will step up and show support for their suffering brethren.
If you do the challenge, please, add me and Jon on Facebook (Jordan Landerman and Jon Barrett) and tag us in your post! It would mean so much to us to see an outpouring of support from our community!
Thank you so much for reading this. See my story and video below.