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The Lyme Specialist Hi! I am Michelle McKeon, MS, CNS, LDN. Tick-borne infections and cancers are very complex, and there are so many pieces to the puzzle in the recovery process.

Our mission is to offer assistance to individuals world-wide battling Lyme disease and multi-system illnesses, providing trusted information on, integrative therapies, and hyperthermia as successful treatment options. I am Licensed Integrative Nutritionist, and Certified Mold Practitioner, specializing in tick-borne diseases, hyperthermia, environmental toxins, gut health, and inflammatory issues. At the Lyme Specialist
we guide both local and long-distance clients through addressing various factors that are causing their symptoms. We look for these answers through exploring mold mycotoxins, methylation issues, heavy metals, tick-borne infections, candida, cell membrane repair, parasites, nervous system regulation, diet, and gut flora. We also partner with in-patient hospitals that offer hyperthermia treatment for people with tick-borne infections and cancer. The Lyme Specialist is here to hold your hand through this experience. As a liaison between the doctors at these hospitals and the patients, we can assist in all your scheduling needs, and help you navigate which hospital is the best for you to receive treatment. Our hope is to support people in their healing journey by educating them about integrative medicine and hyperthermia as a successful treatment option. It does get better.

A Bridge Home: Stability Before PermanenceWhen you’re dealing with mold illness, MCAS, or environmental sensitivities, f...
10/07/2026

A Bridge Home: Stability Before Permanence

When you’re dealing with mold illness, MCAS, or environmental sensitivities, finding the “perfect” home can start to feel like another full-time job.

But sometimes, you don’t need to find your forever home.

You just need a bridge home. 🏡

A bridge home is a temporary place that gives your body an opportunity to stabilize while you figure out what comes next.

It might be a furnished rental. An Airbnb. A family member’s home. A hotel. Or simply a space that isn’t perfect, but feels better than the environment you left.

After environmental illness, it’s easy to become hyperfocused on finding a home that checks EVERY box.

No mold.
No water damage.
Low VOCs.
Good indoor air quality.
The right humidity.
No concerning odors.
A clean HVAC system.
And for some, low EMFs.

Those things can absolutely matter. But searching for perfection while your body is highly reactive can also become incredibly overwhelming.

Sometimes the goal is simply:

Find somewhere your body feels safer.
Give yourself time to stabilize.
Learn what your biggest environmental triggers actually are.

And make the bigger decisions when you have more information.

Your bridge home doesn’t have to be where you stay.
It just needs to help you get from where you were to where you’re going. 🤍

When Lived Experience Becomes Your Life’s WorkI Never Planned to Make Chronic Illness My Career.I definitely didn’t grow...
09/29/2026

When Lived Experience Becomes Your Life’s Work

I Never Planned to Make Chronic Illness My Career.

I definitely didn’t grow up thinking, “One day I’m going to become an integrative medicine practitioner specializing in Lyme disease, mold illness, and complex chronic illness.”

I was a teacher. I had an entirely different plan for my life.
Then chronic illness changed the plan.

I went from being a patient desperately searching for answers to learning more about the human body, environmental illness, tick-borne infections, and integrative medicine than I ever imagined I would need to know.

I learned what it feels like to sit in a doctor’s office with symptoms that don’t fit neatly into a box.

To have test results that raise more questions than answers.

To spend countless hours researching because you know something is wrong, even when you don’t yet have the language to explain it.

To travel for treatments that most people have never heard of.

To learn how much your environment can affect your health.

And to become fluent in a world I never asked to enter.

Eventually, all of that learning led me somewhere unexpected.

I went back to school, earned my master’s degree, became a Licensed Integrative Medicine Practitioner and Certified Mold Practitioner, and built The Lyme Specialist.

Today, I get to sit on the other side of those conversations.

I get to help people who are overwhelmed by conflicting information, complicated labs, environmental exposures, treatment options, and a healthcare journey that can feel impossible to navigate.

And because I’ve been the patient, I approach this work differently.

I know how much it matters to feel heard.

I know how exhausting it is to keep searching for answers.

And I know that behind every complicated case is a person who wants to get back to their life.

I never expected chronic illness to shape my career.
But what I learned navigating my own health became the foundation for helping others navigate theirs.

Somehow, the path I never would have chosen became work I care deeply about.

09/27/2026

I’m so excited to be speaking at the 2026 Tick-Borne Illness Global Summit! 🦠💚

The summit is FREE + ONLINE October 8–11, bringing together clinicians, researchers, advocates, and experts from around the world to share education and resources for those navigating Lyme disease, co-infections, Alpha-Gal Syndrome, and other complex tick-borne illnesses. (Tick-Borne Illness Global Summit⁠)

✨ MY TALK: OCTOBER 10 AT 1:00 PM MT ✨

I’ll be presenting:

“What’s Running the Show? Identifying and Treating the Dominant Driver with a Customized Approach to Multi-System Complex Conditions”

When someone is dealing with Lyme and complex chronic illness, there is rarely just one thing going on. We’ll talk about how to identify what may be driving symptoms at a particular point in the healing process — from pathogenic and toxin load to immune dysregulation, mast cell activation, nervous system involvement, and more — and why treatment needs to be individualized rather than one-size-fits-all.

I’m incredibly grateful to be part of this summit and to share both my clinical perspective and what I’ve learned through my own healing journey.

🎟️ Registration is completely FREE.
Sign up here: https://tick-borne-illness-global-summit.thetickchicks.com/?sc=axFPEsP2

Register FREE for the Tick-Borne Illness Global Summit⁠

Save the date: October 10 | 1:00 PM MT 💚

September is Dystonia Awareness Month? and this one is personal for me.Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that...
09/21/2026

September is Dystonia Awareness Month? and this one is personal for me.

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle contractions, resulting in repetitive movements, twisting or abnormal postures. It can affect one area of the body or multiple areas.

I was diagnosed with cervical dystonia as part of my journey with tick-borne infections, and over the years, I’ve worked with many individuals who are navigating both Lyme disease and dystonia or other movement disorders.

Lyme disease can affect the nervous system, a condition known as Lyme neuroborreliosis.

Movement disorders, including dystonia, can occur in individuals battling Lyme disease.

Neurological Lyme can present in many different ways, which is why when someone is diagnosed with a movement disorder, I believe it’s important to ask another question:
What caused it?

For individuals with unexplained dystonia, especially when there is a history of tick exposure or other symptoms consistent with tick-borne illness.

Lyme and other tick-borne infections may be worth investigating with a knowledgeable practitioner.

A dystonia diagnosis tells us WHAT the body is doing.

Sometimes we still need to ask WHY. 💙

🍄 September is Mold Awareness Month: Let’s Talk About What Most People Still Get Wrong→ “If I can’t see mold, it isn’t t...
09/14/2026

🍄 September is Mold Awareness Month:

Let’s Talk About What Most People Still Get Wrong

→ “If I can’t see mold, it isn’t there.”
Not necessarily. Mold can grow behind drywall, under flooring, inside HVAC systems, around plumbing, and in other areas you may never see.

→ “My house doesn’t smell moldy, so I’m fine.”
A musty odor can be a clue, but the absence of one doesn’t rule out a moisture or mold problem.

→ “Mold only causes allergies.”
Mold can absolutely trigger allergic symptoms, but exposure to damp or moldy environments has also been associated impacting every organ of the body. Some patients report broader, multisystem symptoms that warrant a thoughtful evaluation rather than automatically being dismissed.

→ “A negative air test means there’s no mold.”
Air sampling captures what was airborne at a particular place and time. It can be useful, but it shouldn’t always be treated as the final word on whether a building has a moisture or mold problem.

→ “If there’s mold, just spray it with bleach.”
Cleaning the surface without addressing the source of moisture doesn’t solve the underlying problem. Finding and correcting the water intrusion or excess moisture is key.

→ “Everyone exposed to the same building will feel the same way.”
Not at all. People can respond very differently to the same environment based on allergies, asthma, immune status, underlying health conditions, exposure level, genetics, past history of tick-borne infections, and other individual factors.

As a Certified Mold Practitioner, one of the biggest things I want people to understand is this: Mold isn’t something we need to fear, but it is something we need to understand.

The more we understand our environment, the better equipped we are to make informed decisions about our health. 🏡🌿

Save this one for later, and send it to someone who still thinks mold is just a little spot in the shower. 😉

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