TransCanada Trek for Lyme - Ottawa

“I’m that frustrated — I’m just going to start walking and talking,” Kristy Wood-Giles said with a smile before taking to the podium at VOCALOttawa 2018 organized by Voices of Canadians Against Lyme Disease.

“Prevention is great — there’s more we can be sharing with people — but it’s the treatment point where we have to get more awareness,” argued Wood-Giles, who is aiming to cover at least Ontario but says she still can only hike as much as her health allows.

Ottawa was declared a region at risk for Lyme disease a year ago after more than 20 per cent of ticks captured in 2016 carried the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

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Kristy Wood-Giles of Almonte a former triathlete is on the road to recovery after suffering cardiac symptoms, memory loss, exhaustion and weakness to the point her legs wouldn’t support her is launching the Ontario portion of her TransCanada Trek for Lyme. ~ PATRICK DOYLE / POSTMEDIA