Birding Saved Me Says Ancaster Author With Lyme Disease
The Ancaster resident is so absorbed in nature that he forgets about his chronic Lyme disease. When his symptoms were at their worst, Bell used a cane and “couldn’t walk more than a few hundred yards.” “Now I go birding and I can walk eight, 10 kilometers a day,” he said. “I’m not trying to say the bird is a cure. It’s a coping mechanism.” Bell talked about the mental and physical benefits of birds while sitting in his backyard overlooking the Dundas Valley Conservation Area on Monday....