(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Singer-songwriter Emme Packer-Koons believes she may have been better able to pursue a music career had she been diagnosed earlier with Lyme disease. Packer-Koons said her days in her darkened home revolve around pain management, including taking dozens of pills and herbal and flower tinctures and smoothing topical treatments on her knees and joints to alleviate inflammation.