My Lyme Disease Story
My lyme disease story. It starts with a nymphal tick no bigger than the tip of a Sharpie that infected my mother and changed the course of my familys life. By Elizabeth Hancock. A few years later my mom still undiagnosed had my brother Tommy and then two years later she had me.
To read a short version of this story read my post on No Time Like the Present. It quickly progressed to my whole right side. What we thought was stomach flu turned into a 40 day coma and brought me to the brink of death.
And I even left some things out and rushed a bit at the end to try and not make this a movie. I am beginning to view myself and the world around me through a new set of lenses with such profound difference that words cannot explain. And yet it has thrust me on a journey in which I look into the depths of my being.
I have been told I have a gift when speaking and helping others. A long time ago I could not answer why GOD chose me to endure this path but NOW I finally knowI feel in my heart and my soul that I am to help spread awareness to others. The scientist in me is a sucker for calling things by their scientific name but yawn.
At the time I was living in Canada and my mother had flown out to move me home to the UK as I was barely able to walk and had shrunk to a skeletal weight of six stone due to gastroparesis and. If you have to read borrelia burgdorferi every five seconds you guys are not going to finish reading this story so from now on I will call it Lyme. My story with my health actually goes all the way back to 2011.
I started Love Shine Thrive and Lyme so I could help the millions who have Lyme disease know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. My Discovery of Celiac Disease and Leaky Gut Syndrome. I apologize that this video is so long.
For the first time ever Im sharing my story about Lyme disease in video format with raw footage of what life was like for me for many years. From the onset and progression of my disease to the long and frustrating process of finding an accurate diagnosis to the evolution of my treatment protocol and how I manage my day-to-day life with chronic illness I shall share an honest account of life with chronic Lyme disease.
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I started Love Shine Thrive and Lyme so I could help the millions who have Lyme disease know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Having had years of severely compromised but semi-functional health my health rapidly declined in 2018. I only received a diagnosis for my Lyme disease due to extremely fortunate misfortune. A young mom with chronic Lyme who is dealing with brain fog. I am beginning to view myself and the world around me through a new set of lenses with such profound difference that words cannot explain. Im not exaggerating when I tell you that my pain and bloating would go on for weeks. From Sick to First Diagnosis. My Lyme disease story begins before I was even born. The family of a young dad who works full-time and is suffering from neuro Lyme symptoms causing pain tingling and numbness in his extremities.
My story with my health actually goes all the way back to 2011. The pages of this site will take you on my 12 year journey from wanting to die to wanting to live. If you have to read borrelia burgdorferi every five seconds you guys are not going to finish reading this story so from now on I will call it Lyme. These spirochetes are designed in a way that allows them to drill through body tissue giving them access to take over and infect every part of your body. My story is long. The week before I started my freshman year of high school half of my face became paralyzed a condition called Bells palsy that is a common symptom of untreated acute Lyme disease. My Lyme Disease Story Having Lyme disease sucks.
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