That's the most hurtful part of my experience and something he's experiencing on a larger scale too. But the fact that he has chosen to share it will raise much-needed awareness about Lyme. The more people learn about the disease, the less misinformation will be spread. Lyme is a contentious issue and a complicated one, but it's important the true experiences of sufferers are shared. My workplace has been so understanding (I work for Facebook and they've been great) and my US doctors really do know their stuff, so have provided me with an effective treatment plan of various long-term antibiotics. It's been three and a half years and I've still got a long way to go. I'm an optimist and generally cheerful person, but severe chronic pain wears you down day after day and really depletes your resilience. Like many with chronic illnesses, I have to limit my physical activity and can rarely exercise. It's things like dancing and hiking that I miss the most. The neurological symptoms have also been tough.
I had flu symptoms and the classic bulls-eye rash, which occurs in some Lyme cases, but the GP and specialists told me it was all in my head. Lyme causes symptoms like fibromyalgia, memory loss or brain fog, neurological problems, heart problems, stiff and painful joints and lots more, which means it's often misdiagnosed. Many Lymies (an affectionate term we call each other) I've met through Facebook support groups have been told they have ME, chronic fatigue syndrome, MS, arthritis, Alzheimer's, dementia or fibromyalgia before actually getting a correct diagnosis. But that's the very issue with Lyme Disease in the UK. From my experience, very few people seem to understand it, including infectious diseases doctors and neurologists. The more people learn about Lyme, the less misinformation will be spread (Picture: Julie Seal) Justin Bieber's diagnosis is very sad for him and the criticism he's received is both familiar and upsetting. My family and friends have, on the whole, been amazing but others have decided that I don't actually have Lyme, because they've read damaging and outdated information.
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