![]() ![]() I was like, “so there is something wrong with me physically then?” They were like *shrug emoji.* It sounds like a punchline, but I have rarely felt more hopeless. ![]() Finally one time I gave in and I spent some very troubling days there only to not get medical clearance for actual treatment in the psych ward. ![]() What’s the worst medical horror story you can share with us?Īlmost every ER visit would qualify as that! But ages ago, there was this ER doctor who would always insist I go to the psych ward of a hospital I would show up at for chronic pain problems. Even getting to that can feel like a miracle for most. We don’t have that perfect cure yet for people whose cases were not caught in time–or people who could not afford treatment early enough–but there are some treatments that allow people to live very normal lives. I’ve only met two people in my life who were 100% recovered of chronic/late-stage Lyme and not in some form of remission. ![]() Your memoir, Sick, mentions “the myth of full recovery”. It’s a very tough illness that becomes many illnesses for most people. We have a long way to go with research, resources, funding, the works. I think for most people with Lyme it works this way. Did it feel like your Lyme diagnosis was as much the end of one journey as it was the beginning of another? Your experience is unique in that you haven’t just battled Lyme Disease but also trauma, depression, and years of misdiagnoses. ![]()
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