Lyme - Their Journey

Up until the age of 16, I lived a healthy and active lifestyle. I rarely got sick and I was living life like any normal teenage girl.

Looking back now, my body was beginning to show signs of Lyme disease, but, at that point, I didn't even know what "Lyme" was. All I knew was that I had lost half the hair on my head and nobody knew why. I showed no other symptoms, until the age of 18 when I was diagnosed with EBV and a few years later I had my wisdom teeth extracted. That was my big turning point to the life I now know as chronic Lyme.

Throughout my college years, I became progressively worse. Not until the age of 21 did we actually learn of Lyme disease and receive a proper diagnosis. I am now 24 years old and since the age of 18, I have endured quite the journey. I have seen over 10 doctors, with each giving us little bits of useful information, a piece to this complex Lyme puzzle. But each doctor eventually came to a point when they no longer knew how to help me, so we desperately​ moved on.

I am now with two amazing doctors, the best and most intelligent I've had yet. Dr. Victoria Sucher (my doctor here in Utah) and Dr. Antonio Calzada (my doctor in Mexico).

I have had to endure harder mental, physical, and emotional trials over the past 6 years of my life than I would have ever been able to imagine enduring. From imbalanced hormones, to failing adrenals, to a compromised immune system. From herx reactions, to a chronic sore throat, muscle weakness, hair loss, headaches, and pain. The list goes on and on and fluctuates like a rollercoaster. But despite Lyme causing my life to be a living heck, I have also grown spiritually, mentally and emotionally in ways I couldn't have ever imagine for myself.

So, at this point in my life, I feel strongly that I am with doctors who will cure the Lyme in me. I have also come to learn a few things throughout this journey that have kept me going.

No matter how dark, and difficult life seems to be, no matter how much giving up sounds like the only option, it isn't. No matter how different we feel next to those around us, there is always someone else who has shared our pain.

We each have a special calling in life, and we are never given anything we can't handle. So, stay positive. Hold on to hope. Look for the silver linings of each day. Mediate. Deep breathe. Pray. Eat a healthy diet. Stay educated and have a mind of your own. Keep a positive journal, and never ever ever give up! Your attitude will either help you heal or keep you sick. I know it's hard, and this is coming from someone who has wanted to give up countless times over the years, but God won't ever abandon you. He is there every step of the way and I know that as we keep trying to do our best, no matter how little that best seems to be at times, God will always make up the rest. Healing and prayers for all of you!!

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