The Silver Lyming

Samantha's story is rather powerful. She was struck with Lyme and tick-borne illness as a child at 14 years old and struggled with getting a proper diagnosis like many of us do. What makes her story more interesting is that she DID get a diagnosis of Lyme and tick-borne illness from a Lyme--literate doctor (LLMD) but her pediatrician did not believe in the diagnosis, and urged her parents to look elsewhere. This decision would sadly have severe consequences. Samantha eventually found herself in a wheelchair.

She struggled with the fact that she believed very much that she knew the answer to what was happening, but her parents wanted to pursue other options. This is a harder dynamic because she was old enough to know what was happening in her body, but she was at the mercy of what others thought was best for her. I know this happens in many situations in life, but having lived through Lyme/tick-borne illness, I fully understand how it feels to not have the right answer but knowing deep down inside, it is not the solution everyone else is prescribing for you.

Samantha suffered for another 2.5 years until she finally got back to the Lyme specialist. Take a listen to her story. I had goosebumps through at least half of it simply from her insight and energy. She is an amazing young lady wise beyond her years. She has become a life coach as a result of her experiences, and I know she will serve so many well. She specializes in helping people through the diagnosis and medical process as well as help people transition between the phases of sickness and health. Both require an adjustment and who better to help with this than someone who has experienced so severely.

You can find Samantha on IG at mylymecoachorg and she will give a 10% discount to anyone who reached out to use her services after hearing her story here. You will understand exactly why you need to work with her after listening. I am still blown away.

If you or someone you know healed from Lyme and would like to share your story, please reach out. I feel these stories are so important to share with those still looking to regain their health form Lyme and tick-borne illness. Hope gives others the courage to heal.

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Quinn's story is no short of being a miracle and I hope you are as moved by it as I am. Quinn was sick for 10 years and had been told it was lupus and fibromyalgia. She was doing home care at the time and was helping someone who lived in a very moldy environment. This really heightened her symptoms. She started struggling with a lot of "mental disorders" but no one could ever really figure out what was happening to her.

Quinn decided to move to FL to try to help herself get better, but she did not have insurance there, so she ultimately had to return home. She knew deep inside that something was drastically wrong with her other than what she was diagnosed with, but she was out of explanations.

She can remember losing her sense of touch one day and could hardly drive, but she managed to get herself to the hospital. Her white blood cell count was the highest the doctor said he ever saw in a living person. She also developed bilateral Bell's palsy.

Finally, she was starting to get some better intel as to what was wrong with her, but it took her having to pass out and wake up in the ICU for them to figure out she was "full" of Lyme spirochetes and coinfections. Quinn was happy to get the diagnosis thinking like so many of us that she just needed a few antibiotics, but that was not the case. She sadly lost the ability to walk and was shaking horribly. She was given a lot of meds to counteract those symptoms, but those drugs were not particularly helpful to her.

She wound up with 12 lesions on her brain and was sent to a nursing home to relearn how to be a human for 20 months.

Ultimately, she had to figure out how to heal herself through countless hours of research and using guidance from online support groups for tick-borne illness. She had to do a lot of things under the radar of the nursing home because they did not necessarily support the holistic remedies she was using to help herself.

Quinn is now fully healed and back among the living. She has some so far with her healing and has so much to live for. Check out her full story on this week's episode.

If you or someone you know healed from Lyme and would like to share your story, please reach out. I feel these stories are so important to share with those still looking to regain their health form Lyme and tick-borne illness. Hope gives others the courage to heal.

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Heather's struggle with dis-ease began when she was 4 years old. Her uncle had committed suicide and from that moment on, she can remember having health challenges including constipation and autoimmune issues. But no one really looked at why she was struggling and sick, just that she was, and they did their best to fix the symptoms.

Having these health challenges at such a young age set her up to be a perfect target for contracting Lyme and tick-borne illness when she was bit at the age of 13. Note, she did not get a bullseye rash, which only 35% of people get one of those when bitten by an infected tick. She did wind up in the psych ward at the age of 15, however. She knows Lyme targets the weak areas of the body and it targeted her gut and brain, since she already had deficits there. Her story is not that uncommon sadly. Please pay attention so that it does not happen to you or a loved one.

As a consequence of what Heather experienced, she has become a functional diagnostic practitioner. She loves helping people get to the root of their health challenges. She also hosts a podcast with a variety of health professionals and topics pertaining to healing your body. You can find her at TheLymeBoss.com or on social media platforms. She is incredibly knowledgeable at helping you take back your life.

Heather feels that if you get nothing else out of this podcast, to please take away the fact that you must prioritize yourself. You CANNOT heal without doing so. Self-love and care are vital.

Visit my website at www.thesilverlyming.com to learn more about my own journey with Lyme and chronic illness.

Lorrie experienced many strange symptoms over the course of a few months that ultimately led to her, losing the ability to walk. Doctors kept telling her that it was stress or menopause, and then they did not have Lyme in the state she lives in, but once she lost the ability to walk, they knew something was very wrong. She made a full recovery gratefully, and her story is rather inspirational. She also overcame mold poisoning, and a toxic and abusive relationship in her journey to regain her life. Take a listen to her full story on any podcast streaming station, as well as on my YouTube channel. Link in bio. Please like and share this so that others who need to hear this inspirational story can be helped on their healing journey as well.

All you avid outdoorsmen and hunters, take extra note of this week's episode with Jeremy Wawrzonek. He is just like you and loves to be outside. He knows about ticks and to take preventative measures when outside.

Unfortunately, eight years ago, he came into contact with the wrong tick in a bit of a different way at an outdoor wedding. Not all ticks are sick, but Jeremy remembers very well being bitten at this particular time and getting sick. He did get treatment right away, but sadly his symptoms came back after that ended.

Jeremy became very sick and started having neurological symptoms, and heart issues, but the doctors chose not to run another Lyme test. They tested him for almost everything else, but not tick-borne illness. Ultimately, he was referred to a family doctor, which he had to find a new one as he had only recently moved to the area. This took time in which he was becoming sicker.

He found someone to help him, but she really did not know how to treat Lyme. It is important to get yourself to a Lyme-literate doctor (LLMD) as they are specialists in the tick-borne illness families. She did what she could for him but he was still sick.

He was then sent to a rheumatologist to help him as they were now telling him he had reactionary arthritis. He was really not getting anywhere there and was told about the support group I run and he came to the meetings. This is where he learned about co-infections and LLMDs and he was able to get to a specialist to help him.

This has been a hard struggle, not just because of the sickness, but because of the stress it places on him and his relationship with his family. He feels terrible about being sick and not being able to be with his family as much as he wanted. But gratefully over the last few years, Jeremy has been steadily improving with his health. He has taken many steps toward regaining his full health. He is almost there.

This illness takes so many forms and Jeremy's story highlights many of the challenges faced by individuals stricken with Lyme: how to get a proper diagnosis, how to get proper treatment, how to become your own best advocate. I am honored to be his friend and to watch his transformation in this journey with Lyme and tick-borne illness.

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Susan's symptoms started, but she was unaware of ticks or the diseases they carry at the time. Her family had just moved and she was enjoying their new environment surrounded by nature. She would happily run after her children in the woods without a second thought. Her symptoms progressed and after about a year, she started googling them and was pretty sure she had found the culprit, Lyme disease. She asked to be tested for Lyme and tick-borne illness and the test came back negative, a far too common false negative test. The doctor had prescribed her doxycycline however, before knowing the test results, as the doctor told her to wait for the results before taking it, but she opted to take it anyway. Susan began herxing right away, so she got herself to a Lyme-literate physician to get screened properly. She finally got an accurate diagnosis, which led her down a path of learning how to fix herself. She made up her mind after that, that she was going to win and not let the tiny microorganisms get her. She started studying about herbs and became very passionate about using them to heal her body through teas. Ultimately Susan built her own tea company to help others heal as well. She is very knowledgeable about herbs now and she continues to support herself with a healthy lifestyle now that she is in remission. I hope her story inspires you as much as it did me because I had been introduced to Susan when I was in the height of my sickness and I found much strength in her journey. Please like and subscribe to my channel if you have found this helpful so I can be found by others who need to hear these words as well. www.thesilverlyming.com

Bill's story is another great one as it helps to highlight the differences in how tick-borne illnesses can affect us. Like many people, Bill is not fully sure where he was bitten by a tick but does vividly remember driving home from a golf outing and starting to feel like he contracted the flu. He woke up the next day with a fever of 103.9. He immediately ruled out the flu and Covid, and was basically told to ride it out.

Gratefully his daughter and wife took him to the ER when his symptoms did not subside, and he was ultimately diagnosed with Babesia, a parasite transmitted through tick bites. He spent five nights in the hospital because he became so sick so fast. He was given heavy antiparasitic medications and later found out he had two additional tick-borne illnesses that required additional treatment.

Bill is incredibly grateful he was able to receive the right treatment in the end and is back to himself for the most part a year later. But the initial diagnosis from his medical provider almost cost him dearly as many doctors sadly are not educated well enough about tick-borne infections and how they manifest.

Do your best to know the signs and symptoms and get to a doctor willing to help you ASAP to treat because it really is a time-sensitive issue. The longer it goes without treatment, the more damage it can potentially do.

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Mike grew up on ranches and was exposed to various animals constantly. He was also constantly exposed to ticks and can remember finding them on him and pulling them off. His issues really did not start to be severe until college, however, possibly triggered by the added stress of school. He started sleeping for 15 hours a day and his roommate was becoming more and more concerned for him. But Mike did not know what was going on and pushed forward. Something else that was happening was that he began experiencing a lot of aches and pains in his body, but he was actively participating in jiu-jitsu, so he thought it was from that until he asked some of his classmates if they had issues like that and they said no. Mike did not get a true diagnosis until he was 41, at which point, he feels the illness had gone unchecked for years. He has gone through many different treatments and was able to attain remission. He unfortunately had a relapse when he had an allergic reaction to some cookware, as he was put on steroids to deal with that, which potentially can be detrimental to someone with Lyme and tick-borne illness because is suppresses the immune system, which is already compromised. He felt he was able to bring himself back to remission much faster this time however, versus it taking 2+ years like it had the first time. Mike has also survived a stabbing and says that given the choice of being stabbed or having Lyme, he would pick the stabbing again any day over Lyme. Take note of that, Lyme and tick-borne illness are nothing to take lightly. I feel we can underestimate the outcome of what a tick bite can do. If you do come in contact with a tick, I recommend you send it in to be tested to see if it is carrying any illnesses. Ticks can be tested more accurately and easily than people. Feel free to reach out for more info and please like and follow if you find this useful to help spread the good word. I lived this illness for years and want to encourage others to know that you can heal. Visit my webpage to learn more about my journey and services offered to help you heal: www.thesilverlyming.com

Imagine having 38 surgeries and your doctor telling you he cannot operate on you anymore because you have had so many surgeries, but you still had health issues, and that they now really need to get to the root cause of her issues!?! This is what happened to Nancy. She has had 38 surgeries over three decades to combat issues in her body and she finally got to a neurosurgeon who finally told her they cannot operate anymore without understanding what was really happening to her body. He ultimately diagnosed her with Lyme, mold poisoning, and three co-infections. He suspected that is why she had to have so many surgeries because the tick-borne illness was attacking her body.

Nancy is so grateful she wound up seeing that neurosurgeon, as he is also a Lyme survivor, and he was able to help her fix herself. She was a competitive athlete and was in good shape her whole life, until the early 90s, when things started failing her in her body and the surgeries began. She tried various treatments once she received her diagnosis through the guidance of her neurosurgeon, but nothing helped. Her doctor finally prescribed disulfiram that she took for six months, which was very hard on her body, but she achieved remission after this cycle.

After the disulfiram, she was able to start working out again and get her life back. She had not been able to work out for the four years prior to this time and that was very hard for her given how much of a staple working out was to her life. She is now even able to do cardio again, which took a bit more time for her to regain the capacity to do. Leading up to her diagnosis, she even had to stop driving because her brain was not working well, and she was not comfortable with the potential outcomes.

As Nancy began coming back to "life" and healing, she realized how important it is to celebrate every win we get while healing, even if they are "small" and the healthy world cannot understand, because these victories help push us forward on our journey and they can become some of the biggest victories of our lives. Her faith in God and the love of her husband also helped her get through this battle.

Nancy is now well and living her life to the fullest. She is grateful to still be here and has been so impacted by her journey to heal from Lyme and tick-borne illness that she volunteers with the Global Lyme Alliance (www.globallymealliance.org) as a mentor for those still going through the struggle. This is a great program available for FREE to help give you a person to turn to in your fight. Please reach out to GLA and Nancy if you are wanting to participate in this program.

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My guest this week knows the challenges of #lymedisease and #tickbornedisease all too well. Ryan struggled initially with mold poisoning which ultimately ended with Lyme over a 7 year stretch of time. He was often told there was nothing wrong with him, intil he finally found a doctor who ran specialized testing to get the true cause of Ryan's symptoms.

He was so changed by his experience, he know owns Sublyme Life (www.yoursublymelife.com) to help others heal.

Take a listen to the full episode on my youtube channel or website: www.thesilverlyming.com