Two Much Lyme

Two Much Lyme

By Maddy and JuliaMedicineHealth & Fitness
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Two Much Lyme episodes

  • Healing Fatigue and Lyme Advocacy - Solo Episode with Maddy
    Welcome back to the Two Much Lyme Podcast. As a surprise, we are bringing you an extra episode this month! Maddy and Julia are doing solo episodes to give health updates and talk about topics more specific to their experiences. In this episode, Maddy talks about her recent struggles with healing fatigue and how challenging it can be to gear up for treatments when you're seeing little progress. She also jumps into her recent opportunity to advocate for Lyme federal funding and details opportunities for others to get involved.
    Link to Maddy's Blog on Lyme Advocacy: maddymeetslyme.com 
    Contact Us: 
    Instagram: @two.muchlymepodcast 
    Website: twomuchlymepodcast.com
    Donate to Global Lyme Alliance: 
    https://globallymealliance.org/
    31 min
  • The Isolation of Lyme and Chronic Illness
    Welcome back to the Two Much Lyme podcast! In this episode, Julia and Maddy discuss a theme central to the chronic illness experience: isolation. They chat about the toll Lyme disease-induced isolation has taken on their mental health, relationships, and identities. They are both so fortunate to have supportive family and friends, which is not a given in the chronic illness world, but they aim to validate the feelings of guilt associated with the inability to fully engage with peers and family. They share their personal experiences navigating the divide that seems persistent between those with and without chronic illness.
    43 min
  • The Relationship Between Weight, Nutrition, Disordered Eating, and Chronic Illness
    Welcome back to the Two Much Lyme podcast. In this episode, Maddy and Julia dive deep into the relationship between weight and chronic illness. Fluctuations in weight are incredibly common with Lyme disease and invisible illness in general. Between food allergies, various medications, and inflammation, weight is another thing out of our control. While highlighting the importance of healthy nutrition, they discuss the challenges of adhering to a “diet” plan and how disordered eating habits can easily creep in. Julia and Maddy vulnerably discuss their personal experiences with this relationship and the inappropriate comments about weight common in our society.
    44 min
  • Lyme 101

    Welcome back to the Two Much Lyme podcast! On today's episode, Julia and Maddy walk through a general overview of Lyme and tick-borne disease.  As Global Lyme Alliance Ambassadors, both Julia and Maddy have access to some of the most current research and data on tick borne disease.  We cover topics such as the pathology of the disease, common co-infections, the three stages of lyme, and the most common symptoms in each stage. For anyone listening who may not be familiar with all the details of tick borne disease, we hope this helps provide a foundation of understanding to rely on in future episodes!


    Connect with us!

    • @twomuchlymepodcast
    • twomuchlymepodcast.com
    • goballymealliance.org
      • 40 min
    • Maddy’s Lyme Story
      Welcome back to Two Much Lyme Podcast! On today’s episode we take a deep dive into Maddy’s health journey, beginning with Vesicoureteral reflux and ending in a multitude of complex diagnoses. Throughout the episode Maddy vulnerably discusses experiences of medical trauma, mental illness, autoimmune challenges, several tick-borne diseases, and her struggle to find answers through it all. In hearing all the pain and hardship that Maddy has gone through, we hope this episode provides an honest lens into the reality of life with invisible illness. Click here to support Global Lyme Alliance: https://globallymealliance.org/donate-today/
      1 hr 19 min
    • Julia’s Lyme Story

      Welcome back to Two Much Lyme Podcast! On today’s episode we take a deep dive into Julia’s health journey, beginning with a traumatic brain injury and ending in a multitude of complex diagnoses. Throughout the episode Julia vulnerably discusses experiences of sexual assault, ongoing trauma, mental illness, autoimmune challenges, several tick-borne diseases, and her struggle to find answers through it all. In hearing all the pain and hardship that Julia (and up next Maddy) has gone through, we hope this episode provides an honest lens into the reality of life with invisible illness. Click here to support Global Lyme Alliance: https://globallymealliance.org/donate-today/

      1 hr 25 min
    • Introduction to "Two Much Lyme"
      Welcome to the Two Much Lyme podcast! If you looked at either of us, you would never know we were sick: this is the struggle of living with invisible illness. Add on to this challenge that Lyme is an incredibly misunderstood and complex disease. This is our true, unedited life living with Chronic Lyme. On today's episode we introduce ourselves and our partner, Global Lyme Alliance, as we speak to the ways illness has changed our lives. 
      We're here to offer support, hope and information about this disease! Click here to support Global Lyme Alliance: https://globallymealliance.org/donate-today/
      24 min

    About Two Much Lyme

    From the publisher's feed

    Welcome to the Two Much Lyme podcast! Our names are Julia and Maddy and we both live with late-stage Lyme disease. Our conversations focus on the challenges of living with chronic illness through multiple stages of life, including college and early career. For this podcast we are partnering with Global Lyme Alliance, the largest Lyme nonprofit. We will highlight their initiatives, the research they fund, as well as interview Lyme-literate doctors to provide multiple perspectives on a complex disease.