Category: Inspirations

The latest episode of the Lyme Time podcast dives deep into the teen years of Rachel Leland and her sudden onset of Lyme disease as a young athlete. Through detailed journaling, Rachel’s story tells us how this disease took hold of her youth and destroyed life as she knew it. Her family had no idea what was happening to Rachel and her illness took a toll on their dynamic to the point of multiple hospitalizations for various reasons.

Sometimes you can wait months for an important doctor visit, and it can be taxing on your body, mind and spirit. Join Dr. David Weill and Ali on this new episode of Lyme Time as they discuss how to talk to your doctor.

Now don’t get me wrong. My closet is not always an accurate representation of where I am in my life today. But why shouldn’t it be? I am healthy and happy! Some of the clothes in my closet used to represent what was never to be: a body of my past self, lots of Covid sweats, super high heels that actually hurt my feet, and things that I wore when I didn’t feel well. Time to let it all go and live in the present!

If you are a Lyme warrior parent, this special episode of Lyme Time is just for you. Jody Hudson had an elite athlete daughter named Alex in the 5th grade when pains here and there began getting out of control. She battled fiercely for many years without knowing it was Lyme, often shunned by the medical community with denial, strange looks and judgement. As the disease progressed, she finally got a proper diagnosis her senior year in high school but Lyme eventually won this battle.