Category Archives: Recovery: The Picture of Health

Video: Young Freeskier Makes Comeback Following Lyme Treatment

Battling Isolation, Lyme Basics, Recovery: The Picture of Health, Staying Positive, Teens & Children, Video August 28, 2013 Leave a comment

LymeLight – The Story Of Professional Freeskier Angeli VanLaanen Living With Lyme Disease from NEU PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.

Considering that I can’t even walk my dog around the block right now, this story of an amazing athlete’s return to health was an especially great find.

Freeskier Angeli VanLaanen made this film because she wants others with lyme know that they are not alone—and that recovery is possible.

Click on “play” above to hear her talk about how she was probably infected with lyme disease as a ten-year-old girl by tick bites she got in Wisconsin; Angeli was misdiagnosed during many years of dealing with various symptoms.

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Video: Rachel’s Story: What It’s Like to be a Teen with Lyme

Recovery: The Picture of Health, Staying Positive, Teens & Children, Video May 30, 2013 Comments: 3

I like so many things about Rachel’s YouTube video, I hardly know where to start. She’s so earnest, so honest, so insightful.

The details she gives of life with lyme at 14 along with her perspective at age 20 reveals so much. Her juxtaposition of “then” and “now” is simply brilliant.

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Video: Musician Daryl Hall Tells His Lyme Disease Story

Co-infections, Lyme Basics, Recovery: The Picture of Health, Video January 24, 2013 1 Comment

Seems like years since I’ve heard a Hall and Oates song, but this interview on YouTube sure caught my eye. I’m so glad famous people like Daryl are sharing their personal lyme stories.

Notice how his symptoms gradually built up until the day he crashed and couldn’t ignore them any more. If more people knew about how often lyme—”the great imitator”— is mistaken for other things, they could get on the path to good health sooner.

Also take note: he’s recovering – you will, too.