18 Memes That Nail What It’s Like to Have Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection usually transmitted by a tick bite. If diagnosed early, Lyme can be cured with antibiotics, but if left untreated, it can cause a number of complications. Chronic Lyme, also known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, is a very complex disease – not only can it be largely invisible, but there is no definitive treatment plan.

Those who live with chronic Lyme know its symptoms can vary far and wide. It’s not “just” the joint pain and chronic fatigue you might usually hear about – Lyme can cause many more symptoms, from tremors to loss of cognitive function and more. It can be really hard to stay positive when you are living with a disease like Lyme, but if you’re like me, laughter is the best medicine. If humor helps you cope, the following memes may be for you!

1. When people who don’t have chronic Lyme “get how you feel”:

2. When the medicines just keep multiplying in size and quantity:

3. When the lack of sustainable energy is real:

4. When trying to figure out what caused a herx is a mission in itself:

5. When someone asks how you are, but they don’t have time for the whole answer:

6. When you think you’re finally catching a break… but the spirochetes have other plans:

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7. When the “Lyme rage” is too strong:

8. When everyone tells you exercise will help despite your constant joint pain:

9. When the heart palpitations hit:

10. When making plans is hard thanks to the constant Lyme fatigue:

11. When your list of what you can eat is smaller than what you can’t:

12. When the road to recovery is not what you expected:

13. When none of the Lyme tests are 100 percent accurate:

14. When you’ve actually googled “how to trade bodies”:

15. When you get a Lyme diagnosis and suddenly finding a doctor is near impossible:

16. …And once you find a doctor, forget about insurance covering anything:

17. When you are hit with the dreaded “but you don’t look sick…”:

18. When the Lyme brain hits and you forget about everything…literally: