LymeBrave Foundation

My husband Brian and I are TV people. I’d like to say we’re nature people, health food people or workout people, but we’re not. We’ve been TV binge watchers since before there was a name for it. One show we used to enjoy watching together was “House.” The show featured antisocial doctor Gregory House and [...]

I have been battling a chronic tick-borne infection for almost three and a half years now and there are certain experiences I’ve come to know that most of us share. I’ve put together some of these frustrations – and while this tick-borne disease isn’t funny, I hope these give you a laugh. 1. When you [...]

Facing chronic illness is a battle that lasts far longer than the common cold of flu. Chronically ill people have had to turn their whole life around as their worlds have changed – especially for those that face invisible illness. It’s hard for others to fully understand the extent of everything involved. Here are some [...]

Many people have been asking how I am doing lately. And the short answer is, I’m fine. But the truth, the long answer, is actually quite complicated. I am writing this because there are others in the same situation as me. And we don’t really know how to answer this question. And sometimes, it makes [...]

If someone would ask me what are the most annoying Lyme-related symptoms that I ever experienced, I would have a list ready within less than a minute. As a late stage Lyme disease victim, I experienced a lot of symptoms, mostly because my illness was not discovered on time. Thus I ended up developing neurological [...]

College is supposed to be this period of transition from school to the working life – a step closer to self-reliance. There are so many expectations, hopes, and fears attached to this experience. However, when Lyme comes barging into your life at this particular point, it is very easy for all of these hopes and [...]

I struggle to go more than skin deep. I pass by people. I talk with them briefly. I smile politely and listen to their joys and complaints. I get to know them. I laugh with them, but I’m a shell. And an awfully good actor. Strangely, when it comes to anything else, I can’t lie to save [...]

Recently, my health has taken a drastic change for the worse. There had been a slow decline for the past seven months with my overall health, that unfortunately has gotten to the point where I’m losing my ability to walk again. Ten years ago, my life was forever changed when I was finally diagnosed with [...]

“No.” Two letters, one word – yet probably one of the most difficult things to say. When chronically ill you may find yourself wanting to add this to your vocabulary more and more, but the thing is, people around you may not be used to hearing it and you might immediately find yourself facing confrontation [...]

By Kerry Heckman The universe was speaking to me long before I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2016. It was communicating with me through my symptoms, each one a wake up call to pay attention. Unfortunately, I ignored it over and over again. The first alarm was the panic attacks, then the shooting pain, [...]