23/08/2025
Following on from my post last week, along with changes to my metabolism entering into menopause, injuries, joint issues and my thyroid (the only half I had left) giving up on me finally, I suffered with chronic fatigue- if any of you have had any major chronic health conditions or cancer you will know your mind immediately goes to - "Is it cancer again?"
After doing many tests- my functional GP recommended a Lyme Borrelia test (when they were available here in Australia- they aren't now) and it came back with an active diagnosis of Lyme Disease.
Which surprised me! It was 2021 and I had a lot of stress, along with the global stress going on at the time, moving house and businesses, navigating loss and traumas within family dynamics. I had also struggled to keep my vitamin D levels high- even with all the sun I get and taking supplements.
Living here in Perth, I had always been camping, bush walking and out in nature in general. The only time I remember have any weird type rash (from a tick I realise now) was before I had children over 24 years ago.
Another deeper dive into why this would occur so latent is with many stealth infections they hide in a biofilm, and when your immunes system is lowered enough- BAM- out come the little stealth spirochetes and start drilling into your tissues! πͺ±
I felt another fight of my life coming up- as I know how detrimental Lyme can be causing neurological and many other chronic ailments.
I am not going to lie- it was a scary time, I felt absolutely on death's door. I researched- and ruling out going to Mexico or the US for treatments or ordering bees to sting me ( I just couldn't do it to the bees! π). I went back to my herbs. These saved me- again! There were many other therapies- infrared light every morning from my home panel, colonics, resting (not that great at- but have learnt to master it), sun, detoxing, detoxing, detoxing, lots of supplements, more changes to my diet, gentle slow exercise and movement (which was polar opposite to what I had been loving with triathlons) and healing trauma.
Life certainly hasn't let me off when it comes to having chronic health conditions, I have learnt to embrace these and heal myself with the help of some amazing friends and practitioners. I was able to heal Lyme and get back to a "menopausal" balance at the time. I believe that with the hormone decline, stress, global unrest, moving, and more emotional stress my body was in a perfect storm to reveal the underlying cause which was hiding for 24 years! This has lead me to believe that it is ALWAYS worth trusting your gut if you don't feel well - but all your bloods are "normal". π₯°