Lyme Disease Left Me Bed-Bound for Three Months

Public diary written on 4/23/24

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Content warning: mental illness, suicidal ideation, medical trauma

Last summer, everything changed. I had an unexpected health scare that left me bed-bound for about three months. Its symptoms were plentiful, including ear-splitting headaches, low blood pressure, and insurmountable spine pain. I ended up…