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A personal story of pain, perseverance, and the power of unconventional healing

When Lyme Disease Changed Everything

Neurological Lyme disease brought unthinkable pain into my life. It didn’t just affect my body—it stripped away pieces of my identity. I suffered from debilitating physical symptoms, severe memory loss, and a loss of mobility that left me bedridden for long stretches. Eventually, I found myself confined to a wheelchair.

Those years were filled with fear, uncertainty, and deep emotional suffering. I questioned everything—my future, my worth, my ability to survive. Each day felt like an uphill battle against an invisible enemy that was slowly consuming my life.

Beyond the Physical: The Invisible Toll

What many don’t understand about chronic illness is that the pain isn’t only physical. The emotional and mental toll can be just as profound.

A message of hope, healing, and helpful resources for those battling Bartonella

When I began my journey through chronic Lyme disease, I never imagined how complex the path to healing would become. One of the biggest turning points in that journey was being diagnosed with a co-infection called Bartonella — a stealthy, stubborn bacteria that made everything harder and more painful than I could have imagined.

But I’m here to tell you: you are not alone, and healing is possible.

What Is Bartonella and Why It Matters

Bartonella is more than just a Lyme co-infection — it’s a highly evasive bacteria that hides within your red blood cells, feeds off vital nutrients, and spreads silently throughout your body. It can affect multiple organs and systems, and when left untreated, it can seriously complicate recovery from Lyme disease.

Common Bartonella symptoms include:

End a Codependent Relationship the Healthy Way

by MELISSA KARNAZE

It’s not a good idea to label yourself codependent, unless you plan to do something constructive about it. Because labels don’t empower you; they reinforce the undesired effect.

Codependency is, however, a label of our time. So many facets of society are codependent. It’s usually synonymous with romance, too.

Codependency is so ubiquitous that first of all, it’s hard to recognize. Secondly, it’s hard to end it — the healthy way.

How I navigated Babesia, one of the most debilitating Lyme co-infections — and found hope in healing.

If you're living with Lyme disease, there's a good chance you've encountered its silent companions: co-infections. After battling Bartonella, I discovered I was also dealing with another formidable foe — Babesia. This parasite affected my body in entirely different ways, bringing symptoms that were terrifying, confusing, and deeply exhausting.

But like every chapter of this healing journey, Babesia taught me something profound: you can feel like you're drowning and still learn to breathe again.

What Is Babesia?

Babesia is a malaria-like parasite that infects red blood cells. It's primarily transmitted through tick bites, often right alongside Lyme disease. Unlike bacteria, Babesia is a protozoa, which means it requires a different kind of treatment and has a different impact on the body.

For me, Babesia was one of the hardest co-infections to identify — and…

Uncovering one of Lyme’s most underestimated co-infections — and reclaiming hope through understanding and healing.

When you're navigating chronic Lyme disease, it's easy to get lost in the complexity. The deeper I went into my healing journey, the more I learned that co-infections weren’t just complicating my illness — they were quietly driving many of my worst symptoms. One of the most insidious among them was Mycoplasma.

Though less talked about than Bartonella or Babesia, Mycoplasma is a game-changer—a tiny, cell-wall-deficient bacteria that can cause widespread damage to the body, especially when left undetected. For me, it was another layer of the mystery I had to peel back to fully understand what was happening inside me.

What Is Mycoplasma?

Mycoplasma is a unique and stealthy bacterial infection. Unlike most bacteria, it has no cell wall, which makes it extremely difficult for the immune system (and antibiotics) to detect and kill. It…