A very close friend of mine has been battling chronic Lyme disease for five years now and even though I have always tried to be supportive, I am only just starting to understand her struggle.
In May of 2017 I accompanied her to a national awareness event, focused on Chronic Lyme disease, called So Strong. It was incredible, in every sense of the word. It’s hard to believe how much is still unknown.
What do you do when you are certain there is something very wrong inside you but doctors tell you it’s all in your mind?
What do you do when you finally receive a diagnosis that makes sense but also reveals there is a big chance you will never truly recover?
My dear friend broke down in tears when Jesse Ruben climbed the stage and played this song:
It helped her, the way crying sometimes does, and it helped me, the way a slap in the face sometimes does, I suppose…
So when we heard there would be a sponsor event the following year, to raise awareness and collect money for the treatment of Lyme patients, we agreed we should put a team together.
Fast forward to 2018 and here we are! I will be running to collect money and invite you to sponsor me and help my good friend Anneke to get better, as the chronic form of Lyme’s disease is still not fully recognized in regular medicine and therefore neither are the treatments she needs.
If you would like to contribute; here is the link to the sponsor event’s website. I’m afraid it’s all in Dutch, so feel free to contact me via the Facebook page if you need help navigating the website.
Epiphany 