Lyme Disease Recovery: What Patients Need to Know Recovery from Lyme disease is possible—but it doesn’t always follow a straight line. Some patients treated early recover completely within weeks. Others face months or years of persistent symptoms that require ongoing medical care, patience, and support. This hub brings together essential recovery resources covering: How long […]
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Why Doctors Dismiss Chronic Lyme Disease If you have been told your persistent symptoms are “all in your head,” that “Lyme disease doesn’t last that long,” or that you simply need to “accept” your diagnosis of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) and move on—you are not imagining the dismissal you are experiencing. Over 37 years
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Exercise and Physical Activity During Lyme Disease Recovery “Should I push through and exercise, or will it set me back?” It’s one of the most confusing questions in Lyme disease recovery. Some patients are told “exercise will help you feel better”—only to crash for days after a short walk. Others are told “you just need
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After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients recover in weeks and others struggle for years. “How long will I be sick?” is the first question patients ask after diagnosis. Some are told they’ll recover in a few weeks with antibiotics. Others watch months turn into years while doctors insist their treatment “should have
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How I Became a Lyme Disease Doctor How did I become a Lyme disease doctor? It’s a question I’m asked often, and the honest answer is that medicine—let alone Lyme disease—was not my original plan. I didn’t set out to become a physician. And I certainly didn’t imagine that Lyme disease would become the focus
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My patient had been sick for two years, caught between conflicting Lyme guidelines that left her doubting her own experience. One specialist told her, “You’re cured—what you’re experiencing now is psychological.” Another said, “You still have active infection and need continued treatment.” She didn’t know which doctor to believe—a situation many patients face when Lyme
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Babesia is a malaria-like parasite spread by ticks and often found alongside Lyme disease. But unlike Lyme, which is caused by a bacterium, Babesia infects red blood cells, leading to symptoms that are sometimes vague, systemic, or easily mistaken for other conditions—including menopause or anxiety. In this blog, I’ll walk you through the most important
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It’s one of the most debated questions I hear in clinic: When does Lyme become chronic? Is it after a few months? A year? Or when antibiotics “fail”? The truth is, chronic Lyme disease isn’t defined by a date—it’s defined by persistence. The infection and immune response linger beyond the expected recovery window, reshaping the
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Not All Lyme Treatment Approaches Are Created Equal Proactive individualized Lyme treatment can be the difference between full recovery and chronic illness. In my practice, I’ve seen patients respond very differently depending on how—and how soon—their Lyme disease was treated. Some improve after a brief course of antibiotics. Others continue to struggle for months or
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After 37 years treating Lyme disease, I’ve seen patients who were certain they’d never recover—and did. Every patient living with Lyme disease eventually asks: “Will I get better after Lyme disease?” I hear it in examination rooms, in follow-up calls, in the quiet pauses between discussing test results. Some people recover fully after antibiotics. Others
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