Unveiling Lyme Disease: Is This What's Behind Your Chronic Illness? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780995946002)

What if your 'incurable' chronic illness could actually be undiagnosed (but treatable) Lyme disease?

Do you have a host of chronic, life-altering symptoms that have baffled your doctors and left you with no clear answers? Or have you been diagnosed with a debilitating chronic illness like fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, or even a serious neurological disorder like MS, ALS or Parkinson's?

What if, like thousands of other people, the real root of your chronic illness has actually been the treatable condition of chronic Lyme disease, but no one you've consulted has yet known how to rule it in...or out...of your diagnostic picture? What if, instead of blaming yourself for not trying harder to cope or not being tougher while living with your pain, fatigue, brain fog and other significant symptoms, you found out that you actually had a bacterial-based illness needing specific medical treatment? How would having a treatment that finally sends you on your path to wellness change your life?

Author Lisa Dennys took on the role of relentless health care detective and spent over 30 years on a personal search for wellness. Diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, heavy metal toxicity, adrenal fatigue and hypothyroidism, Lisa tried everything to get well. In this process, she was forced by illness to take extended leave from her career paths as an Occupational Therapist, Doctor of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and Life Coach. She spent several hundred thousand dollars pursuing endless rounds of diverse health care approaches, just trying to maintain function in her day- to-day life. Continuing to look deeper for medical answers, she was finally diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease and several co-infections in early 2015 and began a targeted treatment program.

If you suspect that your chronic illness could actually be Lyme disease and you want to fast track your way to a clear diagnosis so you can get on with your recovery, this book is for you. Rich with varied experiences as a patient, practitioner and coach, Lisa shares her practical and hard-won coping strategies.

You will discover:

• Why Lyme disease is called 'the great imitator' and how this disease epidemic is so widely under-recognized and undertreated.
• How to discern, access, and assemble a team of specialized health care resources to get the expert help you need to thoroughly evaluate you, pin down your diagnosis, and get you going on your recovery.
• Why the learned skills of navigating the online and in-person medical world, maximizing your day -to -day function and dealing with challenges to your mindset are necessary at every stage of your health care path, and solid tips for building those skills.
• Ways to understand the scope and implications of your unique health care experience so that you can live your life from a place of deeper personal power and self-acknowledgement.
• Links to valuable resources for further learning and support, so that you can get started right away on your path back to health.