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Believe me : my battle with the invisible disability of lyme disease / Yolanda Hadid with Michele Bender.
TITLE:
Believe me : my battle with the invisible disability of lyme disease / Yolanda Hadid with Michele Bender.
Alternate Title:
My battle with the invisible disability of lyme disease
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press,
Physical Description:
xii, 302 p., [32] p. of plates : col. ill.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
From one of the stars of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills comes a memoir of her chronic Lyme disease. In early 2011, Yolanda was struck by mysterious symptoms including brain fog, severe exhaustion, migraines and more. She went from being an outspoken, multi-tasking, hands-on mother of three, reality TV star, and social butterfly, to a woman who spent most of her time in bed. Yolanda was turned inside out by some of the country’s top hospitals and doctors, but due to the lack of definitive diagnostic testing, she landed in a dark maze of conflicting medical opinions, where many were quick to treat her symptoms but could never provide clear answers to their possible causes. Suffering from late stage Lyme, a disease that is an undeniable epidemic and more debilitating than anyone realizes, Yolanda had to fight with everything she had. Her struggle impacted her privately in every aspect of her existence, affecting her family, friends and professional prospects. Her perfect marriage became strained and led to divorce. It was the strong bond with her children, Gigi, Bella and Anwar, that provided her greatest motivation to fight through the darkest days of her life. Yolanda's journey crisscrossing the world to find answers for herself and two of her children who suffer from Lyme and her tireless research into eastern and western medicine.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250121653