Maja with two horses in the countryside.

My Lyme Story: Maja Bagdziun

My recent journey with Lyme disease began in summer 2025 after a tick bite. However, I have had a previous history of Lyme disease, which I also want to briefly share. Maja Bagdziun In 2015, during camping in Scotland, I was infested with ticks. I think I must have removed […]

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Linzi at the gym when well.

My Lyme Story: Linzi Booth

My journey with Lyme disease did not start with answers, it started with confusion, fear, and a body that slowly began to feel like it was no longer my own. Lyme disease leads to urgent hospital care Back in December, things reached a point where I had no choice but […]

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Isabel de la Cour

My Lyme Story: Isabel de la Cour

Isabel de la Cour describes her battle with late Lyme disease and the difficulties she experienced in gaining the correct diagnosis and treatment. Isabel de la Cour in April 2026 Early Lyme symptoms and misdiagnosis I first became unwell in January 2016. I woke up fit, well, and healthy but […]

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Emily Hyde.

My Lyme Story: Emily Hyde

In August 2019, I became very unwell with what felt like flu. I was bedbound for ten days and then suffered from a continuous sore throat for a further two months. My GP referred me to an ENT consultant for further investigations. This later developed into a thyroid storm, where […]

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Headshot of Tim Taylor.

My Lyme Story: Tim Taylor

Tim Taylor shares his Lyme story, following a delayed diagnosis, challenging neurological symptoms and ill-health. Initial symptoms My story with Lyme officially started during the Easter school holiday in 2017. I was 51 and had been Deputy Head of a school in Lincolnshire for about 9 years. I was in […]

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Amelia with eye closed to facial palsy.

My Lyme Story: Amelia

Amelia (aged 9) was staying with her grandparents over the summer holidays when they noticed that her face didn’t look right and became increasingly concerned. On Monday 21st July 2025 Amelia’s mum contacted her GP with a photo. He replied quickly saying he thought Amelia had developed Bell’s palsy and […]

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Ella looking well having recovered from Lyme disease.

My Lyme Story: Ella

Ella’s parents explain how a quick diagnosis and early treatment effectively treated a case of Lyme disease with facial palsy. “We’d just come back from a lovely holiday in France. We arrived home on a Saturday, and that evening we noticed something odd about our daughter’s eye. It looked like she […]

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