Amanda Tiberi is a multi-talented 33-year-old clinical nutritionist and founder of the Amanda Nova Wellness community. Ms. Tiberi is from Westchester County, New York.

Ms. Tiberi’s journey with chronic illness, triggered by Lyme disease, began when she “got sick in 2018 and never got better.” Her symptoms initially presented as chronic back pain then migrated to “brain fog, full body muscle and joint pain, digestive issues, fatigue, depression, anxiety, and weight gain.”

After suffering a misdiagnosis of fibromyalgia, she was diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease by a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD). Unfortunately, healing did not begin until she left the care of the LLMD and “took her treatment into her own hands.”

Ms. Tiberi discovered that Lyme disease attacked her physical, emotional, and spiritual health and learned that physical healing was not possible until she brought in the “spiritual piece.”

If you would like to learn more about how a young woman became grateful for her Lyme experience because it revealed to her that she was born to help other people overcome chronic illness, then tune in now!

PS Ali Moresco special guest co-hosted this interview with Rich from Tick Boot Camp!

Gretel Adams is a 36-year-old small business owner from Columbus, Ohio. She has owned and operated Sunny Meadows Flower Farm since 2006 with her husband Steve.

Prior to contracting Lyme disease, Ms. Adams worked very hard and had to perform both physical labor and intense decision-making. While not working, she enjoyed socializing with friends and attending music festivals.

At the age of 33, Ms. Adams had found a tick biting her and she quickly removed it and went on with her life. The very next day she developed alarming symptoms that just got worse and worse.

Ms. Adams’ doctor was unable to see her in a timely manner and 13 days after the tick bite she went to an urgent care facility because she “felt something foreign in [her] body, everything was tingly, [she] could not stand in the field because the sun was too bright, her body was so weak, and she was very confused.” The urgent care doctor diagnosed her with Lyme disease and gave her 10 days of antibiotics.

Ms. Adams followed up with her primary care physician who told her she only needed 21 of antibiotics. At the end of the 21 days, she was even worse, but her doctor told Ms. Adams that “there was no way her symptoms were what they were, and she just had to deal with it.”

Ms. Adams subsequently visited two Lyme specialists where she was diagnosed with active Lyme, co-infections, fungal infections, and other viruses. She has treated and had some great success using a combination of antibiotics, herbs, laser treatments, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), ozone, and more.

If you would like to learn how a young woman from Ohio has made progress rebounding from medical gaslighting, severe neurological Lyme, and a plethora of other diagnoses, then tune in now!

PS Claire Dalton from the Chronically Care Project and the Chronically Beautiful Blog special guest co-hosted this interview with Matt from Tick Boot Camp!

This week Tick Boot Camp invited Stuti Vora, customer service supervisor of IGeneX, to discuss how and why IGeneX has become the laboratory most trusted by patients in the Lyme disease community. In this comprehensive interview Ms. Vora discusses:

• The IGeneX origin story
• Blood, urine, and miscellaneous testing options available through IGeneX
• The new IGeneX Tick-Borne Disease Test Directory built to assist the patient community to find the information needed on Lyme and co-infection testing
• How to quickly filter IGeneX testing options by price, disease, methodology, specimen type, and availability by state
• How the IGeneX Immunoblot test has a sensitivity rate that is double the standard two-tier protocol
• The IGeneX advantage of testing for more species and strains of tick-borne illness no matter when a patient was exposed
• How IGeneX has armed scientists with the most cutting-edge technology in the world
• Why IGeneX has committed to building partnerships with Lyme community groups such as ILADS, Bay Area Lyme Foundation, and the LivLyme Foundation.

If you would like to know more about how IGeneX can help you on your Lyme disease diagnostic and treatment journey, then tune in now!

Gabriella Bordonaro is a 21-year-old student majoring in Marketing at Le Moyne College located in Syracuse, New York. She plans to continue with her studies by attending graduate school in the fall.

Ms. Bordonaro spent her childhood in the rural central New York region where she enjoyed a life filled with outdoor activities. Hailing from a family of athletes, she followed in the footsteps of her uber athletic brother and became a 4-sport athlete.

Unfortunately, her outdoorsy childhood in the northeastern United States Lyme belt frequently exposed her to ticks. She suffered an undisclosed tick bite that triggered migrating and undiagnosed illnesses. Her regular visits to the pediatric doctor’s office caused her to have “the biggest file out of all the other kids/”

At the age of 17, she suffered an injury and then an illness that reminded her of the symptoms a close friend described after suffering a tick bite. She subsequently tested positive for Lyme disease and began treatment.

During her treatment journey Ms. Bordonaro learned that diet, exercise, and forgiveness are essential elements of immune health and healing. She started a fitness/ health Instagram page and reminds herself that “no matter what people say… you can control how long you are going to hold on to it.”

If you would like to learn more about how a forgiving spirit enhanced a young woman’s healing from Lyme disease, then tune in now!

Dr Richard Horowitz is an internationally recognized Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), author of 2 New York Times bestselling books and co-author of the 2018 Housing and Human Services (HHS) Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) report to Congress. He has treated more than 14,000 Lyme disease patients earning him the reputation as the LLMD to the stars.

During his career, Dr. Horowitz has learned that Lyme disease and chronic illness can be healed if treated holistically, i.e., physically, emotionally, and spiritually. His patients have also taught him that Lyme disease is a symptom of a chronically ill earth, suffering ongoing ravages of climate change.

In his third book, Starseed R/evolution - The Awakening, Dr. Horowitz demonstrates that our planet can be saved from peril if the Lyme disease community can set aside differences and join forces to lead the world’s communities to individual and collective healing.

Described as a “Gulliver’s Travels for the twenty third century, Starseed R/evolution utilizes satire, adventure, pop psychology, mystical exploration and a breath of fresh air in a world choking on its own hubris.” The book captures the scope of the threats and solutions required to prevent the ecocide facing our planet.

Jody Levy is a 42-year-old artist, designer and serial entrepreneur from Detroit, Michigan. She is the founder and co-founded of several successful businesses, including LabElymental, The Milk Cleanse, NeuroPraxis and WTRMLN WTR.

Ms. Levy’s Lyme journey began when she heard the call to leave Michigan to attend college in upstate New York. A tick bite during her freshman year transformed her life from “amazing and full of magic” to 18 years of health and diagnostic labor.

Although she achieved a high level of professional success, undiagnosed Lyme robbed her of the energy to enjoy a full life. Her neurological symptoms progressed to a point where she “could not remember the name of her close friend and brother-in-law.”

While attending a party, she was approached by a friend who shared with her his secret to his remission from Lyme. He told Ms. Levy that healing was available through Dr. Linda Lancaster and her Harmonic Healing Milk Cleanse.

The 8-day Milk Cleanse resolved all Ms. Levy’s Lyme symptoms and allowed her to fully return to work and to her social life. Achieving remission inspired Ms. Levy to build a business to make the Milk Cleanse available to the world.

If you would like to know more about how The Milk Cleanse can help you on your healing journey, then tune in now!

Grace and Jessica Snajder are the dynamic mother-daughter founders of Partner in Lyme. The Connecticut based non-profit organization offers financial, emotional, and spiritual support to people diagnosed with Lyme disease.

The Snajder family’s journey with Lyme began when Grace suffered “headaches, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, and loss of the ability to read and do math” after falling while snowboarding. The rapid change in Grace’s health came as a surprise because she wore a helmet and “never hit [her] head.”

Grace’s plan to attend college, attend Bible school, and perform mission work “rebuilding homes damaged by natural disasters” was halted by her illness. Her parents responded to their daughter’s expanding symptoms by searching for and scheduling appointments with an array of over 10 health care providers.

Grace was diagnosed with Lyme disease after her mom, Jessica, requested and reviewed a copy of blood work ordered by a primary care physician. Her treatment plan was built by a Naturopathic Doctor prescribing antibiotics, massage therapy, antioxidant juicing, chlorella, and the Rawls MD Vital Plan Restore Kit.

Grace did not find relief from all the treatment tools recommended by her doctors and located by her parents. For example, an infrared sauna treatment did not offer relief and turned out to be “too harsh for [her].”

If you would like to know more about how the Snajder family sold an ineffective treatment tool and used the money to start a Lyme disease non-profit, then tune in now!

Kelsey Watkins is a 28-year-old wife and mother on leave from her career as a utility company office manager. She and her family reside in Meyersville, Maryland.

Ms. Watkins’ health challenges began with fainting spells when she would “go from sitting to standing.” At the age of 19, she would faint “upwards of 5 times per day.” Her primary care physician and cardiologist diagnosed her with POTS, prescribed her medication, and told her to “eat more salt.”

Her symptoms stabilized until the birth of her children. She developed headaches, gut issues, and rashes after the birth of her first child. Following the challenging birth of her second child, her symptoms migrated to “extreme psychiatric and neurological issues, brain fog, and memory loss.”

Fearing she was not healthy enough to care for her children, she sought diagnostic and treatment assistance from 10 doctors. In that process, she battled medical gas lighting and misdiagnosis until her health “went from 100 to 0 very quickly.”

Eventually a primary care physician suspected her diverse and migrating symptoms may have been caused by Lyme disease. Ms. Watkins located a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD) to evaluate the PCP’s forecast and was diagnosed after a positive blood test.

A Lyme diagnosis offered Ms. Watkins the opportunity to build a healing plan that included antibiotics, traditional Chinese medicine, and SOT (Supportive Oligonucleotide Therapy).

If you would like to learn more about how a young mother overcame gas lighting and years of misdiagnosis to discover “game changing” SOT therapy, then tune in now!

Peter Owen is a 63-year-old geologist, photographer and entrepreneur from Melbourne Victoria, Australia. He is a founding member of the TICNA (Tick-Borne Community Network Australia) public education group and President of the Conquering Chronic Illness patient support group.

While recovering from a badly broken leg from a fall at his home, Mr. Owen began to feel incredible pain all over his body. Beginning with headaches, shoulder pain, and neck pain his symptoms expanded and migrated to include fatigue, panic attacks, and brain fog.

Mr. Owen was misdiagnosed with MECFS after he was examined and treated by 30 doctors over 18 years. Despite an official government “there is no Lyme dogma in Australia,” Mr. Owen’s general practitioner sent his 50 most afflicted patients for IGeneX blood testing and Mr. Owen’s tested positive for Lyme disease. His IGeneX lab results were confirmed by a follow up test from the German Infectolab.

The lab tests provoked Mr. Owen to join Lyme Facebook groups and research Lyme and tick infection treatment on his own because “there is no such thing as an LLMD in Australia.” His journey required him to overcome “disbelief and denial by doctors, family and friends” while exploring treatment options.

If you would like to learn more about how an Australian Lyme disease activist is standing up swimming against the tide of an official government policy that denies the existence of Lyme disease, then tune in now!

PS Debbie form Two Alpha Gals special guest co-hosted this interview with Rich from Tick Boot Camp!

Jessica Jensen is a 31-year-old alternative and holistic health services teacher/ coach from Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

Ms. Jensen’s Lyme disease journey began while she was working to “coordinate chaos” as a preschool teacher. Her initial symptoms included migraines, body pain, stomach pain and fatigue. She sought treatment from 20 doctors over 6 years before she was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

The lengthy diagnostic and treatment journey pilfered Ms. Jensen’s financial resources. To restart healing, she had to overcome a self-limiting belief that healing requires a large budget.

Today, Ms. Jensen is resourcefully on the road to recovering her health. She has returned to her teaching roots by assisting patients to learn how to coordinate the chaos of Lyme disease.

If you would like to learn how Jessica Jensen learned and is now teaching how to heal from Lyme, then tune in now!