My Mom's Story

Mom's Story

My mom was a very healthy stay at home mom in the 80's. She attended and was co-organizer for lots of school functions, sports, church events, and family vacations.

After my parents divorced in 1989, my mom worked full time. During that time she was finding that she had become very tired. She would sleep in her car during her lunch hour. She could barely make it through the day. She also noticed that her limbs began to feel very heavy and she began to have heart palpitations. At this time she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Epstine Bar. She was tested for Lyme's Disease, but it came back negative.

A few years later she moved herself and her kids to upstate New York where she was raised and started a new healthy lifestyle with less stress. For 10 years she cooked Macrobiotic foods and became a yoga teacher. However, her symptoms did not ease. Her exhaustion continued and she constantly needed to take naps.

In 1997 she moved to upstate California where she began to notice brain fog. All her symptoms continue to persist today.

The doctors have not changed her diagnosis.

Update: Dr. Fong has retested her for Lyme's Disease and it showed negative for current Lymes, but positive for past or chronic Lyme's Disease.