I had all the classic symptoms of burnout: digestive issues, bloating, brain fog, scattered energy, mood shifts, insomnia, and an unshakeable exhaustion. The deeper I looked for answers, the more confusing things became.

Then came the shocking diagnosis that turned my life upside down: Lyme Disease. I was placed on a long-term antibiotic and the pain quickly progressed. “You’ll feel worse before you feel better” they’d say, and I became terrified not knowing just how much worse it would get. 

Then four weeks in, I lost the ability to walk. With no immediate answers, I laid in bed shaking uncontrollably, feeling a wave of extreme physical pain, in complete disbelief that this was my story. But in the stillness that followed, I began to see what I’d been too disconnected to notice- and eventually, I came to understand: the diagnosis wasn’t accurate after all.

What followed was a slow rebuilding. I went back to school to study integrative health and nutrition, focusing on hormone balance, inflammation, and gut health. I shifted my lifestyle, rewired my routines, and began to apply everything I was learning to my own healing as I regained my mobility. 

For a while, things were steady. My energy returned, my cycles became regular. I felt clear and grounded in a way I hadn’t in years.

But healing is rarely linear, and a familiar undercurrent returned. The fatigue. The leg heaviness. The bloating that wouldn’t budge. What began as a whisper of discomfort grew louder, more specific: heavier periods, cramping that didn’t align with my cycle, and a sense that something wasn’t quite right.