Avril Lavigne

In April, Avril Lavigne revealed her battle with Lyme disease. She had previously alluded to mysterious health issues, although no one realized the severity of her illness. For five months, Avril was bedridden and could barely manage to shower once per week. At the time, Avril believed she was 80% better but still had to be careful. How terrifying to simply lose half a year of life to this disease.

Avril Lavigne visited GMA yesterday to talk about her ongoing recovery. She revealed that it took doctors forever to figure out what was wrong. They kept telling her it was all in her head.” It took Avril two months of her own research to figure out she might have Lyme disease, so she found a specialist. Avril wants to spread the word about how frustrating it is to deal with a misdiagnosed illness:

Her doctor’s attitudes: “I was in Los Angeles, and it was literally the worst time of my life. I was seeing every specialist, and literally like the top doctors … It was so stupid. They would pull up their computer and be like, ‘Chronic fatigue syndrome’ or ‘Why don’t you try to get out of bed, Avril, and just go play the piano?’ or ‘Are you depressed?’ This is what they do to a lot of people that have Lyme disease. They don’t have an answer for them, so they tell them … ‘You’re crazy.’”

Her progress: “I’m doing a lot better; seeing a lot of progress. I’m just really grateful to know that I will make a 100 percent recovery.”

[From GMA

Avril’s still only halfway finished with her course of treatment, which includes antibiotics and lots of rest. The really unfortunate part about her case is that doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong, so a simple course of antibiotics wasn’t enough. If Lyme is caught early enough, treatment can be much quicker. But Avril’s case was prolonged by incompetent doctors. This sounds like what Ashley Olsen is dealing with in her rumored battle with Lyme.

In addition to spreading Lyme disease awareness, Avril is also promoting her new single, “Fly.” The song will benefit the Special Olympics.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN

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