When Life Gives You Lyme: Yolanda Foster Speaks Out About Lyme Disease

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Yolanda Foster Speaks Out About Lyme Disease

Yolanda Foster, wife of Grammy-award winning songwriter and producer David Foster, and cast member of Bravo TV's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was honored on April 9th with a Star Light Award from the Lyme Research Alliance at their annual Time for Lyme Gala, raising money for Lyme Disease research. Foster was honored with the award because she has spoken openly about her struggles with Lyme, her diagnosis and strenuous treatment regimen. You can read more about the awards gala here.

In her acceptance speech at the gala, Yolanda recounted her experience with Lyme in her usual and refreshing frankness, stating that Lyme Disease led "to some of the darkest days of my life."

You can also watch as Yolanda briefly discusses her journey with Lyme Disease with host Andy Cohen on Bravo TV's Watch What Happens Live. Yolanda has been very public about her fight with Lyme since December 2012. You can read more about her and other celebrities in a previous post, Celebrities Get Lyme Disease, Too.

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What is Lyme Disease?

While Lyme disease is very complex, it is basically a bacterial infection caused by a spirochete, (a corkscrew-shaped bacteria) called Borrelia Burgdorferi. It is a blood-borne infection most commonly spread by the bite of a deer tick, which can be as small as the size of a poppy seed. Because of it's corkscrew shape, the Lyme bacteria can literally drill through tissue and get anywhere in the body in very short periods of time, (within three weeks of a bite, the bacteria can be identified in spinal fluid.) This is the reason that Lyme can affect almost any body system, and the symptoms can be so varied. In advance stages, Lyme attacks the central nervous system and can be misdiagnosed as ALS, MS, Parkinson's or Alzheimers. Prevention is easy if you are aware of the risk and know what to look for. Please be AWARE!!