Tick-borne illness discussed in context of recurring post-treatment symptoms including joint swelling, facial numbness, and chronic fatigue that force skeptics to confront chronic illness communities.
"According to materials and thoughts he had shared on reddit and/or other sites. It's kind of surprising that no one has discussed any of his medical concerns other than back pain. Apparently, he found the brainfog particularly distressing."
"In an unfortunate turn of events he was diagnosed with advanced Lyme's disease that prevented him from being able to play music with the same vigor he'd had and he withdrew from the spotlight."
"Had the telltale rash a couple days later, went to doctor, got diagnosed with lyme, took antibiotics for 3 weeks. Initial symptoms sucked -- you basically get short term arthritis in addition to fever, headache, chills, and the craziest fatigue I have ever experienced. But after the meds, all sympto"