Delaware State University coach returns to team after Lyme disease caused serious heart complications
Symptoms of Lyme disease can range from fever and headaches to fatigue and joint pain. And in rare cases, it can also cause serious heart complications.
Delaware State University track and field coach Stephen Kimes is easing back into action after being sidelined for nearly two years.
“I was healthy, I was out coaching, moving around all the time. I play basketball, pick up games, whatever, and then suddenly you can’t lift your arms over your head, or you can’t move your legs.” Kimes said.
Kimes’ mysterious symptoms started in early 2024 — ranging from joint pain, light sensitivity, fatigue and eventually shortness of breath.
“I felt like I was being stabbed. It was just the worst pain ever. It wouldn’t go away,” Kimes said.
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**Comment**
Well, I wonder if Coach Kimes has been told he’s probably infected with Babesia as well and will need much more than doxycycline?
Probably not, since ‘the powers that be’ continue to make this a one drug- one disease type of illness when it is most often far more than that. The continued denial and downplay of a life-altering illness is truly mind staggering, yet here we are.
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Bella Hadid Details “All-Consuming” Battle With Depression and Anxiety
Bella’s moving account comes less than a month after she shared an emotional look into her physical health, as she continues to navigate the side effects of her Lyme disease diagnosis.
Bella Hadid is pulling back the curtain.
The 29-year-old shared an honest look into her mental health journey, chronicling her struggles with anxiety and depression in honor of World Mental Health Day, which occurred on Oct. 10.
“Something I’ve carried for many years is the weight of anxiety and depression,” she captioned her Oct. 12 post. “It can sometimes feel all-consuming, paralyzing, and invisible to the outside world, leaving you in tears before starting your day, wondering why your mind feels so heavy when life around you seems so bright.”
Acknowledging the “deep sense of shame” that can accompany mental health struggles, Bella continued, “I sometimes wonder how life has blessed me and how my body and mind are filled with the weight of sadness, depression, and debilitating anxiety on a regular basis.”
However, the model added that over the years she’s learned to accept her mental health struggles not as a weakness, but instead as a piece of who she is. (See link for article and video)
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