As you probably already know, the Coronavirus pandemic has taken an especially difficult toll on the elderly, and people with pre-existing health conditions that could be more aggressively affected by the virus.
Among those people is a singer-songwriter, Avril Lavigne, who suffers from Lyme disease.
She recently revealed in an interview on Live with Kelly and Ryan, how she has been handling living in quarantine.
Understandably, she called it "the worst time" of her life.
We can't blame her.
Early symptoms include rash, fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headache, neck stiffness, and swollen lymph nodes.
Later symptoms can become more severe, including neurological problems or complications, heart problems, liver inflammation, and eye inflammation.
It definitely doesn't sound like something to be taken lightly.
"They didn't really know what was wrong with me," she continued, revealing that doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as being symptoms of depression, rather than Lyme disease.
"This is what they do to a lot of people that have Lyme disease. They don't know what to tell you so they tell you you're crazy."
Back in January, he opened up about it via Instagram.
He explained that while everyone has been calling him out for looking like he's on "meth", he has actually been suffering from a serious illness.
He admitted that the illness has caused him to be chronically under the weather, as well as having a negative effect on his complexion.
He then revealed that he would be starting a YouTube docu-series about his life that would also raise awareness about the severity of his illness.
"It's been a rough couple years but getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease".
"And I will be back and better than ever NO CAP," he concluded.
She began by explaining that she took the precautions to avoid coronavirus very seriously.
“Thankfully, I have a recording studio in the house so I can write some new songs and work on music."
“At the very beginning of the pandemic, I took my song ‘Warrior’ and I re-recorded it and changed it to ‘We Are Warriors’ in honour of the front-line workers".
It was a very thoughtful idea to change the title of her song as a nod to front-line workers!
What a sweet idea Avril!
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