as you look back now, what are some of the things that were the most frustrating to you

or the moments where like maybe you thought you didn't know if there was going to be

a light at the end of the tunnel? Yeah, I mean there were a couple things.

I guess one of the things was just how unrecognized and controversial lime is.

It was so hard to find a doctor and then to not know if treatment was going to work.

I just remember laying on my bathroom floor with my parents crying and

praying that I was going to die because I didn't know

if anything was going to fix me and I didn't want to deal with it any longer.

Hello and welcome to pursuing health.

I'm Dr. Julie Fushe, family physician and former Cross Fit Games athlete.

Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the gap between fitness and medicine

and support your journey toward your healthiest self.

This episode is one of a series of pursuing health stories.

Here we feature the inspiring stories of regular everyday people who've used lifestyle

to overcome some incredible health challenges.

This week's story features Maddie Tredder,

an accomplished division one swimmer who developed a long list of

seemingly unrelated symptoms and was eventually diagnosed with Lyme disease.

Her symptoms continued to worsen after a course of conventional treatment

and only after finally seeking help from a functional medicine practitioner

did she start to see improvements.

Two years later, she was finally able to rejoin her collegiate swim team

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