Finding Resilience: A Teen’s Journey Through Lyme Disease

When thirteen-year-old Rachel Leland fell in a soccer game, she had no idea that her life was about to change forever. A seemingly simple injury to her wrist led to an outbreak of inexplicable, debilitating pain throughout her body, leaving her bedridden and needing a wheelchair. This set Rachel and her mother, Dorothy, on a quest to find relief from her agonizing symptoms. Refusing to accept the opinions of doctors who either claimed that she was “faking it” or that nothing could be done, Rachel at last found a diagnosis: chronic Lyme disease.

Based on the journal Rachel kept during her years battling Lyme and depression, this raw memoir chronicles Rachel’s journey to becoming the strong, healthy woman she is today. Interspersed with Dorothy’s insights, Finding Resilience is an unflinchingly honest and inspiring account of the struggles and triumphs they experienced together.

[janicesutton]

Congratulations I can't wait to read it. My daughter became ticksick at 13 as well

[alison]

Awesome! I’d love to watch the videos from your teenage years with your journey thru healing. I’m currently watching your interview with your wonderful Mom on Dr Horowitz Lyme Summit.