Defeating Lyme Disease, An Athlete Gears Up For A Comeback While Educating Others About Disease

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 25, 2009 -- PL Fields is an 800m/1500m track and field athlete who was bitten by a tick! Having flu like symptoms for a few weeks that soon went away, Fields began to get ready for the 2004 Olympics (with undiagnosed Lyme), but in 2005 the disease finally took over.

“I was at the 2005 USA Outdoor Championship (the Super Bowl of Track and Field) and my limbs went numb and cold in the 2nd lap of the 800m (half mile) and that’s when I knew I was in serious trouble.” Fields says, “I’m just a typical athlete who was taught to just perform through the pain. I thought I was just overtraining and had no idea how sick I was.”

In college Fields had undiagnosed gluten intolerance (a food intolerance to foods that contain gluten that is found in wheat and other grains). She thought her problems were over after finally being diagnosed correctly her senior year in college.

“It seems like I have had a lot of health issues, the tick bite is what made me finally take this health journey to find all the answers. And I did! I did ask myself “Why This?” and during my darkest hours I really wanted to die if I couldn’t beat it because that’s how debilitating it was. It was no way to live life. I was in pain and I was so fragile and sick I thought I was going to die in my sleep some nights,” Fields states.

From 2005 to 2008 Fields tried every conventional and unconventional medical treatment she could. Success was slow at the beginning but Fields says, “had I not tried everything I wouldn’t be in the position I am in now, I’m healthier then I’ve ever been in my life and my training is proving it. With Lyme the bacteria has hundreds of different strains which means some Lyme is worse than others…not to mention is can mimic other diseases like Parkinson’s and that’s down right scary to think how many people have it and won’t ever know about it.”

Fields is excited about competing again and looks to compete at the World Championships this summer. Fields says, “I can’t look back and say poor me I wasn’t at the Olympics. I believe I went through this so that I can help others. I was going to go to medical school (at one point) but now I feel like I can help more people with illness by giving them the information they need to heal themselves. The technology and information is out there, but you have to dig for it. I never found ONE health care provider who had all the answers so I had to become the expert not just in Lyme Disease but in Disease!”

PL Fields is an outspoken athlete and educator who speaks candidly from the heart. Fields writes a free health newsletter called Health to Heart, which is available at http://www.HealthtoHeart.com . Her newsletter discusses methods of treatment for illness, preventing disease, staying healthy, new technologies in health from around the world and more! ###

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