Rocker Avril Lavigne brought out her year-long battle with Lyme disease into open, saying she felt she was dying. In an interview with People, Avril Lavigne revealed that she was struck down with sickness, making her feel tired and light headed for months, before doctors finally diagnosed that she was suffering fromLyme disease.
According to Newsday, the singer revealed that the unnamed health issue she talked about back in December 2014 had been an ongoing case of Lyme disease, which had kept her bedridden for months.
"I felt like I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk and I couldn't move," the 30-year-old artist revealed in the new issue of People magazine, being published Friday.
Despite this, she reportedly estimates herself to be "80 percent better," there were times she says when she thought she was dying and was scared for her life. She further added that there were times when she couldn't even shower for a full week because she could barely stand. The Canadian singer said it felt like having all her life sucked out of her.
The announcement follows a viral Twitter direct message between the pop punk princess and a fan in Dec. 2014, when she revealed she had been ill but didn't open up about the extent of her sickness. Just within months, the full extent of the sickness hit her hard.
The "Let Go" singer said she had been in Las Vegas accompanied by her friend celebrating her 30th birthday in October, prior to her medical analysis, and couldn't understand what was wrong. Lavigne recalled to People that she could barely eat and had to leave from the pool to go lie in bed.
Avril attributed the Lyme disease to a bite she received in the spring of last year. Her husband, Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger visited her while on a tour break while her mother, Judy, moved in to the singer's Ontario home to care for her, according to People.
The Centers for Disease Control notes that nearly 300,000 people every year are diagnosed with Lyme disease in the U.S., effectively in the Northeast or Upper Midwest. Recent studies reveal that risks of Lyme disease are spreading, particularly in Canada as a result of the climate change as it expands the areas hospitable to ticks.
