Yolanda Hadid speaks out about her 'invisible' struggle with Lyme disease

[@fatimah1]

I really love Yolanda. I had graves disease now I have hashimotos soo I feel like I can relate to the fight, the helplessness and the fact that other people dont understand or believe you. Its like having a broken arm but no one can see it or believes you.

[@jesustryingheh6864]

Repent..❤

[@squishysamm]

Graves AND Hashimotos are the chronic result of untreated "lyme" aka a Borrelia infection. This is the exact problem with the world and lyme. nobody thinks they have it but they can "relate". Nobody is relating, your all sick.

[@sowilli4613]

Thank you for sharing. This disease is awful, i am so thankful it is finally starting to gain some recognition because of stars like her and shows like yours.

[@iatinom22]

Avril Lavigne suffered a lot, she could not get out of bed, she was desperate and the doctors only told her that she was tired. Shania Twain began to lose her voice, everyone said that it was because of fatigue, anguish, for not to cry and express her pains. 14 years later a doctor discovered that her vocal nerves are semi-paralyzed and was caused by Lyme disease. She can`t sing like she used to and at times you can hear that she talks and her voice disappear. Not even famous people are properly diagnosed. It is a deceptive disease, which simulates others, but I can see that doctors are losing the point frequently and this desease doesn`t get the attention that it should.

[@thirtyflirtythriving]

Amazing. She took the words right out of my mouth

[@carlyfaiith]

My mom is suffering from a disease called Trigeminal neuralgia and is in remission right now but it’s chronic pain in her face and I can relate to this so much because my mom has wanted to die from the pain and no one understood and I walked side by side with her in this journey and even though she’s okay right now there is always that fear if could come back. I’ve watched her suffer such a depression and lay on the bathroom floor screaming. I love you Yolanda thank you for speaking out about chronic illnesses and how people say they aren’t real and how healthcare should be affordable for all ♥️♥️😇🙏🏻 you are an angel

[@kami_k7]

Thank you Yolanda for bringing awareness to this debilitating disease. Watching the other housewives treat u so horribly when u clearly were so ill made my blood boil. Thank you for continuing to use your platform to help educate people 💕

[@judithpriestess7781]

She's an incredible mother and woman. It's so evident. I wish her the best.

[@mrs.christina111]

So sorry for your struggles, and ur children's. Stay positive ❤...

[@florence1395]

Yolanda seems a lovely lady & her family seem lovely also! I have suffered years with a chronic illness that's not visible & unless you know me you would often think I'm ok, but I never am. I try so hard to keep up & act normal & carry on but it's hard. My life is good but my health holds me back. It's the guilt I feel for not being able to do what I want for my family & very close friends. But because others cannot see they make you feel like you are lying & this is the worst, so I tend to shut myself away! X 🌹x

[@tonimontana8742]

Curly Clocks I'm and I was 25 when I find out that I have a illness that you can't see . Also I had a great job doing super well but I find out that I was running my life in too the group and I had to having some much op down on my body because I didn't slow down. And now that I am old and my illness has became worst. I can't even work and there is nothing more than I would love too be doing . As I feel like I have nothing to show about my life and it is so dam hard mealth

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I’m in the same situation. I had a severe nerve compression injury and I was gaslighted by more than ten doctors. I’ve had the three surgeries I needed but neuritis is invisible. I don’t get the support I need either.

[@egalo-medina6859]

Chronic Lyme doesn't exist, but Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome does exist. At some point, antibiotics no longer help because the Lyme spirochetes are gone but the systemic disrepair they have caused along with the body's immune response has damaged the joints and organs to the extent that they can no longer be repaired by the body alone. Sometimes, the body has an autoimmune response to Lyme that never shuts off and the immune system continues damaging the body's tissues. This is an unfortunate reality for many people, and currently, doctors are only focused on symptom management. Lyme disease is becoming increasingly common, and hopefully advances will be made sooner rather than later for the sake of the quality of life of millions of people.

[@josecruzes4772]

Love her how she cares about humanity

[@mikala3480]

We stand with Yolanda the Dutch Queen! Thank you for sharing your struggles. Even without having Lyme disease, I have been inspired by your story.

[@cookiegreen5408]

I'm glad that you Londa is showing people and telling people of what she has gone through like any disease it can be misdiagnosed and you knew not know what you're going through you could be going through Sims symptoms of Lyme disease I have some other immune disease I'm glad that she's bringing attention and trying to raise money to find the cure for Lyme disease and maybe other than immune diseases that exist I wish all the people would have the courage to do so so just saying oh and just not doing anything

[@libbygleeson6932]

Shania Twain has Lyme too apparently magnesium helps 💕

[@ovh992]

I have trouble with word retrieval but i wrote a book.

[@dingdong9871]

I feel very sorry for this women.... In spite of all the suffering and pain she have been through still she had to go through hell in the hands of her son in law Zayn.... He was beating her up like a trash...... Not a great thing you did Zayn.... Shame on you, you are a disgrace.....

[@natalieps2387]

I wonder when she said being on the floor sweating trying to please people she was talking about that ego maniac David foster . Are they sure she wasn't misdiagnosed just curious bc Lyme can be undetectable

[@elainefinn5075]

Wrote a Lyme disease brochure with the help of 2 Lyme specialists. Will email a copy to anyone interested. God bless

[@randyg4629]

Elaine Finn [e-mail] I’ll take it

[@brownsugga1981]

[e-mail] I’m battling Lyme and I feel so alone

[@your_princesa_isabelg]

Happy birthday Yolanda

[@dubinatub1]

doctors need towake up to Lyme.

[@MRAIDANGWALSH]

undiagnosed Ehlers Danlos Syndrome a Genetic Born connective tissue disorder & it runs in Families the question is does Lyme become violent with EDS 3 or other types I do not believe it is Lyme as the Cause...

[@christinakader8633]

I love you Yo ❤️

[@abbyyyy41]

Why is her last name hadid I thought it was foster

[@MonicaSilva-rh7lm]

She's not married to David Foster anymore

[@gerardinecizmar]

She was married to her children's father and his last name was Hadid. Then she married the composer David Foster. Her birth name is Yolanda Johanna Jacoba van den Herik. I don't know why she goes by her first married name instead of her last. Maybe it's because she had kids with Hadid.

[@gerardinecizmar]

@@MonicaSilva-rh7lm True. He married Katherine McPhee who became famous on American Idol. He's 69 and she's 35 so he's basically old enough to be her father.

[@aavalestormiconicperformer]

I think that she may be holding back some real tea.

[@geewizlana]

Her husband left her and I dont blame him. It's one thing to say you're struggling, another to bring the kids into it and say they have it too....it was sketchy how she went about this whole thing. People felt torn because Yolanda is notorious for attention seeking behavior.....but to then be like, "dont believe me? My kids have it too."...and it's the one disease that no one can prove or disprove.

[@Lovinglydanni]

Please be quiet! She never did anything attention seeking on rhobh or at all to indicate she was faking. People didn’t feel torn, people just had no compassion because it was something they didn’t know about. Knowledge is power and lack of knowledge scares people like you who can’t help me prey of the sick because you’re ignorant to her disease. I hope you get help

[@AnnaLexi]

*LOL thank you!! 👏🏻 Glad I’m not the only one who feels like that…* *Oh & isn’t it interesting that all of her kids have it except her perfect favorite daughter Gigi?! Wow!!* 🙄 *And especially with the recent exposure about her with Zayn & other things, I don’t believe her for one bit & NEVER WILL!!*

[@janetjonesjones1818]

Lyme in england is when you been bit by a tick

[@7777lizabeth]

Sounds like Fibromyalgia. Same exact symptoms as Fibromyalgia!!!!

[@angelheart5963]

Elizabeth Andrew true I thought the same

[@lisettehulsebosch7744]

Lyme can act the same way. A lot of people who are diagnosed with other diseases actually have lyme.

[@zulemadelcastillo4409]

Dr Rawls has a supplementation protocol for both fibromyalgia and Lyme disease because he had both. Apparently, the same spirochete drills through your body causing havoc. My 20 yr old daughter has struggled for 4 years with Lyme disease.

[@amynava2444]

ok but gigi and bella are NOT supermodels lmao

[@jovalecrz675]

they are get over it

[@83perth]

Absolutely not

[@gerardinecizmar]

Amy Nava I agree. The real supermodels existed in the 80's and 90's. They were practically movie stars. These girls modeling now are a joke.

[@reginab875]

Liar!

[@edss7778]

Turtlenecks.. would there be a connection w this disease? That it helps

[@skyeyoung8714]

To me it wasn't lyme disease I think she has Aneroxia struggling with her weight not eating properly as a Model.She wasn't happy she used food as her control of numbing her unhappiness.She on Instagram now all better all happy no mention of Lyme disease.

[@siouxkaye7313]

I believe she did struggle a long time with Lyme disease. It's hard to detect and hard to heal.

[@crissy7312]

Skye are you a doctor - yeah, I didn't think so 🙄

[@kelsiegale]

Love you Yolanda!

[@acoleman9036]

;)

[@funone2312]

she has millions and dont work,please stop telling us how hard your life is.

[@rhtdm4me]

fun one somebody's bank account and how they feel physically is two completely different things. I hope you never have to experience it.

[@funone2312]

i have faced far worst then her its life its unfair....she needs to suck it up.

[@VivienMaron]

It doesn't matter how much money you have, if you're sick and all the money you have can't seem to help you get better it's tough. While she was going through the worst part of Lyme disease, her two kids were struggling with it and she went through a divorce and had to move somewhere else. On top of that, part of her support system started questioning whether she is actually sick or just faking it. It doesn't matter how much money you have, if you don't have good health or a good support system you hate your life and life gets hard. Sure, money makes it easier because you don't have to worry financially, but money comes and goes. The most important things in life are good health and a good support system, which at some point she didn't have, and money can't buy that. For all you know she may have struggled financially at some point during her treatment because she had to fly everywhere and pay for experimental treatments and up to 150 pills a day worth of medicine. Even if you have millions, sickness can make millions disappear really fast.

[@funone2312]

The father of the kids said they are not ill and have not been and David's Adult girls said if she was so ill why was she taping a show and out partying. Not saying if he has it or not,but she sure used being "deadly i'll" as a story line in a show and now a book....dont be played!

[@VivienMaron]

He was asked how the kids are doing and he said "fine." That doesn't mean anything in terms of their disease. When it comes to private matters, people that are well known like to keep things private. Heck, I keep my stuff private. As for the show, over time her appearance was limited and she was mostly filmed while being treated or in bed. There were few occasions where she participated in activities. When you're sick for a long time, and you have one or two decent days, you dress up and go out and live, because those are very rare and cherished days. People with diseases like Lyme and Lupus and LES look fine when you look at them. But in reality they are usually in a lot of pain, and it's not always easy to diagnose them with the disease. Even cancer patients look fine BEFORE they get their treatment. The treatment causes cancer patients to look sick, but the disease itself isn't all that visible. Whether it's true or not, she's shedding some light and bringing awareness about diseases that need more attention, education and research funding. When you talk to somebody that suffers from one of those diseases, you'll find out they greatly appreciate the attention she has brought onto the topic itself.

[@Mrsbehavin59]

Guess what Yolanda - it is ok to get old - ok