The Warrior’s New Chapter: A Story of Grit and Determination
🌿 The Warrior’s New Chapter: A Story of Hope and Grit
She walked into TLC for the first time yesterday—accompanied by her father, shoulders heavy with years of relentless battles. Behind her calm resolve and open smile lay a storm of trials: migraines that began with adolescence, Lyme that crept in like a thief, and a cascade of infections—Bartonella, Babesia—that stole time, energy, and the vitality she once knew so well.
Yet here she stood—38 years into life, feet planted on the sacred soil of a healing journey. Not broken, but fiercely whole in her determination. She is not defined by diagnoses. She is defined by her decision to fight.
🛡️ A Journey Marked by Perseverance
Her story is one of complexity—like so many warriors we meet at TLC. For years, she was strung along by uncertainty and under-treatment. She was told her tests were “negative” when only one band lit up with the truth. She felt invisible—until her body screamed loud enough with migraines, POTS, and sepsis to finally be heard. And then came the heartbreak: loss of beloved dogs, a home fire in college, and an immune system battered by antibiotics and grief.
Still—she kept going. Even when her tailbone ached and her heel protested every step. Even when PICC lines turned septic and hospital stays hijacked her milestones. Even as her once-active life—hunting, hiking, climbing—shrunk to recovery rooms and rest days.
🌱 A New Beginning at TLC
At TLC, we do not offer cookie-cutter protocols. We offer partnership. We specialize in individual healing, honoring the complexity of each path. In her case, the layers are many. Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia, and suspected mold toxicity intertwine like brambles on the trail. Peeling back those layers will take more than a single visit. It may take months. But this warrior is ready.
We may begin in an unconventional place—because her symptoms are not linear, and her healing won’t be either. Some days the POTS hits harder. Some days she walks her dogs for miles. We listen. We follow her lead. Every warrior’s journey is different—and hers is being carefully mapped, one deliberate step at a time.
🔬 Tools for Transformation
Together, we’re crafting a plan of action—one that may include EBOO (Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation and Ozonation), therapeutic apheresis to cleanse the system more deeply, and high-dose phosphatidylcholine (PC) to restore cellular integrity. Her labs will help shape our direction, but her voice leads it.
This is not a sprint. This is a transformation. And she has shown time and again that she is capable of enduring, adapting, and rising.
✨ A Spark of Clarity
Already, there are glimmers of light: clearer thoughts, a brighter mood, less frequent migraines with the help of Botox. She knows her body better than anyone—sensing the moment something shifts, and trusting herself more deeply now. Her farmstead, her dogs, her resilience—they anchor her. They remind her she’s alive and fighting for the life she deserves.
🤝 A Healing Partnership
At TLC, we don’t just treat illness—we treat people. She came to us through a trusted source, Dr. Horowitz, with high hopes. Now, hope is rooted in action. She will be heard. She will be guided. She will never walk this journey alone again.
This is the beginning of her next chapter—and we are honored to walk beside her, every step of the way.