Bedford is passionate about helping other parents advocate for their children and she wants all parents to trust their gut and never give up when it comes to their children’s health. She’s a congenital Lyme disease advocate and gave a presentation about it at the LymeMind Conference.Īs a mother, Ms. Bedford, her husband, and two daughters all have Lyme disease.

She uses her God-given talents to help the chronic Lyme disease community and she’s given over $8,000,000 to 1,150 Lyme patients since starting LymeLight. Bedford is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Political Economics. Phyllis Bedford is the founder of LymeLight Foundation, a not-for-profit whose mission is to provide grants which enable eligible children and young adults with Lyme disease to receive proper treatment and medication as well as to raise awareness about Lyme disease. PS Jenn Hyla special guest co-hosted this interview with Rich from Tick Boot Camp! If you would like to learn how a young nurse is utilizing customized care to manage the challenges of Lyme disease, then tune in now!

Bork has utilized a variety of treatments including antibiotics, ozone, herbals, IV glutathione, and probiotics to reassemble 60% of her health. She was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease (Borrelia Burgdorferi, Borrelia Afzelii, Borrelia Garinii, and Borrelia Andersonii) after “begging a doctor to test her”. Her visits to medical professionals resulted in misdiagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), rheumatoid arthritis, depression, anxiety disorder, and anorexia. In December, she also discovered a “rash that progressively spread throughout whole body”. Last year, her health took a “terrible turn” causing her to feel pain all over her body that she “could not seem to remedy”. However, in 2011 her health bounced back and forth between “failure to thrive” to weight gain in “excess of 60 pounds” trigging her to regularly visit the hospital She is currently on a healing sabbatical from her passion profession.Īlthough she was symptomatic since the age of 10, she largely enjoyed an idyllic childhood. Katie Bork is a 23-year-old nurse from Loveland, Colorado. PS Daisy White special guest co-hosted this interview with Rich from Tick Boot Camp! If you would like to learn more about how Lyme disease took a holistic wellness coach back home to the nurturing power of food, then tune in now!

She was also inspired to serve the chronic illness community by building a business around the physical, emotional and spiritual healing powers of food. Brescia tested positive and began treatment for Lyme disease. There she connected with folks on social media and was told by Micaela Hoo (Tick Boot Camp Podcast episode 318) that her health symptoms “sounded kind of Lymie ” and recommended that she visit LLMD Dr.

Hopeful that a change of environment would offer her an opportunity to overcome a healing plateau, she moved from New York to California. After she tested negative for Lyme disease, her doctors diagnosed her with intracranial hypertension caused by “bad luck”. The severe symptoms caused her to visit a hospital and several doctors including a a neuro ophthalmologist. The practice of daily food preparation during her childhood had nurtured and connected her with her culture and family despite being “unable to function like a normal person or do normal things”.Īt the age of 25, she began to lose her vision and brain function. Brescia grew up in the bosom of an ethnic New York Italian family. Dianna Brescia is a holistic wellness coach, the entrepreneurial founder of Kitchen Remedy and native New Yorker residing in sunny California.

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