Believe Me

In early 2011, just after her second wedding, Yolanda fell ill. From an outspoken, multi-tasking social butterfly she descended into a thick, paralysing cocoon. She lost the ability to read, write, or even watch television; suffered from severe fatigue, intense anxiety, insomnia, joint pain, Bell's [...]
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In early 2011, just after her second wedding, Yolanda fell ill. From an outspoken, multi-tasking social butterfly she descended into a thick, paralysing cocoon. She lost the ability to read, write, or even watch television; suffered from severe fatigue, intense anxiety, insomnia, joint pain, Bell's palsy, migraines, and intermittent total loss of eyesight. From inside this hell she sought answers that never seemed to come, and spoke to specialist after specialist who were all left baffled. Her perfect marriage became strained; the precious family that she had always supported was breaking; her life was coming apart at the seams. Then after months of unimaginable suffering, Yolanda Foster was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Yet her suffering still grew, and doctors continued to dismiss her pain. That was when Yolanda realised she had a mission: to use her new platform to bring relief to other sufferers being misdiagnosed and dismissed, as she was. She was honest, unapologetic, and raw in how she portrayed Lyme disease on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and on social media. In no time, she got thousands of e-mails, letters, and met families who were suffering, felt lost and scared.She would call, give advice, and lend support whenever she could. Now, in her no-holds-barred memoir, Yolanda shares intimate details of the darkness of her pain; how her relationships with her loved ones have been affected by her illness; and how her children, two of whom are sufferers of Lyme as well, have been her reason to continue even in her lowest moments.