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Teacher with Lyme Disease: "I’m just surviving the symptoms...I never imagined it would get to this stage"

Karin O’Shea, a 26 year old secondary school teacher from Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry was diagnosed with lyme disease in April 2021 joined Andrea on the show...

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13.31 9 Feb 2022


Teacher with Lyme Disease: "I’m just surviving the symptoms...I never imagined it would get to this stage"


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13.31 9 Feb 2022


Karin O’Shea, a 26 year old secondary school teacher from Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry was diagnosed with lyme disease in April 2021. After a wrong initial diagnosis, the disease has now had a devastating effect on Karin. She set up a GoFundMe as she needed funding to travel to get treatment in Germany.

Karin joined Andrea on the show to tell her the story of her diagnosis and about her treatment in plan in Germany...

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