The Bachelor's Daisy Kent has revealed the intimate and startling details about her treatment and recovery for Lyme disease at a clinic in Germany.
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Daisy's health crisis began when she was diagnosed with Lyme disease at age 21, and she detailed that traumatic time in her life in a recent TikTok video.
"They think that I've had [Lyme disease] since I was really, really little. I started having seizures and other issues when I was around 11. They called them stroke-like seizures because I would lose my ability to move my body. Sometimes it was just half of my body that wouldn't work and I wasn't able to talk," Daisy recalled to her 176,000-plus followers.
Daisy said doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her for a long time, presumably because Lyme disease can go misdiagnosed for a long time.
"When I was diagnosed, I started doing different treatments. I went the herbal route and did all of that. I was drinking a jug of this syrup stuff. It was a lot. I was taking a lot of herbal pills. I was going to acupuncturists and all those things," Daisy shared.
But Daisy's symptoms apparently started getting worse at that time.
"It was getting to the point where I would be having a conversation with someone and I would just completely lose my train of thought and I would have no idea what I just said," Daisy explained.
"Also, my body hurt all the time -- everywhere, all my joints -- and then it got to the point where I physically just laid in bed all day. I couldn't get up. My head always hurt. My ears would ring so loud and I had vertigo all the time."
Daisy said that when she attempted to walk, she'd have to focus on every single step because she was so off balance.
"And I was losing my hearing. They couldn't figure out anything with my hearing besides for Lyme, so then we started really trying to attack the Lyme. I started doing antibiotic infusions and I was taking 26 pills a day," Daisy revealed.
"I would go sit and get infusions, and afterwards, I would be so sick that I would be dry heaving in the toilet."
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Daisy shared how she was under a lot of stress and would "freak out randomly" in the presence of her friends.
"It got really bad, to the point where I wasn't even functioning. From a few family friends and some people I knew in my sorority, we heard about this place called Klinik St. Georg. We decided that I was going to go there. It's an inpatient treatment center for Lyme and cancer," Daisy said.
"I was there for a little bit over a month, and it was crazy. It's completely out of pocket because it is overseas and insurance doesn't really cover anything to do with Lyme disease."
Daisy explained how her sister Adeline had created a GoFundMe page for her and raised almost all of the money she needed for the treatment.
When Daisy arrived at Klinik St. Georg in Germany, she begun an intensive treatment program that went on for a little over one month.
"The main thing they do there is whole-body hypothermia. They put you under and raise your body temperature up to 107.6 degrees. Your whole body, even your head. That kind of kills off the Lyme," Daisy explained.
"You do that twice and then they also do plasmapheresis, where they take out your blood, clean your plasma, and put it back in. When they took out my blood, it was dirt brown, and when they put it back in, it was a bright yellow color. My mercury levels were through the roof."
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"They planted different bacteria into your stomach and all over, and that helps to kind of reset your microbiome. Because from all of the antibiotics and all of the health issues I had, they thought that would be really good for me to do. And I'm so happy I did that part," Daisy said.
Daisy shared how the clinic had administered many other treatments for her as well, including blue light therapy and ozone therapy.
"You're also around the clock getting infusions and different injections. It is a lot of needles. I had a port going into my chest. And you get a lot of enemas, a lot of stuff up your butt," Daisy said with a smile.
"You do detox baths, and you do other therapy where they stretch out your skin and stuff."
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Daisy explained how the clinic's approach combines Eastern and Western medicine.
"After the whole-body hypothermia, I got really sick. I don't remember most of the day after that because I was just so out of it, and I guess I was throwing up all over and stuff. It doesn't happen to everyone," Daisy recalled.
"I could only have one person with me, so my dad was with me the first two weeks, and then my mom came the second two weeks. If I ever got sick again, I would go back there in a second. All of the doctors and everyone were amazing, [but] you are in a different country, so there is a little bit of a language barrier."
About a month-and-a-half after her treatment in Germany, Daisy shared how she was "feeling amazing" and it was "crazy" to her.
"It was also interesting how they looked at your whole entire body versus just one thing that was going on... They were looking at my hormones and stuff too, and they balanced all of that out while I was there," Daisy said.
Once Daisy returned home, she had to take vitamins and supplements, in a strict timeline, to continue her full-body detox.
"If you want to go, I'm not going to say it was easy, because it was one of the hardest things I've ever done. But it was one of the best things I've ever done, and it completely changed my life," Daisy concluded.
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Daisy, however, insisted she's "super healthy" now and rocks her cochlear implant as a fashion statement.
Joey told The Bachelor cameras how he was so impressed by Daisy and her ability to overcome such adversity, while also turning challenges into positives.
"I am blown away, honestly," Joey revealed.
When Daisy showed Joey her cochlear implant, he called it "beautiful," and The Bachelor star told the bachelorette that he found her inspiring.
"Daisy is resilient... and to have that be the person that you're with, it's a huge trait that you can look to," Joey said in a confessional, adding, "I can see Daisy being someone I end up with at the end of all this, and it's exciting!"
Daisy founded a nonprofit organization called Hear Your Heart in April 2021 to support children with autoimmune disorders or hearing loss, and she also wrote the book Daisy Doo: All the Sounds She Knew to help kids discover "the beauty of" her "favorite sounds" thanks to a cochlear implant.
Daisy was just shown traveling to Malta with Joey and his remaining bachelorettes on The Bachelor. She appears to be a frontrunner to win Joey's heart on Season 28, and she recently thanked Bachelor Nation for everyone's support.
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