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Laurie Buckhout: “I had developed neurological Lyme. And at that point, it was…”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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My husband found it. Oh, my God. But at the time, I was starting to develop word loss. I had blurred vision, I had heart palpitations. So unbeknownst to me, I had developed neurological Lyme. And at that point, it was affecting my brainstem and my optic nerve. So at that time, antibiotics are just, you know, do almost nothing against it. It takes a whole lot of treatment post that. But I was pretty sick. (45:19–45:29)

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