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Mother diagnosed with MS and facing life in a wheelchair is cured – after she discovered her symptoms were due to a TICK BITE

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 PUBLISHED 17 June 2013

  • Julia  Marshall-Wessendorf, 37, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in  2010
  • An MRI scan  showedlesions on her  brain and spinal cord consistent with MS
  • Was on expensive drug  regime and thought she faced future in a wheelchair
  • Developed other symptoms  inconsistent with MS so did some research
  • Went to doctor and asked  for test for tick-borne Lyme disease
  • It came back positive so  she was treated with a simple course of antibiotics

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