By Hassan Sanusi, with agency reports
Avril Lavigne thought she was ‘dying’ when she couldn’t talk or move while suffering Lyme disease.
The 30-year old singer feared her life was coming to an end after she was struck down with the infectious disease, which is caused by tick bites, in October resulting in her being bedridden for five months.
She said: ‘I felt like I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t talk and I couldn’t move. I thought I was dying.’
‘I had no idea a bug bite could do this. I was bedridden for five months.’
She added to PEOPLE magazine: ‘There were definitely times I couldn’t shower for a full week because I could barely stand.
‘It felt like having all your life sucked out of you.’
While the star admits she is only ‘80 per cent better’ at the moment, she is determined to get on with her life and paid tribute to her fans for helping her through her recovery.
She said: ‘They were asking about me since I was MIA, so I mentioned to one fan directly that I wasn’t feeling good.
‘The get-well messages and videos they sent touched me so deeply.’
