--- title: Avril Lavigne Is 'Excited for Life After' Lyme Disease description: Avril Lavigne has been candid about her struggle with Lyme disease, and the singer opened up even more about her illness canonical: https://time.com/3940977/avril-lavigne-lyme-disease/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-30T02:10:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:44.088Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Avril Lavigne Is 'Excited for Life After' Lyme Disease og:description: "It’s like a second shot at life” og:url: https://time.com/3940977/avril-lavigne-lyme-disease/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f90e20686cc3d99/698859050b72e3aa106e4b9f/gettyimages-456250196.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Avril Lavigne Celebrates 30th Birthday og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Avril Lavigne Is 'Excited for Life After' Lyme Disease twitter:description: "It’s like a second shot at life” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f90e20686cc3d99/698859050b72e3aa106e4b9f/gettyimages-456250196.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Avril Lavigne Is 'Excited for Life After' Lyme Disease > Sponsored content. 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In case Lyme disease wasn’t bad enough, experts are now warning of dangerous tick-borne illness called Powassan virus._ by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Jun 30, 2015 2:10 AM UTC  Avril Levigne arrives at her 30th birthday celebration at the Bank nightclub in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on September 28, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev. Avril Levigne arrives at her 30th birthday celebration at the Bank nightclub in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on September 28, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev.Denise Truscello—WireImage/Getty Images by [Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ariana Bacle / Entertainment Weekly Jun 30, 2015 2:10 AM UTC Avril Lavigne has been candid [about her struggle with Lyme disease](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/01/avril-lavigne-opens-about-her-lyme-disease-i-thought-i-was-dying), and the singer opened up even more about her illness [in a new ABC News interview](https://gma.yahoo.com/avril-lavigne-m-doing-lot-better-lyme-disease-121753223--abc-news-music.html), in which she criticized doctors who didn’t take her health as seriously as they perhaps should have. “I was seeing every specialist and literally the top doctors, and … they would pull up their computer and be like, ‘Chronic fatigue syndrome?’” a teary Lavigne said. “Or, ‘Why don’t you try to get out of bed, Avril, and just go play the piano?’ … This is what they do to a lot of people who have Lyme disease. They don’t have an answer for them so they tell them, ‘You’re crazy.’” Lavigne was bedridden for multiple months, but is about halfway through her treatment now and says she is doing much better. “I think for me it’s like a second shot at life,” she said. “I want to go out there and truly do what I love, so I’m excited for life after this.” Watch the interview [here](https://gma.yahoo.com/avril-lavigne-m-doing-lot-better-lyme-disease-121753223--abc-news-music.html). 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