Athena Brownson

But it has come through adversity and through fighting every single day to keep going because there are most days I don't want to. And to be able to have a career for me, real estate, that is something I'm so passionate about and is my why.

But it has come through adversity and through fighting every single day to keep going because there are most days I don't want to. And to be able to have a career for me, real estate, that is something I'm so passionate about and is my why.

I work with people that I love, that I built lifelong relationships with and helping them to really buy and sell a home is the biggest transaction you do in your life. And to be a part of people's lives in that way and a part of

I work with people that I love, that I built lifelong relationships with and helping them to really buy and sell a home is the biggest transaction you do in your life. And to be a part of people's lives in that way and a part of

each chapter through home that's my why and it keeps me getting out of bed even when i don't want to so it's really been an evolution of understanding what my why is and get building my toolkit for continuing forward even when i don't want that's so much we can dive into here

each chapter through home that's my why and it keeps me getting out of bed even when i don't want to so it's really been an evolution of understanding what my why is and get building my toolkit for continuing forward even when i don't want that's so much we can dive into here

So I was 25 years old and that's when I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. I am not actually sure when I was bit. So the way you get Lyme disease is a tick bite. I personally have never even seen a tick. We don't have a ton of ticks in Colorado, but as a professional skier, I was traveling globally and I was in heavily wooded areas. So at some point I was bit by a tick.

So I was 25 years old and that's when I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. I am not actually sure when I was bit. So the way you get Lyme disease is a tick bite. I personally have never even seen a tick. We don't have a ton of ticks in Colorado, but as a professional skier, I was traveling globally and I was in heavily wooded areas. So at some point I was bit by a tick.

That tick was carrying Lyme disease along with two other co-infections that I am also fighting. And Lyme is interesting as it lays dormant in your system until something weakens your immune system and it can come out and take over. For me, I ended up having neck surgery. I broke my neck skiing and my immune system took a hit from having neck surgery.

That tick was carrying Lyme disease along with two other co-infections that I am also fighting. And Lyme is interesting as it lays dormant in your system until something weakens your immune system and it can come out and take over. For me, I ended up having neck surgery. I broke my neck skiing and my immune system took a hit from having neck surgery.

It was weekend, and that's when all of my symptoms started to act up with Lyme disease. And I was really fortunate that a doctor knew a lot about Lyme disease. It's something that is a little bit new in the medical field. There's not a ton of doctors that are very Lyme literate, I like to say. And I was very fortunate to be diagnosed immediately.

It was weekend, and that's when all of my symptoms started to act up with Lyme disease. And I was really fortunate that a doctor knew a lot about Lyme disease. It's something that is a little bit new in the medical field. There's not a ton of doctors that are very Lyme literate, I like to say. And I was very fortunate to be diagnosed immediately.

It's been seven and a half years, almost eight now of fighting Lyme disease.

It's been seven and a half years, almost eight now of fighting Lyme disease.

I would love nothing more. And I was in the same boat. I had no idea what Lyme disease was before I was diagnosed with it. In fact, when my doctor suggested that we do testing for it, I laughed because I was so unaware of Lyme disease. And I also was very naive to how significant it is. So Lyme disease is interesting because it affects everyone differently.

I would love nothing more. And I was in the same boat. I had no idea what Lyme disease was before I was diagnosed with it. In fact, when my doctor suggested that we do testing for it, I laughed because I was so unaware of Lyme disease. And I also was very naive to how significant it is. So Lyme disease is interesting because it affects everyone differently.

So depending on what you're genetically predisposed to, whatever your genetic weaknesses are, Lyme attacks that so for some people that can be myalgia or rheumatoid arthritis a multitude of autoimmune diseases like i have i have an autoimmune disease where my body attacks my nerves so that's why i'm in pain all the time because my own body is attacking my nerves

So depending on what you're genetically predisposed to, whatever your genetic weaknesses are, Lyme attacks that so for some people that can be myalgia or rheumatoid arthritis a multitude of autoimmune diseases like i have i have an autoimmune disease where my body attacks my nerves so that's why i'm in pain all the time because my own body is attacking my nerves

It can look like psychiatric issues for some people. It can range from such a variety of symptoms that that's what makes it difficult to diagnose. However, Lyme is the fastest growing epidemic in the United States right now. So the number of people that are contracting Lyme from a tick, like I said, You get it from being bit by a tick.

It can look like psychiatric issues for some people. It can range from such a variety of symptoms that that's what makes it difficult to diagnose. However, Lyme is the fastest growing epidemic in the United States right now. So the number of people that are contracting Lyme from a tick, like I said, You get it from being bit by a tick.