[post_page_title]A troubling diagnosis[/post_page_title]
However, the close-knit family hasn’t had all happy times, and in 2012 Yolanda was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, an infectious disease caused by bacteria which is spread by ticks. She suffered for years with serious joint pain, exhaustion, and insomnia. By the time she was diagnosed the antibiotics did not help, and her symptoms worsened. In 2015 at the Global Lyme Alliance Gala in New York, she revealed that her two children, Bella and Anwar, have also been suffering for years with the same disease.
