July 28, 2021 • bachelor insider
Ryan Sutter Is Fighting Lyme Disease with Extensive Treatment Plan
Ryan Sutter revealed how he is powering through his ongoing battle with Lyme disease.
The Bachelor Nation star took to Instagram this week to detail his extensive treatment plan after sharing his diagnosis in May. “Picture one is the first and last thing I see everyday. Picture two is my focus in between,” he wrote. “Both are healing but in very different ways.”
The first photo shows his supplements organized on a countertop. “These on top of other treatments like IV treatments, infrared saunas, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and an intentional diet are science based tactics intended to detoxify and rebuild my immune system.”
The franchise alum elaborated, “They are crazy expensive, somewhat experimental and not guaranteed to work. I can’t afford to do all of these at once so I try to find combinations that are doable without compromising too much effectiveness. I have friends that provide discounts and support but am always attempting to balance cost benefit while reducing the stress created by that effort — on me and those I love.”
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Ryan — who recently revived his career as a firefighter — also shared a photo of the stunning landscape in Avon, Colorado, where he lives with wife Trista Sutter and their children, son Maxwell, 14, and daughter Blakesley, 12.
“In nature balance is inherent and healing somewhat magical,” the dad of two added. “It is here where I want to be and here that justifies the efforts needed to find a way forward... And so it goes. Onward...”
Trista revealed in November that Ryan had been “struggling for months” with a mystery illness, which caused such debilitating symptoms as chronic fatigue and severe body aches. After myriad doctor appointments and tests, it was deduced this spring that Ryan had Lyme disease heightened by exposure to mold toxins.
“It seems to be that what happened is that my immune system was weakened through exposures to toxins and especially to mold,” Ryan said on a May episode of Trista’s “Better Etc.” podcast. “There are other people in the fire academy that probably had the same exposures who aren’t dealing with these exposures because their genetics are stronger, they’re able to get rid of the toxins easier.”
