A mum-of-two has issued a warning after contracting an illness which has “taken over her life” when she was bitten by a tick on a family picnic.
Olivera Marshall contracted Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick on a family picnic in 2020 and is now speaking out about the devastating symptoms.
She said: “It’s very very painful. I felt like I was being stabbed by thousands of knives all over my body. It was the most horrific thing, honestly so painful. Every bone in my body was hurting, it was just horrible.
