Trista & Ryan Sutter Reflect On His Lyme Disease Diagnosis A Year Later

Ryan Sutter is opening up in more detail about his battle with Lyme disease.

If you don’t know, the former Bachelorette star was diagnosed with the condition following a series of medical mysteries last year.

Since finding out about his condition, Ryan has underwent two major surgeries but has returned to work.

In a new interview, Ryan, along with wife Trista Sutter, are opening up about the struggles that they faced over the course of it all.

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While speaking with People, Ryan says that he “was only thinking about how to survive the day…but I feel like my life is coming back. And that’s been really encouraging.”

He recalls that he was feeling “really really drained. My body hurt, I had zero energy and even getting up from the couch seemed impossible. And then, it just started spiraling rapidly.”

“It took over my life,” Ryan added. “I’d always felt like I could persevere through anything. But I couldn’t persevere through this. I never got to the point where I thought I’d rather be dead. But I could sympathize with people who would rather kill themselves than live through something.”

Trista said, “Ryan is our everyday hero, so to see him feel like crap, that just weighs on you.”

Now that Ryan finally has answers, he says that “the tide is turning, and I’m feeling better, and I appreciate the little things more now. It’s a perspective change.”

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