Everybody remembers rocking out to Avril Lavigne’s breakthrough single “Sk8ter Boi” when it was first launched in 2002—however for the final 5 years, the singer has all however disappeared from the highlight. The 34-year-old has been fairly open about her bodily and emotionally difficult battle with Lyme illness, detailing her struggles in a current letter to followers posted on her official web site.

In a brand new interview with Billboard, she delves deeper into her well being disaster, revealing that the sickness stored her in mattress for 2 years. Lavigne reveals that she began feeling unwell throughout her 2014 tour and went to a number of medical doctors. “I’m achy, I’m fatigued, I can’t get the fuck away from bed — what the f*ck is unsuitable with me?” she instructed them.

After it obtained worse, a buddy recommended she name Yolanda Hadid of The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills, who had been recognized with the situation. Hadid gave her the variety of a Lyme illness specialist. After that, Lavigne claims she was in mattress “for f*cking two years,” feeling “trapped” in her personal physique.

“I had accepted that I used to be dying,” she stated. “And I felt in that second like I used to be underwater and drowning, and I used to be making an attempt to come back as much as gasp for air. And actually underneath my breath, I used to be like, ‘God, assist me maintain my head above the water.’” Her expertise impressed her to put in writing the primary tune launched on her new album, “Head Above Water,” and although she continues to be indignant that she was bit by a tick, she has succeeded find the silver lining: “I’ve actually had the time to have the ability to simply be current, as a substitute of being, like, a machine: studio, tour, studio, tour. That is the primary break I’ve ever taken since I used to be 15,” she admits.