A few years ago, Maia Pavey was busy running a photo lab studio in Woolwich. Now she is bedridden, suffering “crushing” fatigue, numbness, limb pain, dizziness and nausea.
“My independence is gone completely. Being bedridden and not being able to do anything is incredibly difficult, so I’m quite sad all the time,” Maia, 27, said.
“It’s even harder when I can’t do anything to cheer myself up.”
In March 2022 she contracted Covid-19, which rapidly deteriorated her health, leaving her bedbound since August 2023.
Her family spent more than a year not knowing what caused her symptoms, until she was diagnosed with Lyme disease in December 2024. It is thought Covid reactivated the disease which had been dormant for years.
