Misdiagnosed for Years: Sarah’s Story (80)
This conversation is part one of Sarah’s story and focuses on her personal health crash, misdiagnoses, near-death experiences with treatments, and the emotional toll of being dismissed by the medical system. We end with the hope: she did come out the other side, and that journey is exactly why she now helps others who feel stuck and unheard.
Ever been told “your labs look normal” while you feel anything but? In this episode, Sarah Reilly shares a no‑BS account of what it’s like to lose your health in your 20s, get bounced around the medical system, and finally learn that Lyme disease and co‑infections were driving the chaos. It’s raw, detailed, and surprisingly hopeful.
Why Listen
- Hear a real story of undiagnosed Lyme disease that went eight years without a proper diagnosis.
- Learn how repetitive stress injury, thoracic outlet syndrome, parasites, and mercury poisoning all missed the root cause.
- Get an inside look at multiple chemical sensitivity and EMF sensitivity—and what “living like the girl in the bubble” actually means.
- Understand how stem cells, homeopathy, and careful nutrition helped rebuild her gut, hormones, and nervous system.
- Pick up practical self‑advocacy tips for when doctors say “everything is normal” but you know it’s not.
Mentioned on the show:
- Bauman College (nutrition training referenced via Sarah’s background): https://baumancollege.org
- Cedar Sinai Medical Center (hospital where Sarah was treated): https://www.cedars-sinai.org
- Building Biology Institute (Larry teaches building biology): https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org
- Gust Enviro / Larry Gust (building biologist): https://gustenviro.com
Guest: Sarah Reilly
Sarah Reilly is a functional medical nutritionist and burnout recovery specialist, and the founder of Get Nourished, a virtual nutrition practice serving high‑achieving professionals and people with complex chronic conditions. After losing her own health to undiagnosed Lyme disease, mercury toxicity, and severe chemical and EMF sensitivity, she rebuilt her life through holistic nutrition, functional medicine, homeopathy, and stem cell‑based therapies and now helps others reclaim their energy and resilience.
- Website: https://getnourished.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-reilly-nutritionist
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Sarah Reilly is a functional medicine nutritionist and burnout recovery specialist, and the founder of Get Nourished, a virtual nutrition practice serving high-achieving professionals and people with complex chronic conditions. She came to this work after her own long battle with undiagnosed Lyme disease and autoimmunity, which conventional care failed to resolve, pushing her to study holistic nutrition and functional medicine starting around 2008. Over 16+ years of clinical practice, she has helped thousands of clients get to the root cause of bloating, fatigue, inflammation, and burnout, using personalized nutrition, gut repair, and lifestyle-based protocols rather than quick-fix pills or fad diets.
