At 2013 MLB All-Star Game, Mets legend Tom Seaver, fighting back from Lyme disease and memory loss, ready for pitch A year ago the mention of the Mets hosting the All-Star Game for the first time since 1964 might have easily drawn a blank look on Seaver’s face. Forget about not registering places and events, Seaver had trouble remembering names and faces. Even scarier was the fact that he didn’t know why — until finally, about six months ago, he went to see a doctor who, after administering a series of tests and scans, determined he did not have dementia, as Seaver had feared, but rather was suffering from Stage 3 Lyme disease. Seaver had first contracted Lyme disease in 1991, working in his garden in Greenwich, Conn., where he lived at the time. For nearly 20 years it lay dormant in his body until gradually reoccurring in the form of memory loss, a sleep disorder, nausea and a general overall feeling of chemical imbalance. It has been a slow but steady road back — Seaver still takes a bunch of pills, most of them vitamins, every day, has changed his diet and no longer drinks his beloved wine, not even the highly rated Cabernet he produces in his GTS (for George Thomas Seaver) Vineyard — but Seaver, who was grateful a few months ago for feeling good for two to three straight days, now has mostly good days.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:01:50 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015