Avril Lavigne is Recovering
Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne says she's recovering from a months-long battle with Lyme disease.
The Napanee, Ont.-raised singer-songwriter tells People magazine she was diagnosed with a severe case of the disease last fall.
In an exclusive cover story on the magazine's website, the 30-year-old says she was bedridden for five months.
She says she could barely eat, had trouble breathing and moving, and thought she was ``dying.''
Lavigne says she thinks she came down with the disease when she was bit by a tick last spring.
She's been recuperating at her home in Ontario with the help of her mom and her husband, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.