'It strips you of your dignity' - Kerry teacher seeks funds for Lyme disease treatment

Karin O’Shea, aged 26, said: “Being aware of your own body and brain depleting daily is utterly terrifying."

Karin O’Shea has been forced to give up her teaching job at St Brendan’s College in Killarney, Co. Kerry, “indefinitely”. Photo via GoFundMe

A secondary school teacher whose Lyme disease can’t be treated here because of a late diagnosis has set up a GoFundMe page for vital treatment in Germany.

Karin O’Shea’s life has been destroyed as infection has spread to her joints, heart, nervous system and brain.