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Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian Reveals He Is Battling Lyme Disease

“[C]an’t keep me down, tick!”

In his following post, Ohanian admitted that the diagnosis came as “quite a surprise” given that he doesn’t spend much time in the Northeast or in the wilderness, where ticks are most common. “I’ve got a loved one who had it a few years back, showed tons symptoms etc and just couldn’t figure it out until they tested him for it and then found it (treated it successfully, too). Other celebrities the disease has affected include Shania Twain, Ben Stiller, Avril Lavigne, Alec Baldwin, and Justin Bieber.

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