Kelly Osbourne opens up about battle with neurological disease

Kelly Osbourne detailed her struggle with stage III neurological Lyme disease in her first memoir There’s No F***ing Secret: Letters From a Badass B****, the Daily Mail reports.

In an excerpt from the 32-year-old presenter's 256-page tome - obtained by Us Weekly - she revealed she came down with the tick-borne disease in a reindeer sanctuary in the backyard of her family's England home in 2004.

After misdiagnosis led to her feeling like a "vegetable" on too many pills, the Project Runway: Junior judge spent two weeks at alternative medicine practitioner Philip Battiade's German clinic for $40K.

"I’d first met [Philip] when he treated my brother for MS," Kelly explained.

"I was relieved to finally know what was going on, but I was also scared s***less ... I started stem cell therapy. Rather than trying to kill off the disease with antibiotics, this treatment worked to strengthen my immune system so my body could fight off and get rid of the disease on its own, which is a much more complete and lasting cure."

Osbourne continued: "I've kept quiet about my Lyme disease, not only for fear of pharmaceutical companies coming after me because of the cure I found in Germany but also because it seems like the trendy disease to have right now."

The nepotistically-privileged daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne said she was tired of seeing "sad celebrities play the victim on the cover of weekly mags."

"Since I know firsthand how awfully debilitating it is, I know who really has it and who is just trying to prolong their 15 minutes," the London-born, LA-raised star said.

"I don’t understand how anyone could think that the life you have to live with Lyme disease is glamorous. I’ve learned to advocate for myself when it comes to my health, and I trust my intuition. If I think something is wrong, I refuse to let anyone dismiss it. And sadly, I stay the f*** away from reindeer."

This article was first published on Daily Mail and is republished here with permission.