article_snippet.sent: (CNN)When singer Avril Lavigne went missing from the scene, there was tons of speculation.
article_snippet.sent: Was CNN)When singer Avril Lavigne pregnant?
article_snippet.sent: Going through a split from Lavigne husband, Nickelback front man Chad Kroeger?
article_snippet.sent: Focus on the mystery intensified in December after a fan Twitter account posted a direct message from Lavigne when Lavigne solicited prayers, saying Lavigne was "having some health issues.
article_snippet.sent: Now Lavigne has revealed to People magazine that Lavigne was bedridden for five months after contracting Lyme disease.
article_snippet.sent: Lavigne believes that Lavigne was bitten by a tick last spring.
article_snippet.sent: The 30-year-old performer said Lavigne recuperated in Lavigne Ontario home, where Lavigne husband would use tour breaks to care for Lavigne and Lavigne mother moved in to assist.
article_snippet.sent: After Lavigne direct message about Lavigne health went viral, Lavigne was inundated with concern from fans.
article_snippet.sent: The get-well messages and videos they sent touched me so deeply," Lavigne said.
article_snippet.sent: Now declaring Lavigne "80 percent better," Lavigne is releasing a new single this month to support the 2015 Special Olympics and says that being ill was a "wake-up call" that has given Lavigne a new perspective.
article_snippet.sent: I really just want to enjoy life from here on out," Lavigne said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lavigne had been off the scene for a while .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lavigne says Lavigne was bedridden for months .
  