Avril Lavigne opens up about battle with Lyme disease

Avril Lavigne performs on stage during a concert at the Paramount, in Huntington, N.Y., Wednesday, Dec.11, 2013. (Donald Traill / Invision)

TORONTO - 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 a tick bit her last spring.

She's been recuperating at her home in Ontario with the help of her mom and her husband, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.