Yes, we're definitely talking about long-term antibiotics, IV antibiotics in Nicole's case, and oral antibiotics. She has managed to survive that, shall we say. She did have an episode of pancreatitis in 2012, but that resolved in three days. Yes, it's a health risk, definitely, antibiotics; I completely agree. During her lifetime before she became ill with Lyme disease, she hardly ever had antibiotics.
It wouldn't be a choice that I would want for anyone, but I think without question it saved her life.