In January of 2013 I found out that I had shingles. I was only 33, this was only for older people I thought. On top of that, just a few weeks later, I was in a serious car crash that totaled my car. Well, that was just the beginning of one of the worst years of health for me. I pretty much ended up getting every illness the passed through my walls. Soon the symptoms were getting serious. I was getting a tingling sensation throughout my arms and legs (just like when your foot falls a sleep, but it not ever leaving), I loss the use of my arm for a whole day, I had major neck and back pain, I had a pressure/fogginess in my head, a hard time focusing, my face was completely breaking out with boils, molluscum, and acne (this was something that was completely new to me, seeing that I was one of the few that have had maybe a handful of acne in my entire life), and I was having a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep due to the pain as well as having nightmares and thoughts that wouldn't leave me be!! Then when the tingling started in my face, that scared me and I became completely stressed. Throughout the year I had gone to my chiropractor as well as my doctor. I had physical therapy, I had a CT scan, I had lots of tests run on my blood and NOTHING. I was a picture of health, except low on vitamin D. I have 5 boys under the age of 10 and I needed to be healthy!
What do you do when no one can help you? You PRAY!!! I had been praying along the way, praying that the doctors would find out what the problem was, praying that my body would heal, but nothing. So one morning I prayed fervently and said I would do whatever it took to get healthy but I didn't know even where to go. Then that same day my sister called me and said that her friends had just finished this wellness program and that she got the feeling that she should call me and that I needed to go with her to Elizabeth. Well that was all it took, I told my sister that she had just answered my prayer and I was ready to try anything. I didn't know much about the program and maybe it was good I didn't know much, because the next 3-4 weeks were going to be some of the most interesting weeks of my life. I was about to go on a journey that completely changed my life. The first time a met with Elizabeth, she did her testing on me. She told me things that only I knew, it was pretty amazing, even made me cry. She says that she doesn't diagnose or treat symptoms, SHE IS NOT A DOCTOR and she made that completely clear but she does let your body tell your story and then helps clean your body so your body can heal itself. I signed up, with my eyes half closed, which was fine in this case :) I did the program with exactness, I lived about 40 minutes away and had to find some way to get up there 3 times a week for 3 1/2 weeks (needing to find babysitters for my little ones) to get hydrotherapy/colonics, in which I had lots of yeast, chemicals, metals, worms (yes little parasites), lots of stones and much more come out of me. It is pretty awful to see what is in your body. It only took a week to have almost all of my symptoms gone. I was sleeping well through the night with my thoughts and nightmares almost gone. My tingling was now just limited to my left hand and only upon waking in the morning. I have now lost 18 pounds as a result and have change my way of life (I didn't go vegan but am now informed about what I eat and what I need to look for when buying food so I can feed my family the best I can). I can now easily run 3-5 miles, it helps when you lose 18 pounds :). I have more energy!! My husband sees the biggest difference, but everywhere I go I am getting comments. Don't think though that this came easily. It takes every ounce of determination you can muster. You will have highs and lows. But it is most definitely worth it in the end. I just finished yesterday and look back and think, WOW, I really did that. More than anything, it taught me that I am powerful, I am in control of my life and I get to choose what I do, think and become. For me, all I want is to be a great wife, mother, friend, and neighbor. I had taken too much on and was dying along the sidelines. I completely simplified my life and am focusing on just the BEST things (even the good and better things have been taken out of my life). Right now I only have time for the BEST things. Through this journey, I have found a new freedom and I am in control of my destiny. I know trails come and they are there to shape us, but now I know I can get through it!! It was interesting that just prior to my health declining my mom asked me what if I could have financial freedom or health what would I want. You don't know me, but I LOVE TO GIVE (to everyone), it makes me so happy. So I said financial freedom, well after this year, I most definitely choose health, without your health you won't be around to give!! read more