I struggled with health throughout both my childhood and adult life, with chronic fatigue, migraines, headaches, frequent colds and viruses, anemia, hypoglycemia, and menses that caused so much pain I would  need to stay in bed for an entire day. These symptoms continued through the births of my children and their early childhood, making early motherhood very challenging. I was that mom who struggled to care for young children and run a household while barely being able to function myself.

The tipping point came after a very stressful cross-country move. I began experiencing vertigo and constant back and leg pain, relying on 10-12 ibuprofen daily to manage the pain. My menstrual cycles became longer, heavier and more irregular, with breakthrough bleeding most months. I was diagnosed with uterine fibroids and told to manage the pain with NSAIDs. 

Then  hypothyroid symptoms set in: creeping weight gain, hair loss, cold intolerance, and brain fog. I began an exhaustive search for a doctor or specialist that could help, but my symptoms were dismissed as just hormones. No one believed I had anything wrong.

I began having neurological symptoms, and a naturopath finally diagnosed me with stage 4 neurological Lyme Disease. I continued to see this doctor for a while but those treatments and supplements did not prevent my health from continuing to decline. Feeling lost, I began to search frantically for answers online, trying all kinds of promising, trendy supplements, protocols, and herbs. Nothing worked, and my health continued to decline.

By early 2016, my health reached its lowest point. I was in chronic pain from debilitating endocrine, reproductive, neurological, and digestive symptoms. I was experiencing deep fatigue and struggling to walk at times. Large amounts of over-the-counter NSIAIDs no longer worked. As someone who historically declined prescription painkillers, I resigned myself to living with pain. At this point I became partially bed bound, collapsing back into bed after seeing my kids off to school to reserve energy for the end of the school day. I would pull myself out of bed up just before school ended, then transfer to the couch to continue resting whenever possible. Many days  my husband would handle dinner and the kids’ nighttime routines.

Then my legs began giving out on me. The fateful day came when I fell and couldn’t get back up. At that moment, laying on the floor and alone with no phone in reach, everything seemed hopeless. I knew I was rapidly declining.  I resigned myself to the fate of soon needing a wheelchair. 

Just a few days later, I learned about Anthony William’s newly-released first book, Medical Medium. I intuitively sensed that this was the information I had been waiting for my whole life, and I was right. I fastidiously applied the tools and protocols listed in the book, and within a couple of days started to feel better. I knew I was finally on the right path to healing.

Ten years later, I am now on the other side of reversing over 50 symptoms and conditions, living a life I couldn’t imagine  possible. This experience has inspired me to help others avoid the dark rabbit hole of chronic illness that I found myself in. I passionately share the knowledge I have gained so others can learn how to empower their own healing and get their lives back.