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Hi all, wanted to share this experience to demonstrate how a health problem crippled our family and our fastlane desires and ambitions......and how we defeated it.
So, this past year, my wife has been struggling with health problems. We moved from Dallas, TX back home to Oregon. It was a great transition and success was all around us, but my wifes health has been problematic ever since. First, she was diagnosed as needing a hysterectomy. Ok, fine. Completed that in January of this year. Then, more problems followed and she was told that she needed gallbladder surgery. Fine, another fairly simple surgery. However, a few weeks later, my wife had to be rushed to the ER. She had a serious pain in her upper gut area. She described the pain as being worse than labor pains. She was given a shot for pain. Her liver and pancreatic enzymes were high indicating that her body was angry about something, but no one could figure out what. Once the pain subsided and the other scans turned out ok, she was sent home.
The pain returned three days later. Back to the ER, same exact exercise as before. It took three or four more visits to the ER before she was finally admitted. After a two day stay, with no answers, she was released. Another few ER visits, and then she was admitted again. This time, for 8 days. She underwent many more tests and scans, and many visits from doctors, recommendations from the health university. Still no answers. Finally, on the last day of her stay, the doctor caring for her said that she was going to release her since they cant find anything wrong with her, even though the symptoms would return every few days. There was no plan for treating the illness or the crippling pain that she was experiencing. She left the hospital with a prescription for predisone(a terrible steroid) and oxycodone for the pain.
After my wife was released, she seemed to get better. We took a trip to Washington for a few days, no symptoms. On the day we left, her symptoms started showing up again. A couple of days later, she ended up in the ER again. This time, my wife sat in the ER for over an hour with this level 10 pain. They took their time in getting her some pain relief. THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW FOR ME.
I am an I.T. guy by day, so I approached this like I would any other broken server or computer and get to the root cause. I started researching her symptoms, the steroids, the drugs, her surgeries, and all other factors and timelines, including the fact that her symptoms seemed to subside when we left the 8 night stay at the hospital. She didn't seem to have anything wrong with her, except that this pain would return. The underlying cause of pain is inflammation. Inflammation appears to be the underlying cause of just about every "natural" disease that you can name, with the exception of trauma and heredity. This includes asthma, cancer, heart problems, autoimmune diseases, and many other scary diseases. The only thing that could explain her symptoms temporarily subsiding after the hospital stay was either the prednison, or the fact that the doctors had her on a liquid diet, or a combination of the two. Prednisone reduces inflammation and shuts down your immune system.
Our plan was to find a way to remove the symptoms without using oxycodone, and then treat the underlying inflammation. After a few attempts, we found that a drink made with coconut milk, tumeric, and a few other ingredients removed the pain after only two good gulps. It wasnt long lasting, maybe two hours, but worked much faster than any oral medication.
Next, we needed to conquer the underlying cause of the inflammation. I decided to try using food to reproduce the effects of the prednisone by stripping her diet down to the bare minimum and go hard on the anti-inflammatory foods. I put my wife on an elimination diet consisting of lamb, turkey, any fruit except citrus, and vegetables high in anti-inflammatory properties. After about four days on this diet, her symptoms began to subside......and as of the time of this post, she is symptom free. We will begin gradually adding foods back in to try and determine which food was causing the inflammation.
I have learned a lot in the past three months. First, most natural diseases, including the scary ones, can be treated with food. Your food will either protect you, or kill you. There is no middle ground. Don't wait until the doctor gives you a stage 4 diagnosis to take some action. There can be inflammation in your body that you aren't aware of. Do an elimination diet. Its the best way to figure out what foods will kill you. The second thing I learned is that doctors can only do so much. The skyrocketing cost is OUR FAULT. We want the doctors to give us a pill and fix everything. They cant !
I think MJ has always said that you can achieve most things as long as you have your health. You have to take some responsibility for your health. START TODAY !!
I wanted to share this in hopes that there is someone who could use this.
So, this past year, my wife has been struggling with health problems. We moved from Dallas, TX back home to Oregon. It was a great transition and success was all around us, but my wifes health has been problematic ever since. First, she was diagnosed as needing a hysterectomy. Ok, fine. Completed that in January of this year. Then, more problems followed and she was told that she needed gallbladder surgery. Fine, another fairly simple surgery. However, a few weeks later, my wife had to be rushed to the ER. She had a serious pain in her upper gut area. She described the pain as being worse than labor pains. She was given a shot for pain. Her liver and pancreatic enzymes were high indicating that her body was angry about something, but no one could figure out what. Once the pain subsided and the other scans turned out ok, she was sent home.
The pain returned three days later. Back to the ER, same exact exercise as before. It took three or four more visits to the ER before she was finally admitted. After a two day stay, with no answers, she was released. Another few ER visits, and then she was admitted again. This time, for 8 days. She underwent many more tests and scans, and many visits from doctors, recommendations from the health university. Still no answers. Finally, on the last day of her stay, the doctor caring for her said that she was going to release her since they cant find anything wrong with her, even though the symptoms would return every few days. There was no plan for treating the illness or the crippling pain that she was experiencing. She left the hospital with a prescription for predisone(a terrible steroid) and oxycodone for the pain.
After my wife was released, she seemed to get better. We took a trip to Washington for a few days, no symptoms. On the day we left, her symptoms started showing up again. A couple of days later, she ended up in the ER again. This time, my wife sat in the ER for over an hour with this level 10 pain. They took their time in getting her some pain relief. THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW FOR ME.
I am an I.T. guy by day, so I approached this like I would any other broken server or computer and get to the root cause. I started researching her symptoms, the steroids, the drugs, her surgeries, and all other factors and timelines, including the fact that her symptoms seemed to subside when we left the 8 night stay at the hospital. She didn't seem to have anything wrong with her, except that this pain would return. The underlying cause of pain is inflammation. Inflammation appears to be the underlying cause of just about every "natural" disease that you can name, with the exception of trauma and heredity. This includes asthma, cancer, heart problems, autoimmune diseases, and many other scary diseases. The only thing that could explain her symptoms temporarily subsiding after the hospital stay was either the prednison, or the fact that the doctors had her on a liquid diet, or a combination of the two. Prednisone reduces inflammation and shuts down your immune system.
Our plan was to find a way to remove the symptoms without using oxycodone, and then treat the underlying inflammation. After a few attempts, we found that a drink made with coconut milk, tumeric, and a few other ingredients removed the pain after only two good gulps. It wasnt long lasting, maybe two hours, but worked much faster than any oral medication.
Next, we needed to conquer the underlying cause of the inflammation. I decided to try using food to reproduce the effects of the prednisone by stripping her diet down to the bare minimum and go hard on the anti-inflammatory foods. I put my wife on an elimination diet consisting of lamb, turkey, any fruit except citrus, and vegetables high in anti-inflammatory properties. After about four days on this diet, her symptoms began to subside......and as of the time of this post, she is symptom free. We will begin gradually adding foods back in to try and determine which food was causing the inflammation.
I have learned a lot in the past three months. First, most natural diseases, including the scary ones, can be treated with food. Your food will either protect you, or kill you. There is no middle ground. Don't wait until the doctor gives you a stage 4 diagnosis to take some action. There can be inflammation in your body that you aren't aware of. Do an elimination diet. Its the best way to figure out what foods will kill you. The second thing I learned is that doctors can only do so much. The skyrocketing cost is OUR FAULT. We want the doctors to give us a pill and fix everything. They cant !
I think MJ has always said that you can achieve most things as long as you have your health. You have to take some responsibility for your health. START TODAY !!
I wanted to share this in hopes that there is someone who could use this.
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