All my health issues as best I can recall began around age 8 when I found out I was adopted. This news was delivered to me via another 8 year old … I don’t think she understood the ramifications of what she was telling me, simply repeating what she overheard from some adults talking. I did not confront my parents with this news, instead, I put on a brave face and pretended all was well. Inside my emotions were a wreck, I was scared, I didn’t feel safe, and if someone showed up at the house and my parents didn’t inform me who they were and why they were coming for a visit, I was certain they were coming to take me away. Many times my parents scolded me for being nosy if they only knew what I knew. The emotions further escalated into my thinking why didn’t they tell me, why does everyone else know but me? Trust, could I learn to trust anyone if I could not trust my parents? We can label this “Illness” which formulated into an all too comfortable setting of in/out of doctor offices on a pretty frequent basis which included prescription medications to alleviate the symptoms’. My emotions were showing up as illness!
Entering into early adulthood, My Happily Ever After Marriage occurred at the young age of 21. I was married for 25 years when my then husband decided to entertain an extra-curricular relationship that would eventually cause us to part ways. Spending years piecing myself back together, emotionally and health-wise, I once again, put on the brave face, the I’m ok face, it was an all too uncomfortable/comfortable scenario, placing me back to that 8-year old that wasn’t certain if TRUST was an option in my life “ever”. In 2014 my life took another turn when I received the diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Brave Face, Uncomfortable/comfortable are back and in full force!
My doctor(s) recommended I have surgery to remove the tumor and at minimum 33 rounds of radiation which was a standard procedure at the time. If I chose to have the surgery and radiation treatment with our Conventional Health Care System, I knew I needed to feel safe, secure, trust and know it was the best course of action for my body. I decided to interview 3 Oncologists, 3 Radiologists and conducted multiple interviews with Natural Holistic Practitioners as well as out-of-state medical facilities. This decision was not to be taken lightly as I felt it was a forever decision that would impact my life, emotional state and overall health.
The interview process lasted over a 3-month timeframe, including collecting data, asking multiple questions, i.e., what I didn’t know, I wanted to know, this was to ensure that the correct results had been provided to me by my doctor care and that I would be making the right choice on whether to use the typical Conventional Medical approach or utilize resources for healing from Natural Alternative Holistic Health. During the interview process, I continued to have diagnostic scans MRI & CT administered. I rechecked my blood work to ensure nothing was occurring that required immediate attention and followed a strict Natural Health protocol.
My main question during the interview process was: what protocol can you offer that will be unique to my individual results and my body and that will offer the best options for healing from this disease without causing harmful reactions including any “prescription drugs” that would need to be taken without causing further harm?
The answer was clear to me and my decision made, I trusted for perhaps the first time in my life and chose to follow a path using Natural Holistic Health protocols. The disease has not returned I’m Healthy!
I hope my story inspires you to re-review your own life and the life you deserve to accept! As an Integrative Health Coach, I wish you a Path to Creating a Healthy Ever After!