2009- 2015 Onset of Chronic Lyme Disease, $200,000 in treatments, no cure
Initial Symptoms: tingling in legs, memory loss– significantly impaired physical activity (bedridden, wheelchair, uses oxygen tank)
Battling depression symptoms (presumed cause: the death of a family member).
Many trips in ambulance to ER every year.
Collapse in public from stress & fatigue, significantly impaired physical activity. (Bedridden, wheelchair, and use of oxygen tank)
Later Symptoms: numbness in legs | headaches | fatigue | anxiety | pain | depression | interstitial cystitis | insomnia for days | stopped working | bedridden for years
Supervised Treatments in California and Mexico:
- Prescription opioids for pain
- Antibiotics
- IVs – so many that my arm veins hardened and feet were used
- Hyperbaric oxygen chamber
- UVL
- Hyperthermia (Mexico) – heated blood to 107 degrees 3x
- BX (Delta Institute)
- Leech therapy
- Colonics
- Nutrition
- Phytocannabinoids: hemp oil & juicing cannabis
…in all, $200,000+ in treatment cost. Some treatments helped relieve pain and symptoms for short period only, but most did not.
Lyme disease took a toll on my personal life (marital separation). Unable to work, my finances hit an all-time low, I moved into my best friend’s trailer.
2016: American Indian Tribe healing center
Acting on a chance encounter with a Barona tribal member I was introduced to a tribal elder
and healer at a nearby Native American reservation.
I immersed myself in the indigenous ways of the self-healing mythology of mind-body-spirit.
They fed me food and educated me that food can be medicine (and to remove processed
foods, grains and cane processed sugars. Foods and smoothies were prepared using the
Myshroom immune medicinal mushroom blend as an important ingredient. I then added the
Myshroom medicinal mushrooms to my daily diet at home and I felt a miraculous
improvement in my health.
Detox/cleanses with easily accessible organic botanicals and colonics with the addition of CBD
Non-invasive healing modalities (energy frequency/grounding, oxygen therapies)
- Sleep increases
- Energy increases
- Bio cycle resumes regularly
- “Get Busy Living!” breakthrough during my Cancun family vacation
- Fewer trips in ambulance to ER
New focus: eliminate prescription opioid use
2017
Food is Medicine
Organic Foods: MyShroom medicinal mushrooms & hemp CBD oil (as-needed)
- Energy sustained
- Regular sleep and bio cycles
- 80% reduced prescription opioid use (December)
- ONE trip to ER!
2018
Food is Medicine
Organic Foods: MyShroom medicinal mushrooms & hemp CBD oil (as-needed)
- Regular sleep and bio cycles
- 98% reduced prescription opioid use (July)
- ZERO trips to ER!
I am a Lyme disease survivor and subject matter expert who empowers Lyme disease warriors through free informational talks. The full account can be found at https://wellness4lyme.com/history/
