I became increasingly aware that I didn't have the stamina that others had. I watched women bounce back from having babies and I never did. People who were 20 years older than me could work circles around me. I was forever tired. Many days I was too tired to get out of bed. I was plagued with insomnia which compounded the chronic fatigue. Eventually I crashed and I had to take my health in my own hands in order to get well. Medical doctors were not helping me and I knew if I didn't get some answers I was certain I was going to die.
I had begun to address some of my 'issues' but apparently not in time to prevent my
CRASH. (Note: My health failed me in July, 2001. It was that period in my life that I refer to as my
CRASH.) I had been watching a show on Prime Time Christian Broadcasting (PTCB) that addressed health issues from a 'natural' approach rather than a traditional approach. A natural approach includes the use of herbs, supplements, proper nutrition, and therapies outside the mainstream medical procedures.
I had become aware that I had more than my share of toxins in my body. That fact became evident to me one day when I watched a program on PTCB. There was a naturopath on the program who was explaining the science of iridology. She drew a diagram of an eye on her dry-erase board and I thought to myself, "She's drawing a picture of my eyes." I went to the mirror to look into my eyes and there it was - the brown ring surrounding the iris and the black spokes radiating out from the iris.
So, from the program I learned two things - that my body was ladened with toxins and all I had to do to get rid of the toxins was to order the colon cleanse she was promoting. Sounded easy enough - so I ordered the colon cleanse.
I really thought I had found the answer to all my physical problems because shortly after I had completed the colon cleanse I felt remarkably well. My energy level was up and I was experiencing much more stamina. The euphoria was short-lived, however, and just a few weeks later I took a drastic turn for the worse. I had done the colon cleanse in April of 2001 and by the end of July 2001 I crashed.
According to my naturopath that I found to help me, the colon cleanse contributed greatly to my
CRASH because of the bentonite clay in the cleanse. The bentonite clay managed to coat the inside of my intestines, much like taking cement and coating a wall with it. It virtually made my intestines impenetrable. As a result, the function of my intestines was greatly hindered and I was in serious trouble. My entire digestive system shut down and I was literally starving to death. I didn't even have saliva in my mouth. My salivary glands were not responding at all. I was not in good shape, but I can't blame the colon cleanse entirely since the other four things I mentioned played a major role in my demise.
Another factor in my failing health was boll weavel spray. Some months before my
CRASH I was out walking our Doberman Pinscher, Clyde, and a spray plane carrying a load of boll weavel spray came right over my head - spraying the poison on me and Clyde.
One of the major contributing factors to my failing health was the
mercury fillings that were spilling toxins into my body. You may be asking, "What are mercury fillings?" I call them mercury fillings, but your dentist will call them amalgams or maybe alloy. The dentist who put all that mercury in my mouth called them 'silver' fillings. There is some silver in the material, but the primary component of amalgam (just over 50%) is none other than mercury. I had 10 fillings in my mouth.
Also, there was a good deal of stress in my life just prior to my
CRASH. Since stress produce toxins in the body it was a contributing factor to my demise.
So...I can't say that it was any one thing that caused my health problems. From my perspective it was a combination of things. I discovered early in my quest for healing that there were several things that I had to address if I was to get well. I was told that it would take a month of treatment for every year that I had been sick. I looked back over my life and realized I had been sick for most of it so I knew I had a long road ahead of me, but I was serious about regaining my health and willing to do whatever I had to do to accomplish that task.