My Story of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I have been to a lot of naturopaths and natural health therapists in my time. Because I know what it's like to feel so ill you can't get out of bed.
I suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E). It was in the early days when nobody really knew what it was. I went from naturopath to naturopath in Auckland, doctor to doctor but nobody was able to help me.
It was certainly a long hard road to get well from chronic fatigue syndrome. But now I'm feeling better than I ever have in my life. My past ill health is what has led me to help others. Now I'm a natural therapist in Auckland I've been helping people for 25 years at my clinic so they hopefully don't have to walk the long road to good health that I had to.
My Struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I first got Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when I was 27 years old. My health went downhill after I had an operation on my leg to take a rod out. I was fatigued and irritable with increasing symptoms over the next few years until finally I kept on collapsing. I spent two years in bed. My weight went down to 51/4 stone (73lb). I couldn't sleep. My nervous system was being stimulated to death while at the same time I was so weak I couldn't even lift my arms up - a terrible combination. I could not get to the toilet unaided. The pain I had in different parts of my body was unbearable. I was physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted.
I was contemplating putting an end to all this as the symptoms were so bad but praying at the same time that I would find out what was wrong because I had three children I wanted to see grow up. Keep in mind that nobody knew what chronic fatigue syndrome was back then.
One day a note was put in my letterbox with a doctor's name on it who also dealt in natural therapies. The note explained that this doctor could find the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome That note changed my life.
The Doctor's Diagnosis
The doctor found paraquat chemical poisoning. Paraquat is a fairly common insecticide - bad for bugs, but worse for us humans. Over the next three months he gave me homeopathic injections to get my body to excrete the poison that had made me ill. I couldn't believe it when the symptoms started going away.
This change was just the beginning of a long process of healing and visits to many naturopaths. It took many years before I was able to function like a normal person again. With the help of many other people during that time including naturopaths the reason WHY I was so sick was uncovered. Chemicals, mercury, innoculations, viruses, parasites, bacteria , food allergies, candida, and many more! It took about 12 years to get strong enough to be able to work full time. In that time I counselled many M.E. sufferers and learned a lot about what caused their M.E. and the related symptoms. What started out as helping people has turned into a very busy business - just through word of mouth.
It is possible to recover from your health issue and find good health again.
I am living proof!
To contact me to book a consultation click here
I was contemplating putting an end to all this as the symptoms were so bad but praying at the same time that I would find out what was wrong because I had three children I wanted to see grow up. Keep in mind that nobody knew what chronic fatigue syndrome was back then.
One day a note was put in my letterbox with a doctor's name on it who also dealt in natural therapies. The note explained that this doctor could find the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome That note changed my life.
The Doctor's Diagnosis
The doctor found paraquat chemical poisoning. Paraquat is a fairly common insecticide - bad for bugs, but worse for us humans. Over the next three months he gave me homeopathic injections to get my body to excrete the poison that had made me ill. I couldn't believe it when the symptoms started going away.
This change was just the beginning of a long process of healing and visits to many naturopaths. It took many years before I was able to function like a normal person again. With the help of many other people during that time including naturopaths the reason WHY I was so sick was uncovered. Chemicals, mercury, innoculations, viruses, parasites, bacteria , food allergies, candida, and many more! It took about 12 years to get strong enough to be able to work full time. In that time I counselled many M.E. sufferers and learned a lot about what caused their M.E. and the related symptoms. What started out as helping people has turned into a very busy business - just through word of mouth.
It is possible to recover from your health issue and find good health again.
I am living proof!
To contact me to book a consultation click here
This is me at 35 years of age and starting to go downhill.
At 38 years old after 2 years of being in bed sick - look how thin I have got!
I was getting better but it took time...
Here I am - happy and well, finally!
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